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مَنْطِق
logic /ˈman.tˤɪq/
nounB2#3175 most common
Also: logic (as an academic discipline), rationale, sense (as in 'that makes sense')
Example sentences
هذا الكلام فيه منطق.
This talk has logic to it.
أدرس مادة المنطق في الجامعة.
I study the logic course at university.
منطقك غريب بعض الشيء.
Your logic is a bit strange.
يعتمد علم المنطق على قواعد الاستدلال الصحيح.
The science of logic depends on the rules of correct inference.
لا أفهم منطق هذا القرار السياسي.
I don't understand the logic behind this political decision.
طوّر الفلاسفة المسلمون منطقاً يوازي المنطق الأرسطي مع إضافات مبتكرة.
Muslim philosophers developed a logic that rivaled Aristotelian logic, with original additions.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَنْطِقٌ / المَنْطِقُ | None |
| Genitive | مَنْطِقٍ / المَنْطِقِ | None |
| Accusative | مَنْطِقًا / المَنْطِقَ | None |
| Vocative | يا مَنْطِقُ | None |
Word family
نَطَقَto speak, to utter
نُطْقutterance, articulation
ناطقspeaking; rational
منطقيlogical
منطقيًاlogically
Etymology
منطق comes from the Arabic root ن-ط-ق, which carries the sense of speaking or articulating. The pattern مَفْعِل turns the root into a noun for the system or method behind speech. Medieval Arab translators adopted this word for Aristotelian logic, since they treated logic as the science of correct speech and reasoning. The word has kept that meaning ever since, both in philosophy and in everyday talk about whether something makes sense.
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