English → Arabic
ruled in Arabic
- Pronunciation
- maḥkūm
- Arabizi
mahkoum- Type
- adjective · masculine
- Plural
- مَحْكُومُونَ maḥkūmūna
- Root
- ح ك م
How to use it
“Ruled” as an adjective translates to مَحْكُوم in Arabic, meaning governed or under the authority of someone or something. It agrees in gender and number with the noun it modifies.
Example sentences
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هَذَا الْمَدِينَةُ مَحْكُومَةٌ بِقَانُونٍ صَارِمٍ.
hādhā al-madīna maḥkūma biqānūnin ṣārim.
This city is ruled by a strict law.
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الْقَوَاعِدُ مَحْكُومَةٌ بِالْقُضَاةِ.
al-qawāʿidu maḥkūma bil-qaḍāʾi.
The rules are ruled by the judges.
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الدَوْلَةُ مَحْكُومَةٌ بِالْدِّيمُقْرَاطِيَّةِ.
ad-dawla maḥkūma bi-d-dīmūqrāṭiyya.
The state is ruled by democracy.
Examples from real texts
Sentences taken from published bilingual texts (subtitles, documents). They show the word in context and are not reviewed one by one.
Adults ruled supreme.
وكان الحكم للبالغين.
They even ruled out Merkel.
لقد أقصوا حتى مركل.
The High Court ruled that it did not.
ولقد قضت المحكمة العليا بأن القانون لم يفرض ذلك.
Wael was ruled in absentia last November.
حكم على وائل غيابياً في أواخر نوفمبر / تشرين الثاني الماضي.
No one “deserves” to be ruled so monstrously.
فلا أحد "يستحق" أن يُحكَم بهذه الوحشية.
Gaza is ruled by a completely hostile regime.
فغزة الآن يحكمها نظام عدائي تماماً.
A good portion of the world is ruled this way.
والحقيقة أن قسماً كبيراً من العالم يُـحكَم على هذه الشاكلة اليوم.
The Administrative Court in Cairo ruled in his favor.
و قد حكمت المحكمة التفيذية بالقاهرة لصالحه.
The Ottomans ruled Greece until the early 19th century.
حكم العثمانيون اليونان حتى أوائل القرن 19th.
Others—apparently a minority—have ruled to the contrary.
وثمة محاكم أخرى، هي أقلية فيما يبدو، قررت عكس ذلك.
Since 2001, the Kirchners have ruled with a siege mentality.
منذ العام 2001، كان الزوجان كيرشنر يحكمان بعقلية الحصار.
Nothing should be ruled out from discussion, including verification.
ولا ينبغي استبعاد أي شيء من المفاوضات، بما في ذلك التحقق.
Questions and answers
Can “ruled” be used for a person’s appearance?
No, for that sense we use “مُقَصَّم” (styled) or “مُهذَّب”.
Is there a noun form?
Yes, the noun is “حكم” (ḥukm) meaning “rule” or “judgment”.
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