عمل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

    Root
    ع م ل (ʕ m l)
    19 terms

    The grammatical “government” meaning is a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīs. Compare Hebrew עָמָל (`Amal, work, deed).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    عَمِلَ (ʕamila) I (non-past يَعْمَلُ (yaʕmalu), verbal noun عَمَل (ʕamal))

    1. (intransitive) to work, perform
      هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي مَجَالِ التَكْنُولُوجِيَا.
      huwa yaʕmalu fī majāli t-taknūlūjiyā.
      He works in the field of technology.
      أَنَا أَعْمَلُ مُدَرِسًا فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ.
      ʔanā ʔaʕmalu mudarisan fī l-madrasati.
      I work as a teacher at the school.
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:79:
        أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِ
        ʔammā s-safīnatu fakānat limasākīna yaʕmalūna fī l-baḥri
        As for the ship, it belonged to some poor people, working at sea.
        Translated by Mustafa Khattab.
    2. (transitive) to do (with deliberate thought)
      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:23:
        إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ
        ʔinna l-laha yudḵilu llaḏīna ʔāmanū waʕamilū aṣ-ṣāliḥāti jannātin tajrī min taḥtihā l-ʔanhāru
        Allah will surely admit those who believe and do good into Gardens, under which rivers flow
        Translated by Mustafa Khattab
    3. to practice, profess
    4. to produce an effect
    5. to be brisk, walk fast
    6. to exercise an influence
    7. (grammar, intransitive) to govern a case
    8. to take pains (عَلَى (ʕalā) with)
    9. to work to an end
    10. to take care of
    11. to last without interruption
    Conjugation

    Etymology 2

    Root
    ع م ل (ʕ m l)
    19 terms

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    عَمَّلَ (ʕammala) II (non-past يُعَمِّلُ (yuʕammilu), verbal noun تَعْمِيل (taʕmīl))

    1. to pay (someone) their fee or wages
    2. to make (someone) an administrator or governor
    3. to suppurate, grow cancerous
    Conjugation

    Etymology 3

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʕa.mal/
    • Audio:(file)

    Noun

    عَمَل (ʕamalm (plural أَعْمَال (ʔaʕmāl))

    1. verbal noun of عَمِلَ (ʕamila) (form I)
    2. action, act, deed
    3. work, business
      الْعَمَلُ الْجَمَاعِيُّ يُمْكِنُ أَن يَكُونَ مُفِيدًا فِي إِنْجَازِ الْمُشَارِيعِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.
      al-ʕamalu l-jamāʕiyyu yumkinu ʔan yakūna mufīdan fī ʔinjāzi l-mušārīʕi l-kabīrati.
      Collaborative work can be beneficial in completing large projects.
    4. (grammar) government
    Declension
    Descendants
    • Azerbaijani: əməl
    • Bashkir: ғәмәл (ğəməl)
    • Ottoman Turkish: عمل
    • Persian: عمل ('amal)
    • Swahili: amali
    • Uyghur: ئەمەل (emel)
    • Uzbek: amal

    References

    • Praetorius, Franz (1909) “Die grammatische Rektion bei den Arabern”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 63, pages 495–503
    • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
    • Wehr, Hans (1979) “عمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

    Egyptian Arabic

    Root
    ع م ل
    2 terms

    Etymology

    From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    عمل (ʕamal) I (non-past يعمل (yiʕmil))

    1. to do

    Conjugation

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        Conjugation of عمل (form-I sound)
    singular plural
    1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
    past m عملت (ʕamalt) عملت (ʕamalt) عمل (ʕamal) عملنا (ʕamalna) عملتوا (ʕamaltu) عملوا (ʕamalu)
    f عملتي (ʕamalti) عملت (ʕamalit)
    present subjunctive m اعمل (aʕmil) تعمل (tiʕmil) يعمل (yiʕmil) نعمل (niʕmil) تعملوا (tiʕmilu) يعملوا (yiʕmilu)
    f تعملي (tiʕmili) تعمل (tiʕmil)
    present indicative m بعمل (baʕmil) بتعمل (bitiʕmil) بيعمل (biyiʕmil) بنعمل (biniʕmil) بتعملوا (bitiʕmilu) بيعملوا (biyiʕmilu)
    f بتعملي (bitiʕmili) بتعمل (bitiʕmil)
    future m حعمل (ḥaʕmil) حتعمل (ḥatiʕmil) حيعمل (ḥayiʕmil) حنعمل (ḥaniʕmil) حتعملوا (ḥatiʕmilu) حيعملوا (ḥayiʕmilu)
    f حتعملي (ḥatiʕmili) حتعمل (ḥatiʕmil)
    imperative m اعمل (iʕmil) اعملوا (iʕmilu)
    f اعملي (iʕmili)

    Moroccan Arabic

    Etymology

    Root
    ع م ل
    1 term

    From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    عمل (ʕmal) I (non-past يعمل (yiʕmal))

    1. to do
      Synonym: دار (dār)

    Conjugation

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    North Levantine Arabic

    Etymology

    From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

    Verb

    عمل (ʕimil) I (non-past يعمل (yiʕmil, yaʕmil, yaʕmul))

    1. to do
      شو عم تعمل؟
      šu ʕam taʕmul?
      What are you doing?

