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عَمَلِيّ
practical /ʕa.ma.ˈliːj/
adjectiveA2#874 most common
Also: applied, operational, pragmatic
Example sentences
هٰذا حَلٌّ عَمَلِيّ.
This is a practical solution.
هُوَ رَجُلٌ عَمَلِيّ.
He is a practical man.
نَحْتاجُ إلى خُطَّةٍ عَمَلِيَّةٍ لِلْأُسْبوعِ القادِمِ.
We need a practical plan for next week.
قَدَّمَ المُهَنْدِسُ اقْتِراحاً عَمَلِيّاً لِحَلِّ المُشْكِلَةِ.
The engineer offered a practical proposal to solve the problem.
تُفَضِّلُ المُديرَةُ الأَفْكارَ العَمَلِيَّةَ على النَّظَرِيّاتِ المُجَرَّدَةِ.
The manager prefers practical ideas over abstract theories.
رَغْمَ بَراعَتِهِ النَّظَرِيَّةِ، يَفْتَقِرُ إلى الحِسِّ العَمَلِيِّ الَّذي يَتَطَلَّبُهُ المَيْدانُ.
Despite his theoretical brilliance, he lacks the practical sense the field demands.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَمَلِيٌّ | عَمَلِيّونَ |
| Genitive | عَمَلِيٍّ | عَمَلِيّينَ |
| Accusative | عَمَلِيّاً | عَمَلِيّينَ |
| Vocative | يا عَمَلِيُّ | يا عَمَلِيّونَ |
Word family
عَمَلwork, deed, action
عَمِلَto work, to do
عامِلworker; factorعَمَلِيَّةoperation, process, surgery
اِسْتَعْمَلَto use, to employ
Etymology
The word is a nisba adjective built on the noun عَمَل (ʿamal), meaning work, deed, or action. That noun comes from the common Semitic root ع-م-ل, which carries the sense of labor and doing. The relational suffix ـِيّ turns the noun into an adjective, so the form means relating to work, that is, practical.
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