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مُحامِي
lawyer /muˈħaːmiː/
nounA1#660 most common
Also: attorney, advocate, legal counsel
Example sentences
أخي مُحامٍ.
My brother is a lawyer.
يعمل المُحامي في المحكمة كلَّ يوم.
The lawyer works at the court every day.
وكّلْتُ مُحامِياً جيّداً للدفاع عن قضيّتي.
I hired a good lawyer to defend my case.
نصحني المُحامي بألّا أوقّع العقد قبل قراءته بعناية.
The lawyer advised me not to sign the contract before reading it carefully.
تخصّصت المُحامية في قضايا حقوق الإنسان والدفاع عن المُعتقلين.
The lawyer specialized in human rights cases and the defense of detainees.
لم يكن أمام المُحامي بُدٌّ من الطعن في الحكم أمام محكمة النقض بعدما استنفد كلَّ سُبُل الدفاع.
The lawyer had no choice but to appeal the verdict before the court of cassation after exhausting every avenue of defense.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُحامٍ / المُحامي | مُحامون |
| Genitive | مُحامٍ / المُحامي | مُحامين |
| Accusative | مُحامِياً / المُحامِيَ | مُحامين |
| Vocative | يا مُحامي | يا مُحامون |
Word family
حامىto defend, plead on behalf of
مُحاماةthe legal profession, advocacy
مُحاميةfemale lawyer
حِمايةprotection
حامٍprotector
Etymology
Arabic مُحامي comes from the triliteral root ح-م-ي (ḥ-m-y), meaning to protect or defend. The Form III verb حامى means to defend someone or plead on their behalf. The active participle of that verb, مُحامي, is literally the one who defends, and it became the standard word for a lawyer. The sense shifted from physical protection to legal defense.
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