شَمَل
little quantity left
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Highlights
Plural
أَشْمُل
Other plurals
شَمَائِل، شُمُل
Most common words from the same root
شِمَال in English
Noun · feminine
- left hand
- left side
- bad omen
- handful of ears
Word origin
From Proto-Semitic *śimaʔl-. Cognate with Hebrew שְׂמֹאל (s'mól, “left”), Akkadian 𒆏 (šumēlum, “left side”), Aramaic סְמָלָא (səmālā) / ܣܡܠܐ (semmālā, “left side”), Ugaritic 𐎌𐎎𐎀𐎍 (šmảl). The north sense derives from the left-hand side facing the sunrise, also attested in Sabaean 𐩠𐩦𐩱𐩣𐩡 (hs²ʾml, “to be northward”).
Words from the root ش-م-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
شَمِلَ
· present يَشْمَلُ
Form I · The plain action
to include, to have someone/something as part of a whole; to involve, to affect or concern several people/things; to contain, to comprise
شَمْل
شُمُول
inclusion
شَامِل
مَشْمُول
encompassed
شَمَّلَ
· present يُشَمِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to make contain, to make include, to make enclose
تَشْمِيل
مُشَمِّل
مُشَمَّل
شَمَّلَ
· present يُشَمِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to expose to the north wind
تَشْمِيل
مُشَمِّل
مُشَمَّل
اِشْتَمَلَ
· present يَشْتَمِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
to comprise, to contain, to include, to consist of; to surround from all sides, to encompass; to extend to all, to be general
اِشْتِمَال
مُشْتَمِل
مُشْتَمَل
شِمَال: plural and other forms
| Singular | شِمَال |
|---|---|
| Plural | أَشْمُل |
| Alternative plurals | شَمَائِل، شُمُل |
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