مل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
م ل ل (m l l)
6 terms

Verb

مَلَّ • (malla) I (first-person singular past مَلِلْتُ (maliltu), non-past يَمَلُّ (yamallu), verbal noun مَلّ (mall))

to sew with large stitches
to give to the fire; to throw into the ashes
to be tedious for somebody, to appear as a source of vexation to, to tire, to weary

Conjugation

Conjugation of **مَلَّ** (I, geminate, i ~ a, impersonal passive (?), verbal noun **مَلّ**)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					مَلّ mall
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					مَلّ, مَلُول mall, malūl
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَمْلُول mamlūl
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	مَلِلْتُ maliltu	مَلِلْتَ malilta	مَلَّ malla	مَلِلْتُمَا maliltumā	مَلَّا mallā	مَلِلْنَا malilnā	مَلِلْتُمْ maliltum	مَلُّوا mallū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مَلِلْتُ maliltu	مَلِلْتِ malilti	مَلَّتْ mallat	مَلِلْتُمَا maliltumā	مَلَّتَا mallatā	مَلِلْنَا malilnā	مَلِلْتُنَّ maliltunna	مَلِلْنَ malilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمَلُّ ʔamallu	تَمَلُّ tamallu	يَمَلُّ yamallu	تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni	يَمَلَّانِ yamallāni	نَمَلُّ namallu	تَمَلُّونَ tamallūna	يَمَلُّونَ yamallūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَمَلُّ ʔamallu	تَمَلِّينَ tamallīna	تَمَلُّ tamallu	تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni	تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni	نَمَلُّ namallu	تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمَلَّ ʔamalla	تَمَلَّ tamalla	يَمَلَّ yamalla	تَمَلَّا tamallā	يَمَلَّا yamallā	نَمَلَّ namalla	تَمَلُّوا tamallū	يَمَلُّوا yamallū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَمَلَّ ʔamalla	تَمَلِّي tamallī	تَمَلَّ tamalla	تَمَلَّا tamallā	تَمَلَّا tamallā	نَمَلَّ namalla	تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمَلَّ, أَمَلِّ, أَمْلَلْ ʔamalla, ʔamalli, ʔamlal	تَمَلَّ, تَمَلِّ, تَمْلَلْ tamalla, tamalli, tamlal	يَمَلَّ, يَمَلِّ, يَمْلَلْ yamalla, yamalli, yamlal	تَمَلَّا tamallā	يَمَلَّا yamallā	نَمَلَّ, نَمَلِّ, نَمْلَلْ namalla, namalli, namlal	تَمَلُّوا tamallū	يَمَلُّوا yamallū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَمَلَّ, أَمَلِّ, أَمْلَلْ ʔamalla, ʔamalli, ʔamlal	تَمَلِّي tamallī	تَمَلَّ, تَمَلِّ, تَمْلَلْ tamalla, tamalli, tamlal	تَمَلَّا tamallā	تَمَلَّا tamallā	نَمَلَّ, نَمَلِّ, نَمْلَلْ namalla, namalli, namlal	تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مَلَّ, مَلِّ, اِمْلَلْ malla, malli, imlal		مَلَّا mallā			مَلُّوا mallū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		مَلِّي mallī		مَلَّا mallā			اِمْلَلْنَ imlalna

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	—	—	مُلَّ mulla	—	—	—	—	—
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُمَلُّ yumallu	—	—	—	—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُمَلَّ yumalla	—	—	—	—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُمَلَّ, يُمَلِّ, يُمْلَلْ yumalla, yumalli, yumlal	—	—	—	—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Verb

مَلَّ • (malla) I (first-person singular past مَلِلْتُ (maliltu), non-past يَمَلُّ (yamallu), verbal noun مَلَل (malal) or مَلَال (malāl) or مَلَالَة (malāla))

