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تَحَوَّلَ

to shift

VerbForm VRoot ح-و-ل

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Present tense
يَتَحَوَّلُ
Verbal noun
تَحَوُّل
Active participle
مُتَحَوِّل
Passive participle
مُتَحَوَّل

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form III
to try
Noun
condition
Adjective
impossible
Noun
condition
Verb · Form II
to change

تَحَوَّلَ in English

Verb · Form V

  1. to shift, to change, to become different
    اَلطَّبَقَاتُ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةُ لِلشَّمْسِ سَوْفَ تَتَوَسَّعُ وَيَتَحَوَّلُ لَوْنُهَا.The sun's outer layers will expand and its colour will shift.
  2. to become, to transform
    إِنَّهَا أُسْطُورَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱلْأَمْرِيكِيِّينَ ٱلْأَصْلِيِّينَ يَتَحَوَّلُ فِيهَا ٱلْبَشَرُ إِلَى حَيَوَانَاتٍ.It's a Native American myth where the humans transform into animals.
  3. to deviate, to digress, to go away
    تَحَوَّلَ عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ.to stray from the way

Words from the root ح-و-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

حَالَ · present يَحُولُ

to change, to be transformed; to turn, to transform; to become

حَوْل
Verbal noun
power
حَوْل
Verbal noun
year
حُؤُول
Verbal noun
change
حَائِل
Active participle · Adjective
altering
حَائِل
Active participle
anything shifting or moving in its place
حَائِل
Active participle
partition
مَحُول
Passive participle
مَحَالَة
Derived noun
means of escape
حَالًا
Derived noun · Adverb
presently
حَالَ · present يَحُولُ

to intervene, to come; to prevent

حَوْل
Verbal noun
حَيْلُولَة
Verbal noun
separation
حُؤُول
Verbal noun
حَائِل
Active participle
مَحُول
Passive participle
حَوِلَ · present يَحْوَلُ

to have strabismus, to be cross-eyed, to squint eyes

حَوَل
Verbal noun
أَحْوَل
Active participle · Adjective
squinting
حَوِل
Active participle
حَوَّلَ · present يُحَوِّلُ

to change, to transform, to convert, to turn (into), to make; to transplant; to transfer, to forward

تَحْوِيل
Verbal noun
transferring
مُحَوِّل
Active participle
transformer
مُحَوَّل
Passive participle
حَاوَلَ · present يُحَاوِلُ

to try; to seek

attempt
حِوَال
Verbal noun
fence
مُحَاوِل
Active participle
مُحَاوَل
Passive participle
Derived noun
trick
أَحَالَ · present يُحِيلُ
Form IV · Causative

to change, to transform; to translate, to convert; to transfer

إِحَالَة
Verbal noun
alteration
مُحِيل
Active participle
مُحَال
Passive participle · Adjective
impossible
أَحَالَ · present يُحِيلُ
Form IV · Causative

to be or become a year old; to remain (somewhere) for a year; to not become pregnant during a given year (of a female camel, or sometimes a woman)

إِحَالَة
Verbal noun
مُحِيل
Active participle
تَحَوَّلَ · present يَتَحَوَّلُ

to shift, to change, to become different; to become, to transform; to deviate, to digress, to go away

تَحَوُّل
Verbal noun
transformation
مُتَحَوِّل
Active participle · Adjective
changeable
مُتَحَوَّل
Passive participle
تَحَاوَلَ · present يَتَحَاوَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to try hard, to finesse

تَحَاوُل
Verbal noun
مُتَحَاوِل
Active participle
مُتَحَاوَل
Passive participle
اِحْوَلَّ · present يَحْوَلُّ

to squint

اِحْوِلَال
Verbal noun
مُحْوَلّ
Active participle
اِسْتَحَالَ · present يَسْتَحِيلُ

to be impossible; to be absurd, to be inconceivable; to become

اِسْتِحَالَة
Verbal noun
impossibility
Active participle · Adjective
impossible
مُسْتَحَال
Passive participle
Noun
condition
Noun · f.
condition
Adjective
current
مَحَال
Noun · m.
artifices
مَحَالَة
Noun · f.
تَحْوِلَة
Noun · f.
field
حُوَّل
Adjective
wily
حَوَال
Noun · m.
circumference
حِيَال
Noun · m.
barrenness
حَوَالَة
Noun · f.
تَحْوِيلَة
Noun · f.
switch
مُتَحَوِّل جِنْسِيًّا
Noun · m.
a transgender person
مُتَحَوِّل جَنْدَرِيَّا
Noun · m.
a transgender man
مُتَحَوِّل جَنْدَرِيَّا
Adjective
transgender
تَحَوُّل جِنْسِيّ
Noun · m.
gender transition
تَحَوُّل جَنْدَرِيّ
Noun · m.
gender transition

تَحَوَّلَ conjugation

Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.

