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مَعْمَل
factory /ˈmaʕ.mal/
nounB1#2696 most common
Also: laboratory, workshop, plant
Example sentences
هَذَا مَعْمَلٌ كَبِيرٌ.
This is a big factory.
يَعْمَلُ أَبِي فِي مَعْمَلٍ لِلسَّيَّارَاتِ.
My father works in a car factory.
يُوجَدُ مَعْمَلٌ جَدِيدٌ بِجِوَارِ الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
There is a new factory next to the school.
تَعْمَلُ الشَّرِكَةُ فِي عِدَّةِ مَعَامِلَ حَوْلَ الْبِلَادِ.
The company operates in several factories around the country.
أُجْرِيَتِ التَّجْرِبَةُ فِي مَعْمَلِ الْكِيمْيَاءِ بِالْجَامِعَةِ.
The experiment was conducted in the university's chemistry laboratory.
تَسْعَى الْحُكُومَةُ إِلَى تَحْدِيثِ الْمَعَامِلِ الْقَدِيمَةِ لِلْحَدِّ مِنَ التَّلَوُّثِ الصِّنَاعِيِّ.
The government seeks to modernize the old factories to curb industrial pollution.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْمَلٌ | مَعَامِلُ |
| Genitive | مَعْمَلٍ | مَعَامِلَ |
| Accusative | مَعْمَلاً | مَعَامِلَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَعْمَلُ | يَا مَعَامِلُ |
Word family
عَمَلwork, deed
عَامِلworker, factor
عَمِلَto work, do
مُعَامَلَةtransaction, treatment
اِسْتَعْمَلَto use
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-m-l, meaning to work or to act. Arabic builds it with the pattern maf'al, which forms a noun of place. So ma'mal literally means a place where work happens. The same root gives Arabic words for labor, workers, and dealings.
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