(transitive) to be bored by
(obsolete) to be affected by heat, to be feverish

Conjugation

Conjugation of **مَلَّ** (I, geminate, i ~ a, full passive, verbal nouns *مَلَل*, *مَلَال*, *مَلَالَة*)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					مَلَل, مَلَال, مَلَالَة malal, malāl, malāla
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					? ?
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَمْلُول mamlūl
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	مَلِلْتُ maliltu	مَلِلْتَ malilta	مَلَّ malla	مَلِلْتُمَا maliltumā	مَلَّا mallā	مَلِلْنَا malilnā	مَلِلْتُمْ maliltum	مَلُّوا mallū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مَلِلْتُ maliltu	مَلِلْتِ malilti	مَلَّتْ mallat	مَلِلْتُمَا maliltumā	مَلَّتَا mallatā	مَلِلْنَا malilnā	مَلِلْتُنَّ maliltunna	مَلِلْنَ malilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَمَلُّ ʔamallu	تَمَلُّ tamallu	يَمَلُّ yamallu	تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni	يَمَلَّانِ yamallāni	نَمَلُّ namallu	تَمَلُّونَ tamallūna	يَمَلُّونَ yamallūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَمَلُّ ʔamallu	تَمَلِّينَ tamallīna	تَمَلُّ tamallu	تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni	تَمَلَّانِ tamallāni	نَمَلُّ namallu	تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَمَلَّ ʔamalla	تَمَلَّ tamalla	يَمَلَّ yamalla	تَمَلَّا tamallā	يَمَلَّا yamallā	نَمَلَّ namalla	تَمَلُّوا tamallū	يَمَلُّوا yamallū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَمَلَّ ʔamalla	تَمَلِّي tamallī	تَمَلَّ tamalla	تَمَلَّا tamallā	تَمَلَّا tamallā	نَمَلَّ namalla	تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَمَلَّ, أَمَلِّ, أَمْلَلْ ʔamalla, ʔamalli, ʔamlal	تَمَلَّ, تَمَلِّ, تَمْلَلْ tamalla, tamalli, tamlal	يَمَلَّ, يَمَلِّ, يَمْلَلْ yamalla, yamalli, yamlal	تَمَلَّا tamallā	يَمَلَّا yamallā	نَمَلَّ, نَمَلِّ, نَمْلَلْ namalla, namalli, namlal	تَمَلُّوا tamallū	يَمَلُّوا yamallū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَمَلَّ, أَمَلِّ, أَمْلَلْ ʔamalla, ʔamalli, ʔamlal	تَمَلِّي tamallī	تَمَلَّ, تَمَلِّ, تَمْلَلْ tamalla, tamalli, tamlal	تَمَلَّا tamallā	تَمَلَّا tamallā	نَمَلَّ, نَمَلِّ, نَمْلَلْ namalla, namalli, namlal	تَمْلَلْنَ tamlalna	يَمْلَلْنَ yamlalna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		مَلَّ, مَلِّ, اِمْلَلْ malla, malli, imlal		مَلَّا mallā			مَلُّوا mallū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		مَلِّي mallī		مَلَّا mallā			اِمْلَلْنَ imlalna

