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أَمْهَل
to grant (someone) a respite; to give (someone) more time /ˈʔam.ha.la/
verbA2#1312 most common
Also: to grant a delay, to give a grace period, to reprieve
Example sentences
أَمْهِلْني قَليلاً.
Give me a moment.
أَمْهَلَني صَديقي يَوْمَيْنِ.
My friend gave me two days.
أَمْهَلَنا المُديرُ أُسبوعاً لِإِنهاءِ المَشروع.
The manager gave us a week to finish the project.
سَأُمْهِلُكَ حتّى الغَدِ كَي تُقَرِّر.
I will give you until tomorrow to decide.
أَمْهَلَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ زَبائِنَها شَهْراً لِتَسديدِ دُيونِهِم.
The company gave its customers a month to settle their debts.
لَمْ يُمْهِلْهُمُ القاضي طَويلاً، بَلْ أَصْدَرَ حُكْمَهُ في اليَومِ التّالي.
The judge did not give them much time; instead he issued his ruling the next day.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُمْهِلُ | أَمْهَلْتُ | سَأُمْهِلُ |
| 2sg | تُمْهِلُ | أَمْهَلْتَ | سَتُمْهِلُ |
| 3sg | يُمْهِلُ | أَمْهَلَ | سَيُمْهِلُ |
| 1pl | نُمْهِلُ | أَمْهَلْنَا | سَنُمْهِلُ |
| 2pl | تُمْهِلُونَ | أَمْهَلْتُمْ | سَتُمْهِلُونَ |
| 3pl | يُمْهِلُونَ | أَمْهَلُوا | سَيُمْهِلُونَ |
Word family
إِمْهَالthe granting of respite, deferral
مُهْلَةgrace period, respite
مَهْلslowness, leisureتَمَهَّلَto take one's time
مُمْهِلone who grants respite
Etymology
أَمْهَل is the Form IV causative verb built on the triliteral root م-ه-ل, which carries the sense of slowness and unhurried ease. The base noun مَهْل means leisure or a slow pace, as in على مَهْل, at one's ease. The causative shifts that idea outward: to grant another person that slowness, that is, to give them time. The word is native Semitic Arabic with no Indo-European origin.
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