إجمال
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ج م ل (j m l) |
| 15 terms |
Etymology
Verbal noun of أَجْمَلَ (ʔajmala, “to summarize”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔid͡ʒ.maːl/
- Rhymes: -aːl
Noun
إِجْمَال • (ʔijmāl) m
- verbal noun of أَجْمَلَ (ʔajmala) (form IV)
- collection, abridgement, compendium, summary, synopsis
- treating a matter in a general way (opposed to تَفْصِيل (tafṣīl, “treating in detail”))
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | إِجْمَال ʔijmāl |
الْإِجْمَال al-ʔijmāl |
إِجْمَال ʔijmāl |
| nominative | إِجْمَالٌ ʔijmālun |
الْإِجْمَالُ al-ʔijmālu |
إِجْمَالُ ʔijmālu |
| accusative | إِجْمَالًا ʔijmālan |
الْإِجْمَالَ al-ʔijmāla |
إِجْمَالَ ʔijmāla |
| genitive | إِجْمَالٍ ʔijmālin |
الْإِجْمَالِ al-ʔijmāli |
إِجْمَالِ ʔijmāli |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: icmal
- → Indonesian: ijmal
- → Persian: اجمال (ejmâl)
- → Ottoman Turkish: اجمال (icmal)
- → Turkish: icmal
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “إجمال”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen