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مُجامَلَة

courtesy (a compliment or nice gesture given more for politeness than sincerity) /muˈdʒaː.ma.la/

nounB2#4221 most common

Also: flattery, politeness, compliment

Example sentences

هذه مجاملة لطيفة.
This is a nice compliment.
لا داعي للمجاملة، قل رأيك بصراحة.
No need to be polite, say your opinion frankly.
قال ذلك من باب المجاملة فقط.
He said that just to be polite.
أحيانًا تكون المجاملة أهم من الصدق في العلاقات الاجتماعية.
Sometimes courtesy matters more than honesty in social relationships.
لا أحب المجاملات الزائدة لأنها تفقد الكلام صدقه.
I don't like excessive flattery, because it strips speech of its sincerity.
رغم مجاملته المستمرة للمدير، شكّ زملاؤه في نواياه.
Despite his constant flattery of the manager, his colleagues doubted his intentions.

Declension

CaseSingularPlural
Nominativeمُجامَلَةٌمُجامَلاتٌ
Genitiveمُجامَلَةٍمُجامَلاتٍ
Accusativeمُجامَلَةًمُجامَلاتٍ
Vocativeيا مُجامَلَةُيا مُجامَلاتُ

Word family

جامَلَto treat courteously, to compliment out of politeness
مُجامِلcomplaisant, one who is overly polite or flatters
جميلbeautiful, kind
جمالbeauty
مجاملاتpleasantries, courtesies

Etymology

مُجامَلَة is the verbal noun of جامَلَ, a Form III verb built on the triliteral root ج-م-ل. Form III verbs often carry a reciprocal or directed sense, so جامَلَ means to treat someone with polish and grace, and its verbal noun names that act. The same root underlies جميل, meaning beautiful, which is why the word carries a sense of smoothing things over with something pleasant to hear.

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