Arabic edit

Etymology edit

Root
ح م ل (ḥ-m-l)

Instance noun from حَمَلَ (ḥamala, to attack).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ħam.la/
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Noun edit

حَمْلَة (ḥamlaf (plural حَمَلَات (ḥamalāt))

  1. verbal noun of حَمَلَ (ḥamala, to attack) (form I)
  2. attack (عَلَى (ʕalā) on)
    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

Declension edit

Descendants edit

References edit

  • 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