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عالَج
to treat (a patient or illness); to address or deal with (a problem) /ˈʕaː.la.dʒa/
verbB1#2627 most common
Also: to address (an issue), to process, to handle
Example sentences
الطبيب يُعالِج المريض.
The doctor treats the patient.
عالَجَت الطبيبةُ طفلي أمس.
The doctor treated my child yesterday.
يجب أن نُعالِج هذه المشكلة بسرعة.
We must address this problem quickly.
عالَج الكاتبُ في روايته قضايا اجتماعية مهمة.
The writer addressed important social issues in his novel.
عالَجَت الحكومةُ أزمةَ الاقتصاد باتخاذ إجراءات صارمة.
The government dealt with the economic crisis by taking strict measures.
لا يمكن معالجة التلوث البيئي دون تعاون دولي حقيقي، وهو ما ظل الباحثون يُعالِجونه في دراساتهم لعقود.
Environmental pollution cannot be addressed without genuine international cooperation, something researchers have kept addressing in their studies for decades.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُعالِجُ | عالَجْتُ | سَأُعالِجُ |
| 2sg | تُعالِجُ | عالَجْتَ | سَتُعالِجُ |
| 3sg | يُعالِجُ | عالَجَ | سَيُعالِجُ |
| 1pl | نُعالِجُ | عالَجْنا | سَنُعالِجُ |
| 2pl | تُعالِجونَ | عالَجْتُمْ | سَتُعالِجونَ |
| 3pl | يُعالِجونَ | عالَجوا | سَيُعالِجونَ |
Word family
عِلاجtreatment, cure, therapy
مُعالَجةtreatment, processing (verbal noun)
مُعالِجtherapist, one who treats or processesمُعالَجtreated, processed
طبيب مُعالِجtreating physician, attending doctor
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root ع-ل-ج (ʿ-l-j), which in its base form carries a sense of physical effort or wrestling with something. The Form III pattern فاعَل, seen here as عالَج, typically marks an action directed intensively at an object, giving the sense of actively working to cure or fix something. Modern Standard Arabic uses it mainly for medical treatment and, by extension, for tackling problems or issues.
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