عامة
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عامة
- /ʕaːm.ma/
Where it comes from
Derived from the feminine form of active participle of the verb عَمَّ (ʕamma). See Hebrew עם (ʕam, “people, nation”) for comparison.
noun عَامَّة · ʕāmma · عَوَامّ · الْعَامَّة
- the major or most general part (of), the majority or generality (of); most (of), most تِلْكَ إِرَادَةُ عَامَّةِ ٱلشَّعْبِ
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the people who have not gone through moral, theological, and/or philosophical instruction and training or who are oblivious to mysterious, esoteric, or occult knowledge; the laity; the common unlearned people, the populace, the hoi polloi, the multitude
دَعْكَ مِنَ اَلْعَامَّةِ
Similar: أَكْثَر, جُلّ, أَغْلَب, مُعْظَم · Opposite: خَاصَّة, فَلَاسِفَة, عُلَمَاء, مُثَقَّفُون
- the people or sects thought to be like the laity in their simple-mindedness, ignorance, or numerousness; simpletons اَلْعَامَّة مِنَ الْمُتَفَلْسِفَة
- a raft
adverb عَامَّةً · ʕāmmatan
adjective عَامَّة · ʕāmma
- feminine singular of عَامّ (ʕāmm)
In English
- public members of the community or the people in general
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