احتمل

See also: أحتمل

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح م ل (ḥ m l)
21 terms

Compare حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to carry”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /iħ.ta.ma.la/

Verb

اِحْتَمَلَ • (iḥtamala) VIII (non-past يَحْتَمِلُ (yaḥtamilu), verbal noun اِحْتِمَال (iḥtimāl))

to carry
to tolerate, bear, support, suffer
اِحْتَمَلْتُ مَا كَانَ مِنْهُ
iḥtamaltu mā kāna minhu
I endured what he did/said.
(literally, “... what was from him.”)
to permit, allow
لَا تَحْتَمِلُ سِنُّهَا ذٰلِكَ
lā taḥtamilu sinnuhā ḏālika
Her age doesn't allow it.
to overlook (an offense)
to acknowledge (a benefit), be thankful
(passive voice) to be possible, allowable, plausible
(passive voice, often also) to be probable, likely
- 2013, مُصْطَفَى الْخَطِيب (muṣṭafā l-ḵaṭīb), كاتِبٌ بْرِيطانِيٌّ: رَغْمَ ٱخْتِلافِنَا مَعَ الْإخْوانِ لَكِنَّهُم لَم يُلْغُوا الدِّيمُوقْراطِيّة (kātibun brīṭāniyyun: raḡma ḵtilāfinā maʕa l-ʔiḵwāni lakinnahum lam yulḡū d-dīmūqrāṭiyya), in: بَوّابةُ الْحُرِّيّةِ وَٱلْعَدالَة (bawwābatu l-ḥurriyyati wal-ʕadāla), archived at: www.masress.com
  وَأَضافَ كُوهِين أَنَّهُ يَنْبَغِي عَلَى الْلِيبْرالِيِّينَ الْغَرْبِيِّينَ أَن يَتَواصَلُوا وَيُخْبِرُوا نُظَرائَهُم فِي الْعالَمِ الْعَرَبِيِّ بِأَنَّ فِكْرةَ الْمُجْتَمَعِ الصّالِحِ الْمَبْنِيِّ عَلَى حُكُومةٍ تُسَيْطِرُ عَلَيْهَا الْمُؤَسَّساتُ الْعَسْكَرِيّةُ هُوَ أَمْرٌ غَيْرُ مُحْتَمَلٍ عادةً. وَفِي الْحالَةِ الْمِصْرِيّةِ هُوَ لَيْسَ غَيْرَ مُحْتَمَلٍ فَقَط بَل مُسْتَحِيل.
  waʔaḍāfa kūhīn ʔannahu yanbaḡī ʕalā l-lībrāliyyīna l-ḡarbiyyīna ʔan yatawāṣalū wayuḵbirū nuẓarāʔahum fī l-ʕālami l-ʕarabiyyi biʔanna fikrata l-mujtamaʕi ṣ-ṣāliḥi l-mabniyyi ʕalā ḥukūmatin tusayṭiru ʕalayhā l-muʔassasātu l-ʕaskariyyatu huwa ʔamrun ḡayru muḥtamalin ʕādatan. wafī l-ḥālati l-miṣriyyati huwa laysa ḡayra muḥtamalin faqaṭ bal mustaḥīl.
  Cohen added that Western liberals must connect and tell their counterparts in the Arab world that the idea of a just society based on a government ruled by military institutions is something that is generally not likely. And in the Egyptian context, it is not just not likely, but impossible.
(passive voice) to be grow angry [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘with someone’]

