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عَمِيد
dean /ʕaˈmiːd/
nounB2#3592 most common
Also: brigadier general (military rank), doyen, most eminent figure in a field
Example sentences
هُوَ عَمِيدُ الكُلِّيَّةِ.
He is the dean of the college.
عَمِيدُ الجَامِعَةِ رَجُلٌ لَطِيفٌ.
The dean of the university is a kind man.
قَابَلْتُ عَمِيدَ كُلِّيَّةِ الطِّبِّ أَمْسِ.
I met the dean of the medical school yesterday.
تَرْأَسُ العَمِيدَةُ اجْتِمَاعَ مَجْلِسِ الكُلِّيَّةِ كُلَّ شَهْرٍ.
The dean, a woman, chairs the college council meeting every month.
يُعْتَبَرُ نَجِيبُ مَحْفُوظٍ عَمِيدَ الرِّوَايَةِ العَرَبِيَّةِ.
Naguib Mahfouz is considered the dean of the Arabic novel.
تَرَقَّى الضَّابِطُ إِلَى رُتْبَةِ عَمِيدٍ بَعْدَ عِشْرِينَ عَامًا مِنَ الخِدْمَةِ.
The officer was promoted to the rank of brigadier general after twenty years of service.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عَمِيدٌ | عُمَدَاءُ |
| Genitive | عَمِيدٍ | عُمَدَاءَ |
| Accusative | عَمِيداً | عُمَدَاءَ |
| Vocative | عَمِيدُ | عُمَدَاءُ |
Word family
عَمُودpillar, pole, column
عِمَادsupport, pillar (figurative), also a male given name
اِعْتِمَادreliance, trust, accreditation
يَعْتَمِدُ عَلَىto depend on, rely on
عَمِيدَةdean (feminine form)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-m-d, which carries the sense of leaning, standing firm, or supporting. From this root Arabic also gets ʿamūd, meaning pillar or pole, and iʿtimād, meaning reliance or trust. ʿamīd originally meant a person one leans on or relies on, and that sense of a supporting pillar of authority carried over into its later use for a dean and for a senior military rank.
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