See also: أشتمل

Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ش م ل (š-m-l)

Compare شَمَلَ (šamala, to hold, to contain).

Verb edit

اِشْتَمَلَ (ištamala) VIII, non-past يَشْتَمِلُ‎ (yaštamilu)

  1. to comprise, to contain, to include, to consist of (عَلَى (ʕalā) something)
  2. to surround from all sides, to encompass
  3. to extend to all, to be general
  4. to wrap oneself up in one's clothes or a cloak

Conjugation edit

References edit

  • Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “اشتمل”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “شمل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen