حامل

See also: جامل

Arabic

Root
ح م ل (ḥ-m-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of حَمَلَ (ḥamala, “to carry”).

Adjective

حَامِل • (ḥāmil) (feminine plural حَوَامِلُ (ḥawāmilu))

1. pregnant
   • a. 965 CE, Al-Mutanabbi, “لَكِ يَا مَنَازِلُ فِي الْقُلُوبِ مَنَازِلُ”, in ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي بشرح أبي البقاء العكبري المسمى بالتبيان في شرح الديوان, volume 3, Beirut, Lebanon: Dar Al-Marefah, published 1978 CE, →OCLC, page 257:

     لَوْ بَانَ بِٱلْكَرَمِ ٱلْجَنِينُ بَيَانَهُ / لَدَرَتْ بِهِ ذَكَرٌ أَمُ ٱنْثَى ٱلْحَامِلُ

     law bāna bi-l-karami l-janīnu bayānahu / ladarat bihī ḏakarun ʔamu nṯā l-ḥāmilu

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Usage notes

• Due to its semantic constraints, حَامِل (ḥāmil, “pregnant”) is virtually always encountered in the feminine. As with some other gender-specific words, like حائِض (ḥāʔiḍ, “menstruating”), the feminine ending is usually omitted. (The form حامِلة (ḥāmila) is a rarer variant, whence Persian حامله (hâmele) and its descendants.)
• When used as a participle of حَمَلَ (ḥamala), حَامِل (ḥāmil, “carrying”) behaves like a normal participle.

Declension

Declension of adjective حَامِل (ḥāmil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	—		basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	حَامِل ḥāmil	الْحَامِل al-ḥāmil
Nominative	—	—	حَامِلٌ ḥāmilun	الْحَامِلُ al-ḥāmilu
Accusative	—	—	حَامِلًا ḥāmilan	الْحَامِلَ al-ḥāmila
Genitive	—	—	حَامِلٍ ḥāmilin	الْحَامِلِ al-ḥāmili
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	حَامِلَيْن ḥāmilayn	الْحَامِلَيْن al-ḥāmilayn
Nominative	—	—	حَامِلَانِ ḥāmilāni	الْحَامِلَانِ al-ḥāmilāni
Accusative	—	—	حَامِلَيْنِ ḥāmilayni	الْحَامِلَيْنِ al-ḥāmilayni
Genitive	—	—	حَامِلَيْنِ ḥāmilayni	الْحَامِلَيْنِ al-ḥāmilayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	—		basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	—	—	حَوَامِل ḥawāmil	الْحَوَامِل al-ḥawāmil
Nominative	—	—	حَوَامِلُ ḥawāmilu	الْحَوَامِلُ al-ḥawāmilu
Accusative	—	—	حَوَامِلَ ḥawāmila	الْحَوَامِلَ al-ḥawāmila
Genitive	—	—	حَوَامِلَ ḥawāmila	الْحَوَامِلِ al-ḥawāmili

Synonyms

• حُبْلَى (ḥublā)

Descendants

• → Indonesian: hamil
• → Ottoman Turkish: حامله (hamile)
  • Turkish: hamile
• → Persian: حامله (hâmila > hâmele)
  • → Azerbaijani: hamilə
• → Urdu: حاملہ (hâmla)