احتمل

See also: أحتمل

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح م ل (ḥ m l)
21 terms

Compare حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to carry”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iħ.ta.ma.la/

Verb

اِحْتَمَلَ • (iḥtamala) VIII (non-past يَحْتَمِلُ (yaḥtamilu), verbal noun اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl))

1. to carry
2. to tolerate, bear, support, suffer

   اِحْتَمَلْتُ مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ

   iḥtamaltu mā kāna minhu

   I endured what he did/said.

   (literally, “... what was from him.”)

3. to permit, allow

   لَا تَحْتَمِلُ سِنُّهَا ذٰلِكَ

   lā taḥtamilu sinnuhā ḏālika

   Her age doesn't allow it.

4. to overlook (an offense)
5. to acknowledge (a benefit), be thankful
6. (passive voice) to be possible, allowable, plausible
7. (passive voice, often also) to be probable, likely
   • 2013, مُصْطَفَى الْخَطِيب (muṣṭafā l-ḵaṭīb), كاتِبٌ بْرِيطانِيٌّ: رَغْمَ ٱخْتِلافِنَا مَعَ الْإخْوانِ لَكِنَّهُم لَم يُلْغُوا الدِّيمُوقْراطِيّة (kātibun brīṭāniyyun: raḡma ḵtilāfinā maʕa l-ʔiḵwāni lakinnahum lam yulḡū d-dīmūqrāṭiyya), in: بَوّابةُ الْحُرِّيّةِ وَٱلْعَدالَة (bawwābatu l-ḥurriyyati wal-ʕadāla), archived at: www.masress.com

     وَأَضافَ كُوهِين أَنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي عَلَى الْلِيبْرالِيِّينَ الْغَرْبِيِّينَ أَن يَتَواصَلُوا وَيُخْبِرُوا نُظَرائَهُم فِي الْعالَمِ الْعَرَبِيِّ بِأَنَّ فِكْرةَ الْمُجْتَمَعِ الصّالِحِ الْمَبْنِيِّ عَلَى حُكُومةٍ تُسَيْطِرُ عَلَيْهَا الْمُؤَسَّساتُ الْعَسْكَرِيّةُ هُوَ أَمْرٌ غَيْرُ مُحْتَمَلٍ عادةً. وَفِي الْحالَةِ الْمِصْرِيّةِ هُوَ لَيْسَ غَيْرَ مُحْتَمَلٍ فَقَط بَل مُسْتَحِيل.

     waʔaḍāfa kūhīn ʔannahu yanbaḡī ʕalā l-lībrāliyyīna l-ḡarbiyyīna ʔan yatawāṣalū wayuḵbirū nuẓarāʔahum fī l-ʕālami l-ʕarabiyyi biʔanna fikrata l-mujtamaʕi ṣ-ṣāliḥi l-mabniyyi ʕalā ḥukūmatin tusayṭiru ʕalayhā l-muʔassasātu l-ʕaskariyyatu huwa ʔamrun ḡayru muḥtamalin ʕādatan. wafī l-ḥālati l-miṣriyyati huwa laysa ḡayra muḥtamalin faqaṭ bal mustaḥīl.

     Cohen added that Western liberals must connect and tell their counterparts in the Arab world that the idea of a just society based on a government ruled by military institutions is something that is generally not likely. And in the Egyptian context, it is not just not likely, but impossible.

8. (passive voice) to be grow angry [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘with someone’]

