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مَبْلَغ
amount (of money), sum /ˈmab.laɣ/
nounA2#1181 most common
Also: sum of money, figure, total
Example sentences
هٰذا مَبْلَغٌ كَبيرٌ.
This is a large sum.
ما هُوَ المَبْلَغُ؟
What is the amount?
دَفَعْتُ المَبْلَغَ كامِلاً.
I paid the full amount.
حَوَّلْتُ المَبْلَغَ إلى حِسابِكَ.
I transferred the amount to your account.
لَمْ يَكُنِ المَبْلَغُ كافِياً لِتَغطِيَةِ التَّكاليفِ.
The amount was not enough to cover the costs.
تَبَرَّعَ بِمَبالِغَ طائِلَةٍ لِلأعمالِ الخَيْرِيّةِ.
He donated huge sums to charitable works.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَبْلَغٌ | مَبالِغُ |
| Genitive | مَبْلَغٍ | مَبالِغَ |
| Accusative | مَبْلَغًا | مَبالِغَ |
| Vocative | يا مَبْلَغُ | يا مَبالِغُ |
Word family
بَلَغَto reach, to amount to
بُلوغattainment, coming of age
بَلاغcommuniqué, notice
مُبالَغةexaggeration
بَليغeloquent
Etymology
From the triliteral root ب-ل-غ (b-l-gh), "to reach, to attain, to amount to." The noun follows the مَفْعَل pattern, which forms nouns of place or result. A مَبْلَغ is thus the point money reaches when it is totaled: a sum.
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