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مَجال

field /maˈdʒaːl/

nounA2#1063 most common

Also: domain, scope, room (for something)

Example sentences

هٰذا مَجالٌ جَديدٌ.
This is a new field.
أَعمَلُ في مَجالِ الطِّبِّ.
I work in the field of medicine.
لا مَجالَ لِلشَّكِّ في ذٰلِكَ.
There is no room for doubt about that.
فَتَحَ المَشروعُ مَجالاً واسِعاً لِلاستِثمارِ.
The project opened a wide field for investment.
يَتَمَيَّزُ هٰذا الباحِثُ بِخِبرَةٍ كَبيرَةٍ في مَجالِ الذَّكاءِ الاصطِناعِيِّ.
This researcher stands out for his great expertise in the field of artificial intelligence.
لَم يَترُك القانونُ الجَديدُ أَيَّ مَجالٍ لِلتَّأويلِ أَو الِاجتِهادِ.
The new law left no room for interpretation or independent judgment.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمَجالٌمَجالاتٌ
Genitiveمَجالٍمَجالاتٍ
Accusativeمَجالاًمَجالاتٍ
Vocativeيا مَجالُيا مَجالاتُ

Word family

جالto roam, wander, circulate
جَولةround, tour, patrol
جَوّالmobile phone; roaming one
تَجَوُّلgoing about, roaming
مَجالاتfields, domains

Etymology

مَجال comes from the triliteral Arabic root ج-و-ل (j-w-l), which means to roam, go around, or circulate. The word is a noun of place built on the pattern مَفْعَل, so the literal idea is a place where one moves about. From a space for roaming it shifted to the abstract sense of a field, scope, or area of activity.

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