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أَمَل
to hope (for) /ˈʔa.mal/
verbA1#542 most common
Also: to wish for, to expect, to look forward to
Example sentences
نَأْمُلُ الخَيْرَ.
We hope for the best.
آمُلُ أَنْ أَراكَ غَداً.
I hope to see you tomorrow.
نَأْمُلُ أَنْ تَنْجَحَ في الِامْتِحانِ.
We hope you pass the exam.
كانوا يَأْمُلونَ في حَياةٍ أَفْضَلَ بَعْدَ الحَرْبِ.
They were hoping for a better life after the war.
نَأْمُلُ أَنْ تُسْفِرَ المُفاوَضاتُ عَنِ اتِّفاقٍ يُرْضي الطَّرَفَيْنِ.
We hope the negotiations produce an agreement that satisfies both parties.
مَهْما اشْتَدَّتِ الأَزَماتُ، ظَلَّ يَأْمُلُ في غَدٍ يُنْصِفُ المَظْلومينَ.
However severe the crises grew, he kept hoping for a tomorrow that would do justice to the oppressed.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | آمُلُ | أَمَلْتُ | سَآمُلُ |
| 2sg | تَأْمُلُ | أَمَلْتَ | سَتَأْمُلُ |
| 3sg | يَأْمُلُ | أَمَلَ | سَيَأْمُلُ |
| 1pl | نَأْمُلُ | أَمَلْنا | سَنَأْمُلُ |
| 2pl | تَأْمُلونَ | أَمَلْتُمْ | سَتَأْمُلونَ |
| 3pl | يَأْمُلونَ | أَمَلوا | سَيَأْمُلونَ |
Word family
أَمَلhope
آمالhopes, aspirations
آمِلhopeful, one who hopes
مَأْمولhoped-for, expected
أَمَّلَto pin hopes on (form II)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root ʾ-m-l, which carries the sense of hoping and expecting. The form I verb means to hope for something, and the matching noun أَمَل means hope. Modern Standard Arabic leans heavily on the phrase نَأْمُلُ أَنْ, we hope that, in formal letters and news writing.
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