Conjugation

    Conjugation of اِحْتَمَلَ (VIII, sound, full passive, verbal noun اِحْتِمَال)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						اِحْتِمَال iḥtimāl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُحْتَمِل muḥtamil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُحْتَمَل muḥtamal
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	اِحْتَمَلْتُ iḥtamaltu	اِحْتَمَلْتَ iḥtamalta	اِحْتَمَلَ iḥtamala		اِحْتَمَلْتُمَا iḥtamaltumā	اِحْتَمَلَا iḥtamalā		اِحْتَمَلْنَا iḥtamalnā	اِحْتَمَلْتُمْ iḥtamaltum	اِحْتَمَلُوا iḥtamalū
	f		اِحْتَمَلْتِ iḥtamalti	اِحْتَمَلَتْ iḥtamalat			اِحْتَمَلَتَا iḥtamalatā			اِحْتَمَلْتُنَّ iḥtamaltunna	اِحْتَمَلْنَ iḥtamalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَحْتَمِلُ ʔaḥtamilu	تَحْتَمِلُ taḥtamilu	يَحْتَمِلُ yaḥtamilu		تَحْتَمِلَانِ taḥtamilāni	يَحْتَمِلَانِ yaḥtamilāni		نَحْتَمِلُ naḥtamilu	تَحْتَمِلُونَ taḥtamilūna	يَحْتَمِلُونَ yaḥtamilūna
	f		تَحْتَمِلِينَ taḥtamilīna	تَحْتَمِلُ taḥtamilu			تَحْتَمِلَانِ taḥtamilāni			تَحْتَمِلْنَ taḥtamilna	يَحْتَمِلْنَ yaḥtamilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحْتَمِلَ ʔaḥtamila	تَحْتَمِلَ taḥtamila	يَحْتَمِلَ yaḥtamila		تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā	يَحْتَمِلَا yaḥtamilā		نَحْتَمِلَ naḥtamila	تَحْتَمِلُوا taḥtamilū	يَحْتَمِلُوا yaḥtamilū
	f		تَحْتَمِلِي taḥtamilī	تَحْتَمِلَ taḥtamila			تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā			تَحْتَمِلْنَ taḥtamilna	يَحْتَمِلْنَ yaḥtamilna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَحْتَمِلْ ʔaḥtamil	تَحْتَمِلْ taḥtamil	يَحْتَمِلْ yaḥtamil		تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā	يَحْتَمِلَا yaḥtamilā		نَحْتَمِلْ naḥtamil	تَحْتَمِلُوا taḥtamilū	يَحْتَمِلُوا yaḥtamilū
	f		تَحْتَمِلِي taḥtamilī	تَحْتَمِلْ taḥtamil			تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā			تَحْتَمِلْنَ taḥtamilna	يَحْتَمِلْنَ yaḥtamilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِحْتَمِلْ iḥtamil			اِحْتَمِلَا iḥtamilā				اِحْتَمِلُوا iḥtamilū
	f		اِحْتَمِلِي iḥtamilī							اِحْتَمِلْنَ iḥtamilna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	اُحْتُمِلْتُ uḥtumiltu	اُحْتُمِلْتَ uḥtumilta	اُحْتُمِلَ uḥtumila		اُحْتُمِلْتُمَا uḥtumiltumā	اُحْتُمِلَا uḥtumilā		اُحْتُمِلْنَا uḥtumilnā	اُحْتُمِلْتُمْ uḥtumiltum	اُحْتُمِلُوا uḥtumilū
	f		اُحْتُمِلْتِ uḥtumilti	اُحْتُمِلَتْ uḥtumilat			اُحْتُمِلَتَا uḥtumilatā			اُحْتُمِلْتُنَّ uḥtumiltunna	اُحْتُمِلْنَ uḥtumilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْتَمَلُ ʔuḥtamalu	تُحْتَمَلُ tuḥtamalu	يُحْتَمَلُ yuḥtamalu		تُحْتَمَلَانِ tuḥtamalāni	يُحْتَمَلَانِ yuḥtamalāni		نُحْتَمَلُ nuḥtamalu	تُحْتَمَلُونَ tuḥtamalūna	يُحْتَمَلُونَ yuḥtamalūna
	f		تُحْتَمَلِينَ tuḥtamalīna	تُحْتَمَلُ tuḥtamalu			تُحْتَمَلَانِ tuḥtamalāni			تُحْتَمَلْنَ tuḥtamalna	يُحْتَمَلْنَ yuḥtamalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْتَمَلَ ʔuḥtamala	تُحْتَمَلَ tuḥtamala	يُحْتَمَلَ yuḥtamala		تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā	يُحْتَمَلَا yuḥtamalā		نُحْتَمَلَ nuḥtamala	تُحْتَمَلُوا tuḥtamalū	يُحْتَمَلُوا yuḥtamalū
	f		تُحْتَمَلِي tuḥtamalī	تُحْتَمَلَ tuḥtamala			تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā			تُحْتَمَلْنَ tuḥtamalna	يُحْتَمَلْنَ yuḥtamalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْتَمَلْ ʔuḥtamal	تُحْتَمَلْ tuḥtamal	يُحْتَمَلْ yuḥtamal		تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā	يُحْتَمَلَا yuḥtamalā		نُحْتَمَلْ nuḥtamal	تُحْتَمَلُوا tuḥtamalū	يُحْتَمَلُوا yuḥtamalū
	f		تُحْتَمَلِي tuḥtamalī	تُحْتَمَلْ tuḥtamal			تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā			تُحْتَمَلْنَ tuḥtamalna	يُحْتَمَلْنَ yuḥtamalna

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “احتمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen