Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Arabic term or phrase:
من عدمه
English translation:
or otherwise
Added to glossary by
Mohsin Alabdali
Jun 3, 2008 18:02
16 yrs ago
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Arabic term
English lawyer - 11 years in practice
Native in: English 
Works in: Arabic to English, French to English, Persian (Farsi) to English
ﻤﻦ ﻋﺪﻤﻪ
Arabic to English
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Egyptian usage
Min (man?) 'adamihi.
This little phrase comes up a lot in the text I am working on, e.g. "is the situation xyz, ﻤﻦ ﻋﺪﻤﻪ"
From the context and a little research I suspect it means "or otherwise", but I would prefer to have this confirmed as it is not in my dictionaries.
Many thanks to all.
This little phrase comes up a lot in the text I am working on, e.g. "is the situation xyz, ﻤﻦ ﻋﺪﻤﻪ"
From the context and a little research I suspect it means "or otherwise", but I would prefer to have this confirmed as it is not in my dictionaries.
Many thanks to all.
Proposed translations
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| 4 | or otherwise |
Mohsin Alabdali
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| 4 +4 | or not |
Nadia Ayoub
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| 4 +1 | From(its)non existence |
Shabbir Limbada
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Change log
Jun 13, 2008 05:49: Mohsin Alabdali changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/136406">James Roberts's</a> old entry - "ﻤﻦ ﻋﺪﻤﻪ"" to ""or otherwise""
Proposed translations
16 hrs
Arabic term (edited):
ﻤﻦ ﻋﺪﻤﻪ= من عدمه
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or otherwise
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "First, my apologies for the lack of full context - I was in a real hurry. Nadia's answer is clearly correct, but in the context of the English translation, this is the one that I have used. Many thanks to all."
+1
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Shabbir Limbada
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Native in English
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
accurate,proficient,experience since1975
Native in: Urdu 
, English (Variant: British)
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Arabic to Urdu, and 5 more.
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Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Egypt
Native in Arabic
Egypt
Never lost for words!
Native in: Arabic
Works in: English to Arabic, Arabic to English, Italian to Arabic, and 4 more.
Related KudoZ points
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115
or not
for example: إذا كان فلان ذهب إلى فلان و فعل هذا و ذاك ، من عدمه
we do use this expression. However more context with real Arabic sentences is needed to be 100% certain.
we do use this expression. However more context with real Arabic sentences is needed to be 100% certain.
Peer comment(s):
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Maureen Millington-Brodie
: my first thought too, but difficult to be sure without context
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Thanks a lot :)
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Yasser El Helw
23 hrs
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Thanks a lot Yasser :)
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Mahy
1 day 8 hrs
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Many thanks Mahy :)
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Mona Helal
: fully: "whether it is there (it exists) or not" - depends on the full sentence
4 days
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Many thanks Mona :)
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