مُعَامَلَةٌ dealings in Arabic
مُعَامَلَةٌ is how you say “dealings” in Arabic.
Root ع م ل ʿ-m-l. noun (verbal noun / maṣdar of Form III عَامَلَ). muʿāmalah.
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Meaning of dealings in Arabic
- dealing, transaction esp. buying and selling; the everyday sense used among city-dwellers for doing business with someone
- treatment, conduct toward someone e.g. 'he dealt with him as the lion deals' — how one behaves toward another, not only in trade
- a cultivation-partnership contract Iraqi usage, equivalent to Hijazi مُسَاقَاة: hiring someone to manage palm or vine cultivation for a share of the produce
Example sentence
فَأقر لَهُ بِالْجَهْلِ فِي علمه، والآفات فِي عمله، والعيوب فِي نَفسه، والتفريط فِي حَقه، وَالظُّلم فِي مُعَامَلَته
So he acknowledges his ignorance in his knowledge, the flaws in his actions, the defects in his self, his negligence in his duty, and the injustice in his dealings.
مُعَامَلَتِهِ his dealings
muamala means 'dealing, conduct'; the ending '-hi' adds 'his' — 'his dealings'.
The English is machine-translated.
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How it is used
Muʿāmalah is the verbal noun of Form III عَامَلَ (ʿāmala, "to work/deal with someone"), itself built on عَمِلَ "to work, do." It covers everyday commercial dealings as well as how one treats or conducts oneself toward another person; classical Iraqi usage also applied it narrowly to a cultivation-for-a-share contract equivalent to Hijazi مُسَاقَاة.
Words from the same root
- عَمِلَ to work, labour, do, act, perform (Form I)
- عَمَلٌ work, deed, action (verbal noun of ʿamila)
- عَامِلٌ one who works; agent, official
- عَمَّلَ to appoint as governor; to pay someone's wage (Form II)
- عَامَلَ to deal, do business, or transact with someone (Form III, source of muʿāmalah)
- أَعْمَلَ to employ, use, put to work — one's judgment, tongue, or a mount (Form IV)
Common questions
- How do you say "dealings" in Arabic?
- مُعَامَلَةٌ (muʿāmalah).
- What is the root of مُعَامَلَةٌ and how does it relate to عَمَلٌ 'work'?
- Both come from the root ع-م-ل (ʿ-m-l). Muʿāmalah is the verbal noun of Form III عَامَلَ 'to deal/transact with someone,' which is itself built on the base verb عَمِلَ 'to work, do.'
Related words
Definitions summarised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).