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مُعامَلَة
treatment (of a person); by extension, a transaction or dealing /muʕaːˈmala/
nounB1#2422 most common
Also: transaction, dealing, procedure
Example sentences
المُعامَلة سَهلة.
The transaction is easy.
أَحتاجُ إلى إنهاءِ هذه المُعامَلة اليوم.
I need to finish this transaction today.
تَتِمُّ هذه المُعامَلة في البنك.
This transaction takes place at the bank.
يَجِبُ أن تكونَ المُعامَلة مع الزَّبائن مُهَذَّبة.
Treatment of customers must be polite.
تَأَخَّرَت مُعامَلاتُ الجَوازِ بسبب الزِّحامِ في الدائرة الحكومية.
The passport procedures were delayed because of crowding at the government office.
تُشيرُ الدراسةُ إلى أنَّ حُسنَ المُعامَلة بين الموظفين يرفعُ الإنتاجية بشكل ملحوظ.
The study indicates that good treatment among employees raises productivity noticeably.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُعامَلَةٌ | مُعامَلاتٌ |
| Genitive | مُعامَلَةٍ | مُعامَلاتٍ |
| Accusative | مُعامَلَةً | مُعامَلاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا مُعامَلَةُ | يا مُعامَلاتُ |
Word family
عامَلَto treat, to deal with
عَمَلwork, deedعامِلworker, factorمُعامِلcoefficient (math/science)
تَعامُلinteraction, dealingEtymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ʿ-m-l, which carries the sense of doing, working, or acting. Arabic builds مُعامَلَة on the Form III verbal-noun pattern mufāʿala, which marks reciprocal or two-way action. So the word literally points to an action done between two parties, whether that is how one person treats another or a formal transaction carried out with an institution.
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