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همل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of flowing, overflowing, and being left unattended or neglected. It extends to describe things that are abandoned, neglected, or left to roam freely, including animals and water.

Derived headwords

هَمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to flow, to overflowboth

    Said of an eye, meaning it shed tears profusely.

هَمَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    flowing, overflowingboth

    The مصدر (verbal noun) of the verb 'to flow' or 'to overflow', specifically referring to the profuse shedding of tears from an eye.

  2. 2.
    neglected thingsboth

    Things left unattended, abandoned, or without a caretaker, often referring to animals or property.

  3. 3.
    unrestricted waterclassical

    Water that is not dammed or controlled, flowing freely.

هَمَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    cattle without a herdsmanboth

    Camels or livestock that graze without a shepherd or caretaker, whether day or night.

انهملverb
  1. 1.
    to flow profuselyboth

    Similar to 'hamala', used to describe something flowing abundantly, especially tears from an eye.

هَمَلَانًاnoun
  1. 1.
    also, with a fatha on the mim (as a verbal noun)both

    also, with a fatha on the mim (as a verbal noun)

هَمَلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    neglected, abandonedboth

    An adjective describing something left unattended or neglected, often used for animals.

هُمَالnoun
  1. 1.
    neglected animalsboth

    Plural form referring to animals left to roam without a herdsman.

هَوَامِلnoun
  1. 1.
    wandering animalsboth

    Plural form for animals that wander or roam freely, often without a keeper.

أَهْمَلَverb
  1. 1.
    the thing: he left it to itselfboth

    the thing: he left it to itself

مُهْمَلadjective
  1. 1.
    neglected, unusedboth

    Describing something that has been neglected or is not in use, particularly in the context of words or speech.

Parallel reading

هملت عينه تهمل وتهمل هملا وهملانا، أي فاضت
His eye shed tears profusely, meaning it overflowed.
وانهملت مثله
And it (the eye) flowed profusely like that.
الإبل التي ترعى بلا راع
Camels that graze without a herdsman.
إبل همل، وهاملة، وهمال، وهوامل
Cattle that are neglected, abandoned, wandering, and roaming.
وتركتها هملا، أي سدى، إذا أرسلتها ترعى ليلا ونهارا بلا راع
And I left them neglected, meaning abandoned, if I let them graze day and night without a herdsman.
اختلط المرعي بالهمل
The pastured (animals) were mixed with the neglected (animals).
المرعي: الذي له راع
Al-mar'i: that which has a herdsman.
الماء الذي لا مانع له
Water that has no barrier.
أهملت الشئ: خليت بينه وبين نفسه
I neglected the thing: I left it to itself.
المهمل من الكلام: خلاف المستعمل
The neglected (words) from speech: the opposite of what is in use.