PronounPastPresentSubjunctiveJussiveImperative
أَنَا Iتَحَوَّلْتُأَتَحَوَّلُأَتَحَوَّلَأَتَحَوَّلْ—
أَنْتَ you (m.)تَحَوَّلْتَتَتَحَوَّلُتَتَحَوَّلَتَتَحَوَّلْتَحَوَّلْ
أَنْتِ you (f.)تَحَوَّلْتِتَتَحَوَّلِينَتَتَحَوَّلِيتَتَحَوَّلِيتَحَوَّلِي
هُوَ heتَحَوَّلَيَتَحَوَّلُيَتَحَوَّلَيَتَحَوَّلْ—
هِيَ sheتَحَوَّلَتْتَتَحَوَّلُتَتَحَوَّلَتَتَحَوَّلْ—
أَنْتُمَا you twoتَحَوَّلْتُمَاتَتَحَوَّلَانِتَتَحَوَّلَاتَتَحَوَّلَاتَحَوَّلَا
هُمَا they two (m.)تَحَوَّلَايَتَحَوَّلَانِيَتَحَوَّلَايَتَحَوَّلَا—
هُمَا they two (f.)تَحَوَّلَتَاتَتَحَوَّلَانِتَتَحَوَّلَاتَتَحَوَّلَا—
نَحْنُ weتَحَوَّلْنَانَتَحَوَّلُنَتَحَوَّلَنَتَحَوَّلْ—
أَنْتُمْ you all (m.)تَحَوَّلْتُمْتَتَحَوَّلُونَتَتَحَوَّلُواتَتَحَوَّلُواتَحَوَّلُوا
أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.)تَحَوَّلْتُنَّتَتَحَوَّلْنَتَتَحَوَّلْنَتَتَحَوَّلْنَتَحَوَّلْنَ
هُمْ they (m.)تَحَوَّلُوايَتَحَوَّلُونَيَتَحَوَّلُوايَتَحَوَّلُوا—
هُنَّ they (f.)تَحَوَّلْنَيَتَحَوَّلْنَيَتَحَوَّلْنَيَتَحَوَّلْنَ—
Verbal nounتَحَوُّل
Active participleمُتَحَوِّل
Passive participleمُتَحَوَّل

تَحَوَّلَ in a sentence

Dictionary examples

to shift

اَلطَّبَقَاتُ ٱلْخَارِجِيَّةُ لِلشَّمْسِ سَوْفَ تَتَوَسَّعُ وَيَتَحَوَّلُ لَوْنُهَا.The sun's outer layers will expand and its colour will shift.

to become

إِنَّهَا أُسْطُورَةٌ عِنْدَ ٱلْأَمْرِيكِيِّينَ ٱلْأَصْلِيِّينَ يَتَحَوَّلُ فِيهَا ٱلْبَشَرُ إِلَى حَيَوَانَاتٍ.It's a Native American myth where the humans transform into animals.

to deviate

تَحَوَّلَ عَنِ ٱلطَّرِيقِ.to stray from the way

From a fully vowelled text

وَفَوْقَ الظَّهِيرَةِ يَقُومُ حَظُّكَ. الظَّلاَمُ يَتَحَوَّلُ صَبَاحًا.And thine age shall be clearer than the noonday; thou shalt shine forth, thou shalt be as the morning.Job 11:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَخُبْزُهُ فِي أَمْعَائِهِ يَتَحَوَّلُ، مَرَارَةُ أَصْلاَل فِي بَطْنِهِ.Yet his meat in his bowels is turned, it is the gall of asps within him.Job 20:14, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
أَلَيْسَ فِي مُدَّةٍ يَسِيرَةٍ جِدًّا يَتَحَوَّلُ لُبْنَانُ بُسْتَانًا، وَالْبُسْتَانُ يُحْسَبُ وَعْرًا؟Is it not yet a very little while, and Lebanon shall be turned into a fruitful field, and the fruitful field shall be esteemed as a forest?Isaiah 29:17, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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