مبالاة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of بَالَى (bālā, “to care, to pay attention”).

Noun

مُبَالَاة • (mubālāh) f

1. verbal noun of بَالَى (bālā, “to care, to pay attention”) (form III)
2. care, concern
3. attention

Declension

Declension of noun مُبَالَاة (mubālāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُبَالَاة mubālāt	الْمُبَالَاة al-mubālāt	مُبَالَاة mubālāt
Nominative	مُبَالَاةٌ mubālātun	الْمُبَالَاةُ al-mubālātu	مُبَالَاةُ mubālātu
Accusative	مُبَالَاةً mubālātan	الْمُبَالَاةَ al-mubālāta	مُبَالَاةَ mubālāta
Genitive	مُبَالَاةٍ mubālātin	الْمُبَالَاةِ al-mubālāti	مُبَالَاةِ mubālāti

Derived terms

• لَامُبَالَاة (lā-mubālāh, “unconcern, apathy”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بلو”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN