حملة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح م ل (ḥ m l)
21 terms

Instance noun from حَمَلَ (ḥamala, to attack).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħam.la/

Noun

حَمْلَة • (ḥamlaf (plural حَمَلَات (ḥamalāt))

  1. verbal noun of حَمَلَ (ḥamala, to attack) (form I)
  2. attack [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on someone/something’]
    شَنَّ الْجَيْشُ حَمْلَةً عَسْكَرِيَّةً عَلَى مَوَاقِعِ الْعَدُوِّ
    šanna l-jayšu ḥamlatan ʕaskariyyatan ʕalā mawāqiʕi l-ʕaduwwi
    The army launched a military attack on the enemy's positions.
  3. offensive
  4. campaign, expedition
  5. (Modern Standard Arabic) an organization or a trip arranged by said organization which takes multiple people to travel to a destination, usually with added services such as guides and meals

Declension

Declension of noun حَمْلَة (ḥamla)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal حَمْلَة
ḥamla
الْحَمْلَة
al-ḥamla
حَمْلَة
ḥamlat
nominative حَمْلَةٌ
ḥamlatun
الْحَمْلَةُ
al-ḥamlatu
حَمْلَةُ
ḥamlatu
accusative حَمْلَةً
ḥamlatan
الْحَمْلَةَ
al-ḥamlata
حَمْلَةَ
ḥamlata
genitive حَمْلَةٍ
ḥamlatin
الْحَمْلَةِ
al-ḥamlati
حَمْلَةِ
ḥamlati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal حَمْلَتَيْن
ḥamlatayn
الْحَمْلَتَيْن
al-ḥamlatayn
حَمْلَتَيْ
ḥamlatay
nominative حَمْلَتَانِ
ḥamlatāni
الْحَمْلَتَانِ
al-ḥamlatāni
حَمْلَتَا
ḥamlatā
accusative حَمْلَتَيْنِ
ḥamlatayni
الْحَمْلَتَيْنِ
al-ḥamlatayni
حَمْلَتَيْ
ḥamlatay
genitive حَمْلَتَيْنِ
ḥamlatayni
الْحَمْلَتَيْنِ
al-ḥamlatayni
حَمْلَتَيْ
ḥamlatay
plural sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal حَمَلَات
ḥamalāt
الْحَمَلَات
al-ḥamalāt
حَمَلَات
ḥamalāt
nominative حَمَلَاتٌ
ḥamalātun
الْحَمَلَاتُ
al-ḥamalātu
حَمَلَاتُ
ḥamalātu
accusative حَمَلَاتٍ
ḥamalātin
الْحَمَلَاتِ
al-ḥamalāti
حَمَلَاتِ
ḥamalāti
genitive حَمَلَاتٍ
ḥamalātin
الْحَمَلَاتِ
al-ḥamalāti
حَمَلَاتِ
ḥamalāti

Descendants

References

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “حمل”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “حمل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN