من أجل

Arabic

Etymology

مِنْ (min) + أَجْلِ (ʔajli).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /min ʔad͡ʒ.li/
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Preposition

مِنْ أَجْلِ • (min ʔajli)

  1. for the sake of, on account of, because of
    Synonym: لِأَجْلِ (li-ʔajli)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 5:32:
      مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَٰلِكَ كَتَبْنَا عَلَىٰ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ أَنَّهُ مَن قَتَلَ نَفْسًا بِغَيْرِ نَفْسٍ أَوْ فَسَادٍ فِي الْأَرْضِ فَكَأَنَّمَا قَتَلَ النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا وَمَنْ أَحْيَاهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا أَحْيَا النَّاسَ جَمِيعًا
      min ʔajli ḏālika katabnā ʕalā banī ʔisrāʔīla ʔannahu man qatala nafsan biḡayri nafsin ʔaw fasādin fī l-ʔarḍi fakaʔannamā qatala n-nāsa jamīʕan waman ʔaḥyāhā fakaʔannamā ʔaḥyā n-nāsa jamīʕan
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Inflection

    Inflected forms
Base form مِنْ أَجْلِ (min ʔajli)
Personal-pronoun-
including forms
Singular Dual Plural
Masculine Feminine Common Masculine Feminine
First person مِنْ أَجْلِي (min ʔajlī) مِنْ أَجْلِنَا (min ʔajlinā)
Second person مِنْ أَجْلِكَ (min ʔajlika) مِنْ أَجْلِكِ (min ʔajliki) مِنْ أَجْلِكُمَا (min ʔajlikumā) مِنْ أَجْلِكُمْ (min ʔajlikum) مِنْ أَجْلِكُنَّ (min ʔajlikunna)
Third person مِنْ أَجْلِهِ (min ʔajlihi) مِنْ أَجْلِهَا (min ʔajlihā) مِنْ أَجْلِهِمَا (min ʔajlihimā) مِنْ أَجْلِهِمْ (min ʔajlihim) مِنْ أَجْلِهِنَّ (min ʔajlihinna)
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