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تَحَمَّل
to bear, to endure /taˈħam.mal/
verbB1#1422 most common
Also: to tolerate, to put up with, to assume (responsibility), to incur (costs)
Example sentences
لا أَتَحَمَّلُ الحَرَّ.
I can't bear the heat.
هو يَتَحَمَّلُ الأَلَمَ بِصَبْرٍ.
He bears the pain patiently.
يَجِبُ أَن تَتَحَمَّلَ مَسؤوليّةَ أَخطائِكَ.
You must take responsibility for your mistakes.
تَحَمَّلَتِ الشَّرِكةُ كُلَّ تَكاليفِ المَشروعِ.
The company bore all the project's costs.
لَم يَستَطِعِ الجِسرُ أَن يَتَحَمَّلَ ثِقَلَ الشّاحِناتِ فانهارَ.
The bridge could not bear the weight of the trucks, so it collapsed.
مَهما بَلَغَتِ التَّضحِياتُ، يَتَحَمَّلُ القائِدُ وَحدَهُ تَبِعاتِ قَراراتِهِ أَمامَ التّاريخِ.
However great the sacrifices, the leader alone bears the consequences of his decisions before history.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَحَمَّلُ | تَحَمَّلْتُ | سَأَتَحَمَّلُ |
| 2sg | تَتَحَمَّلُ | تَحَمَّلْتَ | سَتَتَحَمَّلُ |
| 3sg | يَتَحَمَّلُ | تَحَمَّلَ | سَيَتَحَمَّلُ |
| 1pl | نَتَحَمَّلُ | تَحَمَّلْنا | سَنَتَحَمَّلُ |
| 2pl | تَتَحَمَّلونَ | تَحَمَّلْتُم | سَتَتَحَمَّلونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَحَمَّلونَ | تَحَمَّلوا | سَيَتَحَمَّلونَ |
Word family
تَحَمُّلendurance, tolerance (verbal noun)
حَمَلَto carry
حِمْلload, burden
مُتَحَمِّلbearing, enduring
احْتِمالprobability; endurance
Etymology
تَحَمَّل is the Form V verb built on the root ح-م-ل, meaning to carry or bear. Form V adds the prefix تَ- to the doubled Form II stem, turning 'to load someone' into 'to take a load upon oneself.' From the physical idea of shouldering a weight, the sense extended to enduring pain, tolerating hardship, and assuming responsibility or costs.
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