motive power
1 occurrence across 1 Arabic/Persian root
ع- ل- ل (ʿ-l-l) — cause; reason; sick
“motive power” accounts for
1 of
56 occurrences of this root
(2%)
(ʿ-l-l) — cause; reason; sick
“motive power” accounts for 1 of 56 occurrences of this root (2%)
Forms seen
Translation spectrum for this root
cause 11% source 5% sick 5% reason 5% afflicted 5% sickness 4% motive 4% instrument 4% criterion 4% caused 4% cannot but ensure 4% what could have caused 2% resulted in 2% reason of 2% provoked 2% promoting 2% pretext 2% prerequisite 2% occasion 2% motive power 2% mainspring of 2% influence 2% inasmuch as through it 2% ill 2% having caused 2% goal 2% generating impulse 2% essential prerequisite 2% causing 2% causeth 2% cause of 2% aversion 2% are responsible for 2% animating force 2% am sick 2% acted in a manner that could 2% account of 2%
See Also
Other English words/phrases that share the same Arabic/Persian roots: