مجال
See also: محال
Arabic
Etymology
Noun of place from the verb جَالَ (jāla, “to go round, to roam”), from the root ج و ل (j-w-l).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ma.d͡ʒaːl/
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Noun
مَجَال • (majāl) m (plural مَجَالَات (majālāt))
- field (area of specialty)
- extent
- space
- 1982, Yusuf Idris, العسكري الأسود [The Black Military]:
- وَكَانَ، لِأَسْبَابٍ لَيْسَ هُنَا مَجَالُ تَقَصِّيهَا، قَدْ اِخْتَارَ فُتْرَةً بَعْدَ ٱلظُّهْرِ لِيَكُونَ ٱلنَّوْبَتْجِيَّ فِيهَا
- wakāna, liʾasbābin laysa hunā majālu taqaṣṣīhā, qad iḵtāra futratan baʿda ẓ-ẓuhri liyakūna n-nawbatjiyya fīhā
- And for reasons there's no space to investigate, he chose to have the shift in the afternoon.
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- place of combat, battlefield
- skirmish
- place of exercise for horses
- circle
- sphere of action, elbow room
- power, capacity, possibility, opportunity
- road, passage
- career
Declension
Declension of noun مَجَال (majāl)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَجَال majāl | الْمَجَال al-majāl | مَجَال majāl |
| Nominative | مَجَالٌ majālun | الْمَجَالُ al-majālu | مَجَالُ majālu |
| Accusative | مَجَالًا majālan | الْمَجَالَ al-majāla | مَجَالَ majāla |
| Genitive | مَجَالٍ majālin | الْمَجَالِ al-majāli | مَجَالِ majāli |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَجَالَيْن majālayn | الْمَجَالَيْن al-majālayn | مَجَالَيْ majālay |
| Nominative | مَجَالَانِ majālāni | الْمَجَالَانِ al-majālāni | مَجَالَا majālā |
| Accusative | مَجَالَيْنِ majālayni | الْمَجَالَيْنِ al-majālayni | مَجَالَيْ majālay |
| Genitive | مَجَالَيْنِ majālayni | الْمَجَالَيْنِ al-majālayni | مَجَالَيْ majālay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَجَالَات majālāt | الْمَجَالَات al-majālāt | مَجَالَات majālāt |
| Nominative | مَجَالَاتٌ majālātun | الْمَجَالَاتُ al-majālātu | مَجَالَاتُ majālātu |
| Accusative | مَجَالَاتٍ majālātin | الْمَجَالَاتِ al-majālāti | مَجَالَاتِ majālāti |
| Genitive | مَجَالَاتٍ majālātin | الْمَجَالَاتِ al-majālāti | مَجَالَاتِ majālāti |
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “جول”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مجال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “جول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN