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مَشْغُول
busy /maʃˈɣuːl/
adjectiveA2#783 most common
Also: occupied, preoccupied, engaged
Example sentences
أَنا مَشْغُول اليَوم.
I am busy today.
هِيَ مَشْغُولة بِالعَمَل.
She is busy with work.
لا أَستَطِيع التَّحَدُّث الآن لِأَنِّي مَشْغُول.
I can't talk right now because I'm busy.
كانَ الخَطُّ مَشْغُولاً عِندَما حاوَلتُ الاتِّصالَ بِكَ.
The line was busy when I tried to call you.
ظَلَّ المُديرُ مَشْغُولاً طَوالَ الأُسبُوعِ بِإِعدادِ التَّقرِيرِ.
The manager stayed busy all week preparing the report.
رَغمَ أَنَّهُ كانَ مَشْغُولاً بِأَلفِ هَمٍّ، لَم يَنسَ أَن يَسأَلَ عَن صِحَّتِها.
Although he was preoccupied with a thousand worries, he did not forget to ask about her health.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَشْغُولٌ | مَشْغُولُونَ |
| Genitive | مَشْغُولٍ | مَشْغُولِينَ |
| Accusative | مَشْغُولاً | مَشْغُولِينَ |
| Vocative | مَشْغُولُ | مَشْغُولُونَ |
Word family
شُغْلwork, occupation
شَغَلَto occupy, keep busy
اِنْشَغَلَto be busy, to be preoccupied
مَشْغَلworkshop
شاغِلoccupying, preoccupying
Etymology
مَشْغُول is the passive participle of the verb شَغَلَ, meaning to occupy or to keep busy. It follows the مَفْعُول pattern, which builds passive participles from three-letter roots. The root ش-غ-ل carries the core sense of occupation and being taken up by a task.
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