ح م ل

See also: حمل, جمل, and ج م ل

Arabic

Etymology

The sense “be pregnant” can, of course, be derived from “carry” without any difficulty. Nevertheless consider the phonetic similarity with ح ب ل (ḥ-b-l).

Root

ح م ل • (ḥ-m-l)

1. Related to carrying
2. Related to being pregnant

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: حَمَلَ (ḥamala)
  • Active participle: حَامِل (ḥāmil)
  • Passive participle: مَحْمُول (maḥmūl)
• Form II: حَمَّلَ (ḥammala)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْمِيل (taḥmīl)
  • Active participle: مُحَمِّل (muḥammil)
  • Passive participle: مُحَمَّل (muḥammal)
• Form IV: أَحْمَلَ (ʔaḥmala)
  • Verbal noun: إِحْمَال (ʔiḥmāl)
  • Active participle: مُحْمِل (muḥmil)
  • Passive participle: مُحْمَل (muḥmal)
• Form V: تَحَمَّلَ (taḥammala)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَمُّل (taḥammul)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَمِّل (mutaḥammil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَحَمَّل (mutaḥammal)
• Form VI: تَحَامَلَ (taḥāmala)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَامُل (taḥāmul)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَامِل (mutaḥāmil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَحَامَل (mutaḥāmal)
• Form VII: اِنْحَمَلَ (inḥamala)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْحِمَال (inḥimāl)
  • Active participle: مُنْحَمِل (munḥamil)
• Form VIII: اِحْتَمَلَ (iḥtamala)
  • Verbal noun: اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl)
  • Active participle: مُحْتَمِل (muḥtamil)
  • Passive participle: مُحْتَمَل (muḥtamal)
• Form X: اِسْتَحْمَلَ (istaḥmala)
  • Verbal noun: اِسْتِحْمَال (istiḥmāl)
  • Active participle: مُسْتَحْمِل (mustaḥmil)
  • Passive participle: مُسْتَحْمَل (mustaḥmal)

Adjectives

• حامِل (ḥāmil)

South Levantine Arabic

Root

ح م ل • (transliteration needed)

1. Related to carrying

Derived terms

Verbs and verb forms

• Form I: حمل (ḥamal, “to carry”)
  • Noun Form: حمل (ḥaml, “carrying, pregnancy”)
  • Active Participle: حامل (ḥāmel, “carrying, pregnant”)
• Form 2: حمّل (ḥammal, “to load, burden”)
  • Noun Form: تحميل (taḥmīl, “upload, download”)
• Form 5: تحمّل (tḥammal, “to endure, bear”)
  • Active Participle: متحمّل (mitḥammel)

Noun

• حمّال (ḥammāl, “porter”)
• حمّالة (ḥammāle, “luggage rack; stretcher”)
• حملة (ḥamle, “campaign, attack”)