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)

Related to carrying
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)

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”)