عمل

العربية

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عمل^¹

/ʕa.mi.la/

Where it comes from

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

verb عَمِلَ · ʕamila · يَعْمَلُ · عَمَل · عَامِل

intransitive to work, to perform هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي مَجَالِ التَكْنُولُوجِيَا.
transitive to do (with deliberate thought) إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُ
to practice, to profess
to produce an effect
to be brisk, to walk fast
to exercise an influence
intransitive to govern a case
to take pains (عَلَى (ʕalā) with)
to work to an end
to take care of
to last without interruption

عمل^²

/ʕam.ma.la/

verb عَمَّلَ · ʕammala · يُعَمِّلُ · تَعْمِيل · مُعَمِّل

to pay (someone) their fee or wages
to make (someone) an administrator or governor
to suppurate, grow cancerous

عمل^³

/ʕa.mal/

noun عَمَل · ʕamal · أَعْمَال · الْعَمَل

noun from verb verbal noun of عَمِلَ (ʕamila) (form I)
action, act, deed
work, business الْعَمَلُ الْجَمَاعِيُّ يُمْكِنُ أَن يَكُونَ مُفِيدًا فِي إِنْجَازِ الْمُشَارِيعِ الْكَبِيرَةِ.
government

In English

work labour, employment, occupation, job
action something done so as to accomplish a purpose
do perform, execute
go of a machine, to work
business occupation, work or trade of a person
act deed
labour work
operation method by which a device performs its function
job economic role for which a person is paid
deed action
task piece of work done as part of one’s duties

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عمل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D9%85%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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