Arabic

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Root
ن و ل (n w l)
9 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Verb

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تَنَاوَلَ (tanāwala) VI (non-past يَتَنَاوَلُ (yatanāwalu), verbal noun تَنَاوُل (tanāwul))

  1. to reach one's hand to a thing, to touch or make contact
  2. to take, to seize, to receive, to obtain
    1. (Christianity) to receive or take communion
  3. (of food) to take, to eat
    هَلْ تَتَنَاوَلِينَ الْإِفْطَارَ؟ (talking to a female)hal tatanāwalīna l-ʔifṭāra?Do you have breakfast?
  4. to reach a location
  5. deal with (a subject)
Conjugation
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Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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تَنَاوُل (tanāwulm

  1. verbal noun of تَنَاوَلَ (tanāwala) (form V): taking of food; making contact
  2. comprehension, grasp
  3. (Christianity) communion
Declension
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Etymology 1.3

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Verb

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تناول (form III)

  1. تُنَاوِلُ (tunāwilu) /tu.naː.wi.lu/: inflection of نَاوَلَ (nāwala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active indicative
  2. تُنَاوَلُ (tunāwalu) /tu.naː.wa.lu/: inflection of نَاوَلَ (nāwala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive indicative
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive indicative
  3. تُنَاوِلَ (tunāwila) /tu.naː.wi.la/: inflection of نَاوَلَ (nāwala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active subjunctive
  4. تُنَاوَلَ (tunāwala) /tu.naː.wa.la/: inflection of نَاوَلَ (nāwala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive subjunctive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive subjunctive
  5. تُنَاوِلْ (tunāwil) /tu.naː.wil/: inflection of نَاوَلَ (nāwala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past active jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past active jussive
  6. تُنَاوَلْ (tunāwal) /tu.naː.wal/: inflection of نَاوَلَ (nāwala):
    1. second-person masculine singular non-past passive jussive
    2. third-person feminine singular non-past passive jussive

Further reading

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  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “ن و ل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN