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مُدَبِّر
manager /muˈdabbir/
nounB2#4260 most common
Also: planner, administrator, mastermind
Example sentences
هُوَ مُدَبِّرٌ جَيِّدٌ.
He is a good manager.
أَبِي مُدَبِّرُ المَنْزِلِ.
My father is the one who manages the household.
هِيَ مُدَبِّرَةٌ مَاهِرَةٌ فِي عَمَلِهَا.
She is a skilled manager in her work.
يُعَدُّ مُدَبِّرُ المَشْرُوعِ مَسْؤُولًا عَنْ نَجَاحِهِ.
The project manager is considered responsible for its success.
كَانَ مُدَبِّرُ الانْقِلَابِ يُخَطِّطُ لِلْأَمْرِ مُنْذُ أَشْهُرٍ.
The coup's mastermind had been planning the affair for months.
لَا يُمْكِنُ اعْتِبَارُ الكَوْنِ نِظَامًا عَشْوَائِيًّا بَلْ ثَمَّةَ عَقْلٌ مُدَبِّرٌ يَقِفُ وَرَاءَهُ.
The universe cannot be seen as a random system; rather, a guiding intelligence stands behind it.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُدَبِّرٌ | مُدَبِّرُونَ |
| Genitive | مُدَبِّرٍ | مُدَبِّرِينَ |
| Accusative | مُدَبِّرًا | مُدَبِّرِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُدَبِّرُ | يَا مُدَبِّرُونَ |
Word family
دَبَّرَto manage, arrange, plot
تَدْبِيرmanagement, planningمُدَبَّرplanned, premeditated
تَدَبُّرcontemplation, careful reflection
مُتَدَبِّرone who reflects or contemplates
Etymology
مُدَبِّر is the active participle of the Form II verb دَبَّرَ, built on the triliteral root د-ب-ر. The root's core sense is 'back' or 'that which comes after,' and the derived verb came to mean 'to handle from behind the scenes,' hence 'to plan, arrange, or manage.' The م- prefix and doubled middle radical mark the standard Form II active-participle pattern مُفَعِّل, which regularly yields agent nouns like 'one who manages.'
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