Appendix:South Levantine Arabic roots/ع م ل

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ع م ل • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to doing
2. Related to working

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form I: عمل (ʕimil, “to do; to make”)
  • Active participle: عامل (ʕāmel)
• Form III: عامل (ʕāmal, “to treat, to behave towards someone”)
• Form VI: تعامل (tʕāmal, “to work with; to deal with”)
• Form VII: انعمل (inʕamal, “to be/get done”)
• Form X: استعمل (istaʕmal, “to use”)
  • Verbal Noun: استعمال (istiʕmāl, “use”)

Nouns

• عمل (ʕamal, “work, business; action”)
• عامل (ʕāmel, “worker, labourer”)

Particles

• عم (ʕam, ʕamma, progressive aspect marker)