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	مُلِلْتُ muliltu	مُلِلْتَ mulilta	مُلَّ mulla	مُلِلْتُمَا muliltumā	مُلَّا mullā	مُلِلْنَا mulilnā	مُلِلْتُمْ muliltum	مُلُّوا mullū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	مُلِلْتُ muliltu	مُلِلْتِ mulilti	مُلَّتْ mullat	مُلِلْتُمَا muliltumā	مُلَّتَا mullatā	مُلِلْنَا mulilnā	مُلِلْتُنَّ muliltunna	مُلِلْنَ mulilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُمَلُّ ʔumallu	تُمَلُّ tumallu	يُمَلُّ yumallu	تُمَلَّانِ tumallāni	يُمَلَّانِ yumallāni	نُمَلُّ numallu	تُمَلُّونَ tumallūna	يُمَلُّونَ yumallūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُمَلُّ ʔumallu	تُمَلِّينَ tumallīna	تُمَلُّ tumallu	تُمَلَّانِ tumallāni	تُمَلَّانِ tumallāni	نُمَلُّ numallu	تُمْلَلْنَ tumlalna	يُمْلَلْنَ yumlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُمَلَّ ʔumalla	تُمَلَّ tumalla	يُمَلَّ yumalla	تُمَلَّا tumallā	يُمَلَّا yumallā	نُمَلَّ numalla	تُمَلُّوا tumallū	يُمَلُّوا yumallū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُمَلَّ ʔumalla	تُمَلِّي tumallī	تُمَلَّ tumalla	تُمَلَّا tumallā	تُمَلَّا tumallā	نُمَلَّ numalla	تُمْلَلْنَ tumlalna	يُمْلَلْنَ yumlalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُمَلَّ, أُمَلِّ, أُمْلَلْ ʔumalla, ʔumalli, ʔumlal	تُمَلَّ, تُمَلِّ, تُمْلَلْ tumalla, tumalli, tumlal	يُمَلَّ, يُمَلِّ, يُمْلَلْ yumalla, yumalli, yumlal	تُمَلَّا tumallā	يُمَلَّا yumallā	نُمَلَّ, نُمَلِّ, نُمْلَلْ numalla, numalli, numlal	تُمَلُّوا tumallū	يُمَلُّوا yumallū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُمَلَّ, أُمَلِّ, أُمْلَلْ ʔumalla, ʔumalli, ʔumlal	تُمَلِّي tumallī	تُمَلَّ, تُمَلِّ, تُمْلَلْ tumalla, tumalli, tumlal	تُمَلَّا tumallā	تُمَلَّا tumallā	نُمَلَّ, نُمَلِّ, نُمْلَلْ numalla, numalli, numlal	تُمْلَلْنَ tumlalna	يُمْلَلْنَ yumlalna

Noun

مَلّ • (mall) m

verbal noun of مَلَّ (malla) (form I)

Declension

Declension of noun **مَلّ** (mall)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَلّ mall	الْمَلّ al-mall	مَلّ mall
nominative	مَلٌّ mallun	الْمَلُّ al-mallu	مَلُّ mallu
accusative	مَلًّا mallan	الْمَلَّ al-malla	مَلَّ malla
genitive	مَلٍّ mallin	الْمَلِّ al-malli	مَلِّ malli

Etymology 2

From Tamil மூலை (mūlai, “corner, angle; point of compass”) or from Malayalam മൂല (mūla, “corner, angle; point of compass”).

Noun

مُل • (mul) m

(nautical) coastline
Coordinate terms: بَحْر (baḥr), بَرّ (barr)

Declension

Declension of noun **مُل** (mul)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُل mul	الْمُل al-mul	مُل mul
nominative	مُلٌ mulun	الْمُلُ al-mulu	مُلُ mulu
accusative	مُلًا mulan	الْمُلَ al-mula	مُلَ mula
genitive	مُلٍ mulin	الْمُلِ al-muli	مُلِ muli

Alternative forms

مُول (mūl) — later, more dialectal

Derived terms

مُلِيّ (muliyy, relational adjective)

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

مِلْ • (mil) (form I) /mil/

second-person masculine singular imperative of مَالَ (māla)

References

“مل” in Almaany
Freytag, Georg (1837) “مل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 202
Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مل”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[3] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, pages 1140–1141
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen, page 1050
Wahrmund, Adolf (1887) “مل”, in Handwörterbuch der neu-arabischen und deutschen Sprache‎^[5] (in German), volume 2, Gießen: J. Ricker’sche Buchhandlung, page 890
Wehr, Hans (1979) “مل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1077
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[6] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1217

Laki

Noun

مل (mil)

neck

Pashto

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mal/

Noun

مل • (mal) m (plural مله (mlë))

Persian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Sogdian [script needed] (mwδ /⁠muδ⁠/) or less likely from Bactrian μολο (molo, “wine”), both from Proto-Iranian *mádu, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *mádʰu, from Proto-Indo-European *médʰu. Doublet of (mey).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ˈmul/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mʊl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mʊl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mul̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mol̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mul]

Readings
Classical reading^?	mul
Dari reading^?	mul
Iranian reading^?	mol
Tajik reading^?	mul

Noun

مل • (mol)

