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Also written عمل: عَمَل (action)
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Most common words from the same root
عَمِلَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to work, to perform intransitive
هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي مَجَالِ التَكْنُولُوجِيَا.He works in the field of technology.أَنَا أَعْمَلُ مُدَرِّسًا فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ.I work as a teacher at the school.أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِAs for the ship, it belonged to some poor people, working at sea.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:79
- to do (with deliberate thought) transitive
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُAllah will surely admit those who believe and do good into Gardens, under which rivers flow609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:23
- to practice, to profess
- to produce an effect
- to be brisk, to walk fast
- to exercise an influence
- to govern a case intransitive
- to take pains (عَلَى (ʕalā) with)
- to work to an end
- to take care of
- to last without interruption
Word origin
The grammatical “government” meaning is a semantic loan from Medieval Latin vīs. Compare Hebrew עָמָל (amál, “work, deed”).
Words from the root ع-م-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
عَمِلَ
· present يَعْمَلُ
Form I · The plain action
to work, to perform; to do (with deliberate thought); to practice, to profess
worker
عَامِل
factor
عَامِل
active
مَعْمُول
a word whose grammatical state is governed by another word
عَمَّلَ
· present يُعَمِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to pay (someone) their fee or wages; to make (someone) an administrator or governor; to suppurate, grow cancerous
تَعْمِيل
مُعَمِّل
مُعَمَّل
عَامَلَ
· present يُعَامِلُ
Form III · Done to or with someone
to do business with; to act in common with; to treat (in such and such a way)
أَعْمَلَ
· present يُعْمِلُ
Form IV · Causative
to cause to work, to make work, to ply one's hands; to set a-working; to set one's mind on a work
إِعْمَال
مُعْمِل
مُعْمَل
تَعَمَّلَ
· present يَتَعَمَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II
to be tired; to strive, labor or toil (لِ (li) for something)
تَعَمُّل
مُتَعَمِّل
مُتَعَمَّل
تَعَامَلَ
· present يَتَعَامَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to do business with one another; to treat one another in a certain way; to deal with, to handle
اِنْعَمَلَ
· present يَنْعَمِلُ
Form VII · Passive or resultative
to be in the process of being done, being carried out, being accomplished
اِنْعِمَال
مُنْعَمِل
اِعْتَمَلَ
· present يَعْتَمِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to do the work oneself
اِعْتِمَال
مُعْتَمِل
مُعْتَمَل
اِسْتَعْمَلَ
· present يَسْتَعْمِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering
to use, make use of; to ask to work; to employ in a work
اِسْتِعْمَال
use
مُسْتَعْمِل
مُسْتَعْمَل
client
work
factory
عُمْلَة
currency
عُمُولَة
commission
عَمْلَة
evil deed
عِمْلَة
mode of acting
عُمَّالِيّ
labour
عَمِلَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | عَمِلْتُ | أَعْمَلُ | أَعْمَلَ | أَعْمَلْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | عَمِلْتَ | تَعْمَلُ | تَعْمَلَ | تَعْمَلْ | اِعْمَلْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | عَمِلْتِ | تَعْمَلِينَ | تَعْمَلِي | تَعْمَلِي | اِعْمَلِي |
| هُوَ he | عَمِلَ | يَعْمَلُ | يَعْمَلَ | يَعْمَلْ | — |
| هِيَ she | عَمِلَتْ | تَعْمَلُ | تَعْمَلَ | تَعْمَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | عَمِلْتُمَا | تَعْمَلَانِ | تَعْمَلَا | تَعْمَلَا | اِعْمَلَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | عَمِلَا | يَعْمَلَانِ | يَعْمَلَا | يَعْمَلَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | عَمِلَتَا | تَعْمَلَانِ | تَعْمَلَا | تَعْمَلَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | عَمِلْنَا | نَعْمَلُ | نَعْمَلَ | نَعْمَلْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | عَمِلْتُمْ | تَعْمَلُونَ | تَعْمَلُوا | تَعْمَلُوا | اِعْمَلُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | عَمِلْتُنَّ | تَعْمَلْنَ | تَعْمَلْنَ | تَعْمَلْنَ | اِعْمَلْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | عَمِلُوا | يَعْمَلُونَ | يَعْمَلُوا | يَعْمَلُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | عَمِلْنَ | يَعْمَلْنَ | يَعْمَلْنَ | يَعْمَلْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | عَمَل |
|---|---|
| Active participle | عَامِل |
| Passive participle | مَعْمُول |
عَمِلَ in a sentence
Dictionary examples
to work
هُوَ يَعْمَلُ فِي مَجَالِ التَكْنُولُوجِيَا.He works in the field of technology.
to work
أَنَا أَعْمَلُ مُدَرِّسًا فِي الْمَدْرَسَةِ.I work as a teacher at the school.
to work
أَمَّا السَّفِينَةُ فَكَانَتْ لِمَسَاكِينَ يَعْمَلُونَ فِي الْبَحْرِAs for the ship, it belonged to some poor people, working at sea.609–632 CE, Qur'an, 18:79
to do
إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُدْخِلُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جَنَّاتٍ تَجْرِي مِن تَحْتِهَا الْأَنْهَارُAllah will surely admit those who believe and do good into Gardens, under which rivers flow609–632 CE, Qur'an, 22:23
From a fully vowelled text
«فِي آخِرِ سَبْعِ سِنِينَ تَعْمَلُ إِبْرَاءً.At the end of every seven years thou shalt make a release.Deuteronomy 15:1, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
رَجَوْتُ خَلاَصَكَ يَا رَبُّ، وَوَصَايَاكَ عَمِلْتُ.LORD, I have hoped for thy salvation, and done thy commandments.Psalms 119:166, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
إِنْ عَلِمْتُمْ هذَا فَطُوبَاكُمْ إِنْ عَمِلْتُمُوهُ.If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.John 13:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
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