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اشتمل

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See also: أشتمل

Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ش م ل (š m l)
7 terms

Compare شَمَلَ (šamala, to hold, to contain).

Verb

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اِشْتَمَلَ (ištamala) VIII (non-past يَشْتَمِلُ (yaštamilu), verbal noun اِشْتِمَال (ištimāl))

  1. to comprise, to contain, to include, to consist of [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘something’]
  2. to surround from all sides, to encompass
  3. to extend to all, to be general
  4. to wrap oneself up in one's clothes or a cloak

Conjugation

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References

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  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “اشتمل”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen