حامل
See also: جامل
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ح م ل (ḥ m l) |
| 21 terms |
Etymology
Derived from the active participle of حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to carry”).
Adjective
حَامِل • (ḥāmil) (feminine plural حَوَامِلُ (ḥawāmilu))
- pregnant
- a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, “لَكِ يَا مَنَازِلُ فِي الْقُلُوبِ مَنَازِلُ”, in ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري المسمى بالتبيان في شرح الديوان, volume 3, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Marefah, published 1978 CE, →OCLC, page 257:
- لَوْ بَانَ بِٱلْكَرَمِ ٱلْجَنِينُ بَيَانَهُ / لَدَرَتْ بِهِ ذَكَرٌ أَمُ ٱنْثَى ٱلْحَامِلُ
- law bāna bi-l-karami l-janīnu bayānahu / ladarat bihī ḏakarun ʔamu nṯā l-ḥāmilu
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Usage notes
- Due to its semantic constraints, حَامِل (ḥāmil, “pregnant”) is virtually always encountered in the feminine. As with some other gender-specific words, like حائِض (ḥāʔiḍ, “menstruating”), the feminine ending is usually omitted. (The form حامِلة (ḥāmila) is a rarer variant, whence Persian حامله (hâmele) and its descendants.)
- When used as a participle of حَمَلَ (ḥamala), حَامِل (ḥāmil, “carrying”) behaves like a normal participle.
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | basic singular triptote | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | — | — | حَامِل ḥāmil |
الْحَامِل al-ḥāmil |
| nominative | — | — | حَامِلٌ ḥāmilun |
الْحَامِلُ al-ḥāmilu |
| accusative | — | — | حَامِلًا ḥāmilan |
الْحَامِلَ al-ḥāmila |
| genitive | — | — | حَامِلٍ ḥāmilin |
الْحَامِلِ al-ḥāmili |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | — | — | حَامِلَيْن ḥāmilayn |
الْحَامِلَيْن al-ḥāmilayn |
| nominative | — | — | حَامِلَانِ ḥāmilāni |
الْحَامِلَانِ al-ḥāmilāni |
| accusative | — | — | حَامِلَيْنِ ḥāmilayni |
الْحَامِلَيْنِ al-ḥāmilayni |
| genitive | — | — | حَامِلَيْنِ ḥāmilayni |
الْحَامِلَيْنِ al-ḥāmilayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| — | basic broken plural diptote | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | — | — | حَوَامِل ḥawāmil |
الْحَوَامِل al-ḥawāmil |
| nominative | — | — | حَوَامِلُ ḥawāmilu |
الْحَوَامِلُ al-ḥawāmilu |
| accusative | — | — | حَوَامِلَ ḥawāmila |
الْحَوَامِلَ al-ḥawāmila |
| genitive | — | — | حَوَامِلَ ḥawāmila |
الْحَوَامِلِ al-ḥawāmili |
Synonyms
- حُبْلَى (ḥublā)