(literary, archaic) wine
Synonyms: شراب (šarâb), (literary) می (mey)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Iranian *mr̥ju-. Cognate with Talysh (məl), (məlla, “neck”), Avestan 𐬨𐬆𐬭𐬆𐬰𐬎 (mər^əzu, “neck, vertebra”). Central Kurdish مل (mil, “neck”) is loaned from Persian.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mol/

Noun

مل • (mol)

(dialectal, Yazd, Kazerun) neck
Synonym: گردن (gardan)

Punjabi

Etymology

Inherited from Paisaci Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (mulla) (compare Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀫𑀼𑀮𑁆𑀮 (mulla)), from Sanskrit मूल्य (mūlya). Cognate with Urdu مول (mol), Nepali मुल्य (mulya), Konkani मोल (mōl), Assamese মূল্য (muillo), Bengali মূল্য (mullo) and Sinhalese මිල (mila).

Pronunciation

(Standard Punjabi) IPA^(key): /mʊlːə̆/

Noun

مُلّ • (mull) m (Gurmukhi spelling ਮੁੱਲ)

price; worth
Synonym: قِیمَت (qīmat)

Declension

Declension of مل
	singular	plural
direct	مُلّ (mull)	مُلّ (mull)
oblique	مُلّ (mull)	مُلّاں (mullāṉ)
vocative	مُلّا (mullā)	مُلّو (mullo)
ablative	مُلّوں (mulloṉ)	مُلّاں (mullāṉ)
locative	مُلّے (mulle)	مُلِّیں (mulliīṉ)
instrumental	مُلّوں (mulloṉ)	–

References

“مل”, in Punjabi-English Dictionary, Patiala: Punjabi University, 2025
Iqbal, Salah ud-Din (2002) “مُل”, in vaḍḍī panjābī lughat‎ (in Punjabi), Lahore: ʻAzīz Pablisharz

South Levantine Arabic

Root
م ل ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَلَّ (malla).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mall/, [mal]
Audio (al-Lidd): (file)

Verb

ملّ • (mall) I (present بملّ (bimill))

to get bored, to get tired of
to become fed up with, to become sick of

Conjugation

Conjugation of مل
		singular			plural
		1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person	1^st person	2^nd person	3^rd person
past	m	ملّيت (mallēt)	ملّيت (mallēt)	ملّ (mall)	ملّينا (mallēna)	ملّيتو (mallētu)	ملّو (mallu)
past	f	ملّيت (mallēt)	ملّيتي (mallēti)	ملّت (mallat)	ملّينا (mallēna)	ملّيتو (mallētu)	ملّو (mallu)
present	m	بملّ (bamill)	بتملّ (bitmill)	بملّ (bimill)	منملّ (minmill)	بتملّو (bitmillu)	بملّو (bimillu)
present	f	بملّ (bamill)	بتملّي (bitmilli)	بتملّ (bitmill)	منملّ (minmill)	بتملّو (bitmillu)	بملّو (bimillu)
subjunctive	m	املّ (amill)	تملّ (tmill)	يملّ (ymill)	نملّ (nmill)	تملّو (tmillu)	يملّو (ymillu)
subjunctive	f	املّ (amill)	تملّي (tmilli)	تملّ (tmill)	نملّ (nmill)	تملّو (tmillu)	يملّو (ymillu)
imperative	m		ملّ (mill)			ملّو (millu)
imperative	f		ملّي (milli)			ملّو (millu)

Southwestern Fars

Noun

مل (mol)

(Anatomy, Masarm, Deh Sarv, Kuzarg) neck

Torwali

Etymology

From Sanskrit मल (mala), from Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-.

Noun

مَل (mal)

dirt

Derived terms

مَلگَن (malgan, “dirty”)

Arabic

Etymology 1

Verb

Conjugation

Verb

Conjugation

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Declension

Alternative forms

Derived terms

Further reading

Etymology 3

Verb

References

Laki

Noun

Pashto

Pronunciation

Noun

Persian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

Punjabi

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

References

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

Pronunciation

Verb

Conjugation

See also

Southwestern Fars

Noun

Torwali

Etymology

Noun

Derived terms