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جِنِرال
general (senior military officer) /d͡ʒiniˈraːl/
nounB1#1920 most common
Also: top commander, military chief
Example sentences
هٰذا جِنِرال.
This is a general.
الجِنِرال في المَكْتَب.
The general is in the office.
قابَلْتُ جِنِرالاً في المَطار.
I met a general at the airport.
أَصْدَرَ الجِنِرال أَمْراً بِوَقْفِ إِطْلاقِ النار.
The general issued an order for a ceasefire.
اِجْتَمَعَ الجِنِرالاتُ لِمُناقَشَةِ الخُطَّةِ العَسْكَرِيَّة.
The generals met to discuss the military plan.
لَوْلا حِنْكَةُ ذٰلِكَ الجِنِرالِ لَما نَجَتِ الكَتيبَةُ مِنَ الكَمين.
Had it not been for that general's shrewdness, the battalion would not have escaped the ambush.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | جِنِرالٌ | جِنِرالاتٌ |
| Genitive | جِنِرالٍ | جِنِرالاتٍ |
| Accusative | جِنِرالاً | جِنِرالاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا جِنِرال | يا جِنِرالات |
Word family
لِواءmajor general; brigadeفَرِيقlieutenant generalقائِدcommander, leaderعَسْكَرِيّmilitary; soldier
Etymology
The word is borrowed into Arabic from European languages, chiefly French général and English general. Both trace back to Latin generalis, meaning belonging to a whole class or kind. The military sense grew from the phrase capitaine général, the officer with command over the entire force. Arabic keeps the foreign sound and treats it as a noun.
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