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عَمَل
work /ˈʕa.mal/
nounA1#75 most common
Also: job, deed / action, labor
Example sentences
هٰذَا عَمَلٌ جَيِّدٌ.
This is good work.
أَذْهَبُ إِلَى العَمَلِ كُلَّ صَبَاحٍ.
I go to work every morning.
العَمَلُ الجَمَاعِيُّ مُهِمٌّ لِلنَّجَاحِ.
Teamwork is important for success.
حَصَلَ عَلَى عَمَلٍ جَدِيدٍ بَعْدَ سَنَوَاتٍ مِنَ البَحْثِ.
He got a new job after years of searching.
يُقَالُ إِنَّ العَمَلَ الصَّالِحَ يَبْقَى أَثَرُهُ وَإِنْ مَاتَ صَاحِبُهُ.
It is said that a righteous deed leaves its mark even after its doer has died.
لَا قِيمَةَ لِلْأَقْوَالِ مَا لَمْ يُصَاحِبْهَا عَمَلٌ مُخْلِصٌ وَدَؤُوبٌ.
Words have no value unless accompanied by sincere, diligent work.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَمَلٌ (ʿamalun) | أَعْمَالٌ (aʿmālun) |
| Genitive | عَمَلٍ (ʿamalin) | أَعْمَالٍ (aʿmālin) |
| Accusative | عَمَلاً (ʿamalan) | أَعْمَالاً (aʿmālan) |
| Vocative | يَا عَمَلُ (yā ʿamalu) | يَا أَعْمَالُ (yā aʿmālu) |
Word family
عَمِلَ (ʿamila)to work, to do
عَامِل (ʿāmil)worker, laborer
مَعْمَل (maʿmal)factory, laboratory
عَمَلِيّ (ʿamalī)practical, applied
اِسْتَعْمَلَ (istaʿmala)to use, to employ
Etymology
A native Semitic noun built on the triliteral root ع-م-ل (ʿ-m-l) meaning 'to do, make, work.' It is the maṣdar (verbal noun) of the Form I verb عَمِلَ 'he worked/did,' following the faʿal pattern. The root is widely attested across the Semitic family with the shared notion of toil and labor.
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