    Persian

    Etymology

      Borrowed from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal).

      Pronunciation

      Readings
      Classical reading? amal
      Dari reading? amal
      Iranian reading? amal
      Tajik reading? amal

      Noun

      Dari عمل
      Iranian Persian
      Tajik амал

      عمل ('amal) (plural اعمال (a'mâl) or عمل‌ها ('amal-hâ))

      1. action
        Synonyms: کنش (koneš), کار (kâr)
      2. deed
      3. operation
        Synonym: عملیات ('amaliyât)

      Inflection

          Enclitic-attached forms of عمل ('amal) (Iranian Persian)
          Basic forms of عمل ('amal)
      singular plural
      bare عمل
      ('amal)
      عمل‌ها
      ('amal-hấ)
      عملا
      ('amalấ)
      definitive direct object عمل را
      ('amal râ)
      عمل رو
      ('amalo)
      عمل‌ها را
      ('amal-hấ râ)
      عملا رو
      ('amalấ ro)
      ezâfe عمل
      ('amal-e)
      عمل‌های
      ('amal-hấ-ye)
      عملای
      ('amalấ-ye)
      marked indefinite
      or relative definite
      عملی
      ('amal-i)
      عمل‌هایی
      ('amalấn-i, 'amal-hấ-i)
      عملایی
      ('amalấi)
      Colloquial.
          Possessive forms of عمل ('amal)
      singular plural
      1st person singular
      (“my”)
      عملم
      ('amalam)
      عمل‌هایم
      ('amal-hấyam)
      عمل‌هام، عملام
      ('amalấm)
      2nd person singular
      (“your”)
      عملت
      ('amalat)

      ('amalet)
      عمل‌هایت
      ('amal-hấyat)
      عمل‌هات، عملات
      ('amalất)
      3rd person singular
      (“his, her, its”)
      عملش
      ('amalaš)

      ('amaleš)
      عمل‌هایش
      ('amal-hấyaš)
      عمل‌هاش، عملاش
      ('amalấš)
      1st plural
      (“our”)
      عملمان
      ('amalemân)
      عملمون
      ('amalemun)
      عمل‌هایمان
      ('amal-hấyemân)
      عمل‌هامون، عملامون
      ('amalấmun)
      2nd plural
      (“your”)
      عملتان
      ('amaletân)
      عملتون
      ('amaletun)
      عمل‌هایتان
      ('amal-hấyetân)
      عمل‌هاتون، عملاتون
      ('amalấtun)
      3rd plural
      (“their”)
      عملشان
      ('amalešân)
      عملشون
      ('amalešun)
      عمل‌هایشان
      ('amal-hấyešân)
      عمل‌هاشون، عملاشون
      ('amalấšun)
      Colloquial.

      Derived terms

      South Levantine Arabic

      Root
      ع م ل
      6 terms

      Etymology

      From Arabic عَمِلَ (ʕamila).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      عمل (ʕimil) I (present بعمل (biʕmil), active participle عامل (ʕāmel))

      1. to do
        Synonym: سوّى (sawwa)
        شو بتحبّ نعمل؟
        šu bitḥebb niʕmil?
        What would you like for us to do?
        يلّا تعالي، شو بتعملي؟
        yalla taʕāli, šu btiʕmili?
        Come on, what are you doing?
      2. to make, to prepare
        Synonym: سوّى (sawwa)
        عملتلي دور.
        ʕimlatli dōr.
        She made an appointment for me.
        رح أعملكم أشياء زاكية.
        raḥ ʔaʕmilkom ʔašyāʔ zākye.
        I'm going to prepare some sweets for you.
      3. (reflexive) to act (a certain way), to pretend
        عمل حاله نايم.
        ʕimil ḥālo nāyem.
        He acted like he was asleep.

      Usage notes

      Conjugation

          Conjugation of عمل (ʕimil)
      singular plural
      1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
      past m عملت (ʕmilt) عملت (ʕmilt) عمل (ʕimil) عملنا (ʕmilna) عملتو (ʕmiltu) عملو (ʕimlu)
      f عملتي (ʕmilti) عملت (ʕimlat)
      present m بعمل (baʕmil) بتعمل (btiʕmil) بعمل (biʕmil) منعمل (mniʕmil) بتعملو (btiʕmilu) بعملو (biʕmilu)
      f بتعملي (btiʕmili) بتعمل (btiʕmil)
      subjunctive m أعمل (ʔaʕmil) تعمل (tiʕmil) يعمل (yiʕmil) نعمل (niʕmil) تعملو (tiʕmilu) يعملو (yiʕmilu)
      f تعملي (tiʕmili) تعمل (tiʕmil)
      imperative m اعمل (iʕmil) اعملو (iʕmilu)
      f اعملي (iʕmili)

      Noun

      عَمَل (transliteration neededm (plural أَعْمَال)

      1. work, business, employment
      2. action, act, deed

      Urdu

      Etymology

        Borrowed from Classical Persian عمل ('amal), from Arabic عَمَل (ʕamal).

        Pronunciation

        Noun

        عمل ('amalm (Hindi spelling अमल)

        1. action, deed
        2. process
        3. effect