جعل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ج ع ل (j-ʕ-l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒa.ʕa.la/

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Verb

1. (transitive) to make: to create
2. (transitive) to put, to place, to lay
3. (ditransitive) to affect, to bring about, to make, to cause
   • Louisa Alcott, Little Women, Chapter 1, Arabic translation "Dar wa Maktabat al-Hilal, Lebanon":

     الْفَقْرُ وَعَدَمُ وُجُودِ ثِيَابٍ جَدِيدَةٍ يَجْعَلَانِ الْمَرْءَ بَائِسًا جِدًّا.

     al-faqru waʕadamu wujūdi ṯiyābin jadīdatin yajʕalāni al-marʔa bāʔisan jiddan.

     Poverty and the lack of new clothes make one very miserable.

4. to fix, to set
5. to begin to (followed by a non-past verb)

   جَعَلْتُ أَبْكِي. ― jaʕaltu ʔabkī. ― I began to cry

Descendants

• Maltese: ġiegħel

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaʕl/

Noun

جَعْل • (jaʕl) m

1. verbal noun of جَعَلَ (jaʕala) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun جَعْل (jaʕl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	جَعْل jaʕl	الْجَعْل al-jaʕl	جَعْل jaʕl
Nominative	جَعْلٌ jaʕlun	الْجَعْلُ al-jaʕlu	جَعْلُ jaʕlu
Accusative	جَعْلًا jaʕlan	الْجَعْلَ al-jaʕla	جَعْلَ jaʕla
Genitive	جَعْلٍ jaʕlin	الْجَعْلِ al-jaʕli	جَعْلِ jaʕli