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همل

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of flowing, falling, and being left neglected or abandoned. It extends to describe neglected animals, abandoned matters, and even the flow of tears or rain. The root also touches upon the idea of something being loose or insignificant.

Derived headwords

هَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to flow, to streamboth

    Used for eyes shedding tears or rain falling.

  2. 2.
    to be neglected, abandonedboth

    To be left without care, supervision, or purpose.

هَمَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, streamingboth

    The act of flowing or streaming, used as a masdar for the verb 'hamala'.

  2. 2.
    neglected animalsboth

    Animals, particularly camels, that are left to roam without a shepherd or owner.

  3. 3.
    abandoned mattersboth

    Affairs or issues that are left unattended or unmanaged.

  4. 4.
    lost animalsclassical

    Specifically refers to stray or lost animals, often camels.

  5. 5.
    small houseclassical

    A small dwelling or hut.

  6. 6.
    water without obstructionclassical

    Water that flows freely without any barrier.

هَمَلٌ وَهُمُولٌ وَهَمَلَانٌnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, streamingboth

    Masdars indicating the act of flowing or shedding tears/rain.

مُنْهَمِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    flowing, streamingboth

    Describing something that is flowing or shedding tears, like an eye.

هَامِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    neglected, abandonedboth

    Left without care or supervision, often used for animals.

  2. 2.
    stray, lostboth

    An animal that has strayed or is lost.

هَوَامِلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    neglected animalsboth

    Plural of 'hamil', referring to neglected or stray animals, especially camels.

أَهْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to neglect, to abandonboth

    To leave something or someone without care, attention, or proper management.

  2. 2.
    to leave to oneselfboth

    To allow something to be on its own, without intervention.

مُهْمَلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    neglected, abandonedboth

    Something that has been left without care or attention.

  2. 2.
    unused, obsoleteclassical

    Referring to words or expressions that are no longer in common use.

هَمَلٌ (بالتحريك)noun
  1. 1.
    camels without a shepherdclassical

    Camels that are left to graze without a herdsman, similar to 'nafsh' but specifically during the day.

هَمَلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    loose fiberclassical

    A single strand of detached fiber, like from palm fronds.

هَمَالِيلُadjective
  1. 1.
    torn, raggedclassical

    Describing a garment that is full of holes or torn.

هَمَلٌ (للكساء)adjective
  1. 1.
    worn out, oldclassical

    Describing a garment that is old and worn.

هَمَلٌ (للكبير)adjective
  1. 1.
    elderly, oldclassical

    Referring to a person who is old.

هَمَالٌadjective
  1. 1.
    loose, flaccidclassical

    Describing something that is soft, loose, or lacking firmness.

اهْتَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to mumble, to speak indistinctlyclassical

    To speak in a low, unclear voice, often inaudibly.

هَمْرَجَلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    swift, fastclassical

    Describing a horse or camel that is very fast.

  2. 2.
    large, stoutclassical

    Describing a large or stout camel.

هَمْرَجَلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    swiftness, speedclassical

    The quality of being fast or swift, especially in a horse or camel.

  2. 2.
    excellent she-camelclassical

    A superior or excellent she-camel.

Parallel reading

هملت عينه تهمل وتهمل هملا وهمولا وهملانا.
His eye shed tears, shedding them with a flow, a copious flow, and a streaming flow.
وانهملت: فاضت وسالت.
And it flowed abundantly: it overflowed and streamed.
وهملت السماء هملا وهملانا وانهملت: دام مطرها مع سكون وضعف
And the sky rained continuously and streamed: its rain persisted with stillness and weakness.
وما ترك الله الناس هملا أي سدى بلا ثواب ولا عقاب
And God did not leave people neglected, meaning in vain without reward or punishment.
وهملت الإبل تهمل، وبعير هامل من إبل هوامل وهمل وهمل
And the camels roamed, and a camel is a wanderer from among roaming camels, and neglected camels.
إبل هملى مهملة، وإبل هوامل مسيبة لا راعي لها
Neglected camels, left untended, and stray camels, let loose without a shepherd.
وأمر مهمل متروك
And a neglected matter, left behind.
إنا وجدنا طرد الهوامل ... خيرا من التأنان والمسائل
Indeed, we found driving the stray camels... better than groaning and begging.
فلا يخلص منهم إلا مثل همل النعم
So none will be saved from them except like the lost of the livestock.
ولنا نعم همل أي مهملة لا رعاء لها ولا فيها من يصلحها ويهديها فهي كالضالة
And we have neglected livestock, meaning abandoned without shepherds, and none among them to guide or correct them, so they are like lost animals.
عليهم في الهمولة الراعية في كل خمسين ناقة
Upon them in the grazing neglected herd is one [she-camel] for every fifty she-camels.
وأهمل أمره: لم يحكمه.
And he neglected his affair: he did not manage it.
وتركتها هملا أي سدى إذا أرسلتها ترعى ليلا بلا راع.
And I left them neglected, meaning in vain, when I sent them to graze at night without a shepherd.
اختلط المرعي بالهمل
The pastured [animals] were mixed with the stray ones.
في الهمولة الراعية كذا من الصدقة
In the neglected grazing herd is such-and-such from the charity [due].
وأهملت الشيء: خليت بينه وبين نفسه.
And I neglected the thing: I left it to itself.
والمهمل من الكلام: خلاف المستعمل.
And the neglected from speech: is the opposite of the used.
وثوب هماليل: مخرق.
And a torn garment: full of holes.
وكساء همل: خلق.
And a worn-out garment: old.
واحتمل الرجل إذا دمدم بكلام لا يفهم
And the man mumbled when he muttered words that were not understood.
والهمرجل: الجواد السريع
And the swift one: the fast horse.
وناقة همرجلة: سريعة
And a swift she-camel: fast.
وجمل همرجل: سريع
And a swift camel: fast.
إذا جد فيهن النجاء الهمرجل
When the swift running became serious among them.