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مالِيّ
financial /maːˈlijj/
adjectiveA2#1188 most common
Also: monetary, fiscal, pecuniary
Example sentences
هٰذا تَقْرير مالِيّ.
This is a financial report.
الوَضْع المالِيّ صَعْب هٰذا الشَّهْر.
The financial situation is difficult this month.
تَحْتاج الشَّرِكة إلى دَعْم مالِيّ كَبير.
The company needs large financial support.
أَعْلَنَت الحُكومة عن إصْلاح مالِيّ جَديد لِمُواجَهة الأزْمة.
The government announced a new financial reform to address the crisis.
يَخْضَع القِطاع المالِيّ لِرَقابة صارِمة مِن البَنْك المَرْكَزيّ.
The financial sector is subject to strict oversight by the central bank.
يُعَدّ الانْضِباط المالِيّ شَرْطًا أساسيًّا لاسْتِعادة ثِقة المُسْتَثْمِرين في الاقْتِصاد الوَطَنيّ.
Financial discipline is considered a fundamental condition for restoring investors' confidence in the national economy.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مالِيٌّ (māliyyun) | مالِيّونَ (māliyyūna) |
| Genitive | مالِيٍّ (māliyyin) | مالِيّينَ (māliyyīna) |
| Accusative | مالِيًّا (māliyyan) | مالِيّينَ (māliyyīna) |
| Vocative | مالِيُّ (māliyyu) | مالِيّونَ (māliyyūna) |
Word family
مال (māl)money, wealth, property
مالِيّة (mālīya)finance; (with the article) the treasury or Ministry of Finance
تَمْويل (tamwīl)financing, funding
مَوَّلَ (mawwala)to finance, to fund
مُمَوِّل (mumawwil)financier, sponsor
Etymology
Arabic builds relational adjectives by adding the nisba suffix -iyy to a noun. The base here is māl, meaning wealth or money, from the triliteral root m-w-l. So mālī means 'of money,' that is, financial or monetary. The same root yields the verb mawwala, 'to finance.'
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