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لَجْنَة
committee /ˈladʒ.na/
nounB1#1753 most common
Also: commission, panel, board
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ لَجْنَة.
This is a committee.
أَنا في اللَّجْنَة.
I am on the committee.
اِجْتَمَعَتِ اللَّجْنَة اليَوْم.
The committee met today.
قَرَّرَتِ اللَّجْنَة تَأْجيلَ المَشْروع.
The committee decided to postpone the project.
عَيَّنَ الوَزيرُ لَجْنَةً لِلتَّحْقيقِ في الحادِث.
The minister appointed a committee to investigate the incident.
أَوْصَتِ اللِّجانُ الفَرْعِيَّةُ بِإعادَةِ صِياغَةِ بُنودِ المَشْروعِ قَبْلَ التَّصْويتِ عَلَيْه.
The subcommittees recommended redrafting the bill's clauses before voting on it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | لَجْنَةٌ | لِجانٌ |
| Genitive | لَجْنَةٍ | لِجانٍ |
| Accusative | لَجْنَةً | لِجاناً |
| Vocative | يا لَجْنَةُ | يا لِجانُ |
Word family
لِجانcommittees (plural)
لَجْنَة فَرْعِيَّةsubcommittee
لَجْنَة تَحْقيقinvestigation committee
لَجْنَة تَحْكيمpanel of judges, jury
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ل-ج-ن (l-j-n). It follows the common noun pattern فَعْلَة (faʿla). In modern usage it took on the administrative sense of a body of people assigned a task, mirroring the European word committee.
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