ءمل

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of hope, expectation, and aspiration. It extends to related ideas of looking forward, contemplation, and even physical descriptions of elevated landforms.

Derived headwords

الأملnoun

1.
Hopeboth
The feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen.

الأملnoun

1.
Expectationboth
The act of anticipating or looking forward to something.

الإملnoun

1.
Hopeclassical
An alternative form of 'amal, cited from Ibn Jinni, meaning hope or expectation.

آمالnoun

1.
Hopesboth
The plural of 'amal, referring to multiple hopes or expectations.

أملverb

1.
To hopeboth
To have hope or expectation for something.

أملهverb

1.
To give hopeboth
To cause someone to have hope or expectation.

تأملverb

1.
To contemplateboth
To look at something thoughtfully and reflectively.

تأملverb

1.
To examine closelyboth
To scrutinize or investigate something with careful attention.

تأملverb

1.
To ponderboth
To consider something deeply and carefully.

تأملverb

1.
To be deliberateclassical
To act with careful consideration and without haste.

تأملتverb

1.
I contemplatedboth
Past tense, first person singular of 'to contemplate'.

تأملت الشيءverb

1.
I looked at the thingboth
I observed the object with careful scrutiny.

تأمل الرجلverb

1.
The man contemplatedboth
The man considered the matter and looked carefully.

الأميلadjective

1.
A sand duneclassical
A strip of sand separated from the main body of dunes, approximately a mile wide.

الأميلnoun

1.
A place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

أملnoun

1.
Sand dunesclassical
The plural of 'al-amil', referring to elevated sand formations.

أمولnoun

1.
A place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location, mentioned in poetry.

الأملةnoun

1.
Helpersclassical
The plural of 'aamil', referring to a man's assistants or supporters.

آملnoun

1.
Helperclassical
A singular form referring to an assistant or supporter of a man.

Parallel reading

الأمل والأمل والإمل: الرجاء؛

Al-amal, al-amal, and al-iml: hope;

والجمع آمال.

And the plural is aamaal.

وأملته آمله وقد أمله يأمله أملا؛

And I gave him hope, hoping for him, and he hoped for him, hoping;

وأمله تأميلا،

And he gave him hope (ta'miilan),

ويقال أمل خيره يأمله أملا،

And it is said: he hoped for his good, hoping for his good;

وما أطول إملته، من الأمل أي أمله،

And how long is his hope, from the concept of 'amal, meaning his hope;

وإنه لطويل الإملة أي التأميل؛ عن اللحياني، مثل الجلسة والركبة.

And indeed he is long in his hope, meaning the act of giving hope; according to Al-Lihyani, like 'jalsah' and 'rukkah'.

والتأمل: التثبت.

And at-ta'ammul: deliberation.

وتأملت الشيء أي نظرت إليه مستثبتا له.

And I contemplated the thing, meaning I looked at it, scrutinizing it.

وتأمل الرجل: تثبت في الأمر والنظر.

And the man contemplated: he deliberated in the matter and looked.

والأميل على فعيل: حبل من الرمل معتزل عن معظمه على تقدير ميل؛

And al-amil, on the pattern of 'fa'iil': a strip of sand separated from the main body, estimated at a mile;

كالبرق يجتاز أميلا أعرفا

Like lightning passing through a sand dune, I recognize it.

الأميل حبل من الرمل يكون عرضه نحوا من ميل،

Al-amil is a strip of sand whose width is about a mile,

وجمع الأميل ما ارتفع من الرمل: أمل؛

And the plural of al-amil, referring to what is elevated from the sand: aml;

رجال بني زبيد غيبتهم ... جبال أمول، لا سقيت أمول

The men of Banu Zubayd were hidden from them... by the mountains of Amul, may Amul not be watered.

الأملة أعوان الرجل، واحدهم آمل.

Al-amalah are the helpers of a man, and their singular is aamil.