Conjugation

Conjugation of **اِحْتَمَلَ** (VIII, sound, full passive, verbal noun *اِحْتِمَال*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					اِحْتِمَال iḥtimāl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مُحْتَمِل muḥtamil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مُحْتَمَل muḥtamal
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	اِحْتَمَلْتُ iḥtamaltu	اِحْتَمَلْتَ iḥtamalta	اِحْتَمَلَ iḥtamala	اِحْتَمَلْتُمَا iḥtamaltumā	اِحْتَمَلَا iḥtamalā	اِحْتَمَلْنَا iḥtamalnā	اِحْتَمَلْتُمْ iḥtamaltum	اِحْتَمَلُوا iḥtamalū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	اِحْتَمَلْتُ iḥtamaltu	اِحْتَمَلْتِ iḥtamalti	اِحْتَمَلَتْ iḥtamalat	اِحْتَمَلْتُمَا iḥtamaltumā	اِحْتَمَلَتَا iḥtamalatā	اِحْتَمَلْنَا iḥtamalnā	اِحْتَمَلْتُنَّ iḥtamaltunna	اِحْتَمَلْنَ iḥtamalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَحْتَمِلُ ʔaḥtamilu	تَحْتَمِلُ taḥtamilu	يَحْتَمِلُ yaḥtamilu	تَحْتَمِلَانِ taḥtamilāni	يَحْتَمِلَانِ yaḥtamilāni	نَحْتَمِلُ naḥtamilu	تَحْتَمِلُونَ taḥtamilūna	يَحْتَمِلُونَ yaḥtamilūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَحْتَمِلُ ʔaḥtamilu	تَحْتَمِلِينَ taḥtamilīna	تَحْتَمِلُ taḥtamilu	تَحْتَمِلَانِ taḥtamilāni	تَحْتَمِلَانِ taḥtamilāni	نَحْتَمِلُ naḥtamilu	تَحْتَمِلْنَ taḥtamilna	يَحْتَمِلْنَ yaḥtamilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحْتَمِلَ ʔaḥtamila	تَحْتَمِلَ taḥtamila	يَحْتَمِلَ yaḥtamila	تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā	يَحْتَمِلَا yaḥtamilā	نَحْتَمِلَ naḥtamila	تَحْتَمِلُوا taḥtamilū	يَحْتَمِلُوا yaḥtamilū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَحْتَمِلَ ʔaḥtamila	تَحْتَمِلِي taḥtamilī	تَحْتَمِلَ taḥtamila	تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā	تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā	نَحْتَمِلَ naḥtamila	تَحْتَمِلْنَ taḥtamilna	يَحْتَمِلْنَ yaḥtamilna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَحْتَمِلْ ʔaḥtamil	تَحْتَمِلْ taḥtamil	يَحْتَمِلْ yaḥtamil	تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā	يَحْتَمِلَا yaḥtamilā	نَحْتَمِلْ naḥtamil	تَحْتَمِلُوا taḥtamilū	يَحْتَمِلُوا yaḥtamilū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَحْتَمِلْ ʔaḥtamil	تَحْتَمِلِي taḥtamilī	تَحْتَمِلْ taḥtamil	تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā	تَحْتَمِلَا taḥtamilā	نَحْتَمِلْ naḥtamil	تَحْتَمِلْنَ taḥtamilna	يَحْتَمِلْنَ yaḥtamilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اِحْتَمِلْ iḥtamil		اِحْتَمِلَا iḥtamilā			اِحْتَمِلُوا iḥtamilū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		اِحْتَمِلِي iḥtamilī		اِحْتَمِلَا iḥtamilā			اِحْتَمِلْنَ iḥtamilna

passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	اُحْتُمِلْتُ uḥtumiltu	اُحْتُمِلْتَ uḥtumilta	اُحْتُمِلَ uḥtumila	اُحْتُمِلْتُمَا uḥtumiltumā	اُحْتُمِلَا uḥtumilā	اُحْتُمِلْنَا uḥtumilnā	اُحْتُمِلْتُمْ uḥtumiltum	اُحْتُمِلُوا uḥtumilū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	اُحْتُمِلْتُ uḥtumiltu	اُحْتُمِلْتِ uḥtumilti	اُحْتُمِلَتْ uḥtumilat	اُحْتُمِلْتُمَا uḥtumiltumā	اُحْتُمِلَتَا uḥtumilatā	اُحْتُمِلْنَا uḥtumilnā	اُحْتُمِلْتُنَّ uḥtumiltunna	اُحْتُمِلْنَ uḥtumilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحْتَمَلُ ʔuḥtamalu	تُحْتَمَلُ tuḥtamalu	يُحْتَمَلُ yuḥtamalu	تُحْتَمَلَانِ tuḥtamalāni	يُحْتَمَلَانِ yuḥtamalāni	نُحْتَمَلُ nuḥtamalu	تُحْتَمَلُونَ tuḥtamalūna	يُحْتَمَلُونَ yuḥtamalūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُحْتَمَلُ ʔuḥtamalu	تُحْتَمَلِينَ tuḥtamalīna	تُحْتَمَلُ tuḥtamalu	تُحْتَمَلَانِ tuḥtamalāni	تُحْتَمَلَانِ tuḥtamalāni	نُحْتَمَلُ nuḥtamalu	تُحْتَمَلْنَ tuḥtamalna	يُحْتَمَلْنَ yuḥtamalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحْتَمَلَ ʔuḥtamala	تُحْتَمَلَ tuḥtamala	يُحْتَمَلَ yuḥtamala	تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā	يُحْتَمَلَا yuḥtamalā	نُحْتَمَلَ nuḥtamala	تُحْتَمَلُوا tuḥtamalū	يُحْتَمَلُوا yuḥtamalū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُحْتَمَلَ ʔuḥtamala	تُحْتَمَلِي tuḥtamalī	تُحْتَمَلَ tuḥtamala	تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā	تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā	نُحْتَمَلَ nuḥtamala	تُحْتَمَلْنَ tuḥtamalna	يُحْتَمَلْنَ yuḥtamalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحْتَمَلْ ʔuḥtamal	تُحْتَمَلْ tuḥtamal	يُحْتَمَلْ yuḥtamal	تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā	يُحْتَمَلَا yuḥtamalā	نُحْتَمَلْ nuḥtamal	تُحْتَمَلُوا tuḥtamalū	يُحْتَمَلُوا yuḥtamalū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُحْتَمَلْ ʔuḥtamal	تُحْتَمَلِي tuḥtamalī	تُحْتَمَلْ tuḥtamal	تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā	تُحْتَمَلَا tuḥtamalā	نُحْتَمَلْ nuḥtamal	تُحْتَمَلْنَ tuḥtamalna	يُحْتَمَلْنَ yuḥtamalna

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “احتمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen