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مُوَظَّف
employee /muˈwadˤˤaf/
nounA2#1378 most common
Also: official, civil servant, office clerk
Example sentences
هُوَ مُوَظَّف.
He is an employee.
أَبِي مُوَظَّف فِي البَنْك.
My father is an employee at the bank.
يَعْمَلُ المُوَظَّفُ ثَمَانِيَ سَاعَاتٍ كُلَّ يَوْم.
The employee works eight hours every day.
حَصَلَ المُوَظَّفُ الجَدِيدُ عَلَى تَرْقِيَةٍ بَعْدَ سَنَةٍ مِنَ العَمَل.
The new employee got a promotion after a year of work.
اِشْتَكَى المُوَظَّفُونَ مِنْ تَأَخُّرِ رَوَاتِبِهِمْ هَذَا الشَّهْر.
The employees complained about the delay of their salaries this month.
يُعَدُّ المُوَظَّفُ الحُكُومِيُّ المُخْلِصُ رُكْنًا أَسَاسِيًّا فِي كَفَاءَةِ الإِدَارَةِ العَامَّة.
The loyal government employee is considered a basic pillar in the efficiency of public administration.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُوَظَّفٌ | مُوَظَّفُونَ |
| Genitive | مُوَظَّفٍ | مُوَظَّفِينَ |
| Accusative | مُوَظَّفًا | مُوَظَّفِينَ |
| Vocative | يَا مُوَظَّفُ | يَا مُوَظَّفُونَ |
Word family
وَظِيفةjob, function, post
وَظَّفَto employ, to appoint
تَوْظِيفemployment, hiringمُوَظَّفةfemale employee
وَظِيفِيّfunctional, job-related
Etymology
مُوَظَّف comes from the triconsonantal root و-ظ-ف, which carries the idea of a fixed duty or post. It is the passive participle of the Form II verb وَظَّفَ, to assign a job or to employ. That verb is built on the noun وَظِيفة, a function or post. So a مُوَظَّف is a person who has been placed in a post. Arabic is a Semitic language, so the word has no Indo-European root.
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