حملة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ح م ل (ḥ m l)
21 terms

    Instance noun from حَمَلَ (ḥamala, to attack).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ħam.la/

    Noun

    حَمْلَة • (ḥamlaf (plural حَمَلَات (ḥamalāt))

    1. verbal noun of حَمَلَ (ḥamala, to attack) (form I)
    2. attack [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘on someone/something’]
      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
    5. (Modern Standard Arabic) an organization or a trip arranged by said organization which takes multiple people to travel to a destination, usually with added services such as guides and meals

    Declension

    Declension of noun حَمْلَة (ḥamla)
    singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
    indefinite definite construct
    informal حَمْلَة
    ḥamla
    الْحَمْلَة
    al-ḥamla
    حَمْلَة
    ḥamlat
    nominative حَمْلَةٌ
    ḥamlatun
    الْحَمْلَةُ
    al-ḥamlatu
    حَمْلَةُ
    ḥamlatu
    accusative حَمْلَةً
    ḥamlatan
    الْحَمْلَةَ
    al-ḥamlata
    حَمْلَةَ
    ḥamlata
    genitive حَمْلَةٍ
    ḥamlatin
    الْحَمْلَةِ
    al-ḥamlati
    حَمْلَةِ
    ḥamlati
    dual indefinite definite construct
    informal حَمْلَتَيْن
    ḥamlatayn
    الْحَمْلَتَيْن
    al-ḥamlatayn
    حَمْلَتَيْ
    ḥamlatay
    nominative حَمْلَتَانِ
    ḥamlatāni
    الْحَمْلَتَانِ
    al-ḥamlatāni
    حَمْلَتَا
    ḥamlatā
    accusative حَمْلَتَيْنِ
    ḥamlatayni
    الْحَمْلَتَيْنِ
    al-ḥamlatayni
    حَمْلَتَيْ
    ḥamlatay
    genitive حَمْلَتَيْنِ
    ḥamlatayni
    الْحَمْلَتَيْنِ
    al-ḥamlatayni
    حَمْلَتَيْ
    ḥamlatay
    plural sound feminine plural
    indefinite definite construct
    informal حَمَلَات
    ḥamalāt
    الْحَمَلَات
    al-ḥamalāt
    حَمَلَات
    ḥamalāt
    nominative حَمَلَاتٌ
    ḥamalātun
    الْحَمَلَاتُ
    al-ḥamalātu
    حَمَلَاتُ
    ḥamalātu
    accusative حَمَلَاتٍ
    ḥamalātin
    الْحَمَلَاتِ
    al-ḥamalāti
    حَمَلَاتِ
    ḥamalāti
    genitive حَمَلَاتٍ
    ḥamalātin
    الْحَمَلَاتِ
    al-ḥamalāti
    حَمَلَاتِ
    ḥamalāti

    Descendants

    • Persian: حمله
      • Azerbaijani: həmlə
      • Bengali: হামলা (hamla)
      • Gujarati: હુમલો (humlo)
      • Hindustani:
        Hindi: हमला (hamlā)
        Urdu: حَمْلَہ (hamlā)
      • Pashto: حمله (hamla)
      • Punjabi:
        Gurmukhi script: ਹਮਲਾ (hamlā)
        Shahmukhi script: حملہ (hamlā)
      • Turkish: hamle
      • Turkmen: hemle
      • Uzbek: hamla

    References

    • 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