عالج

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⁧عَالَجَ⁩ • (ʕālaja) III, non-past ⁧يُعَالِجُ⁩‎ (yuʕāliju)

1. (transitive) to treat (a patient or illness or material)
   • a. 869, ⁧الْجَاحِظ⁩ [al-jāḥiẓ], “⁧باب ما يُعتبر من الجواهر النفيسة ومعرفتها وقيمتها⁩ [About how one esteems precious gems, their morphology and value]”, in ⁧التَبَصُّر بِٱلتِّجَارَة⁩ [at-tabaṣṣur bi-t-tijāra]‎:

     ⁧وزعم البحريون أن اللؤلؤ الكبار المتغير اللون تلُفُّ عليه الألْيَة الطرية المشرحة، وتُؤخذ في جوف عجين ويُدخل التنور ويُبالغ في إحمائه؛ فإنه يصفو ويَحسُن ويعود إليه الماء، وإذا بُخِّر بكافور كان ذلك، وإذا عُولج بمخ العظم وبماء البِطِّيخ فإنه يصفو.⁩

     Coastal people claim that the great motley pearls should be wrapped in a freshly cut fat-tail, then taken into a dough inserted into the oven heated up high; thereby they get pure and fair and restore their moisture, and when smoked with camphor the same happens; but if treated with bone-marrow and watermelon-juice they shine.

2. (transitive) to treat, to deal with, to have to do with, to process, to handle (a subject)
3. (transitive) to prevail upon, to persuade, to win over
4. (transitive) to practise

   Synonyms: ⁧مَارَسَ⁩ (mārasa), ⁧زَاوَلَ⁩ (zāwala)

From Arabic ⁧عَالَجَ⁩ (ʕālaja).

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.laʒ/, [ˈʕæː.laʒ], [ˈʕæː.lad͡ʒ]

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⁧عالج⁩ • (ʕālaj) III (present ⁧بعالج⁩ (biʕālej))

1. to treat (a patient or illness)
2. to address or deal with (an issue)