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تَحَمُّل
endurance /tæˈħam.mul/
nounB2#3461 most common
Also: tolerance, bearing (of a burden or responsibility), forbearance
Example sentences
لَدَيْهِ تَحَمُّلٌ عَالٍ لِلْأَلَمِ.
He has a high tolerance for pain.
يَجِبُ عَلَيْكَ تَحَمُّلُ الْمَسْؤُولِيَّةِ.
You must bear the responsibility.
قُدْرَةُ الْجِسْمِ عَلَى تَحَمُّلِ الْحَرَارَةِ مَحْدُودَةٌ.
The body's capacity to withstand heat is limited.
تَحَمُّلُ الشَّرِكَةِ لِلتَّكَالِيفِ الإِضَافِيَّةِ أَثَارَ جَدَلًا.
The company's bearing of the additional costs caused controversy.
يُعَانِي بَعْضُ الْأَشْخَاصِ مِنْ عَدَمِ تَحَمُّلِ اللَّاكْتُوز.
Some people suffer from lactose intolerance.
يَتَطَلَّبُ النَّجَاحُ فِي هَذَا الْمَجَالِ تَحَمُّلًا نَفْسِيًّا طَوِيلَ الْأَمَدِ إِزَاءَ الضَّغُوطِ الْمُتَكَرِّرَةِ.
Success in this field requires long-term psychological endurance in the face of repeated pressures.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | تَحَمُّلٌ | تَحَمُّلَاتٌ |
| Genitive | تَحَمُّلٍ | تَحَمُّلَاتٍ |
| Accusative | تَحَمُّلًا | تَحَمُّلَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا تَحَمُّلُ | يَا تَحَمُّلَاتُ |
Word family
حَمَلَto carry, bear
حِمْلload, burden
تَحَمَّلَto bear, endure, undertake
مُتَحَمِّلone who bears or endures; bearing
حَمَّالporter, carrier
Etymology
تَحَمُّل is the verbal noun (masdar) of the Form V verb تَحَمَّلَ, built on the Semitic root ح-م-ل, whose core sense is carrying or loading. Form V adds a reflexive force to Form II حَمَّلَ, 'to load someone with something,' so تَحَمُّل literally names the act of taking a load upon oneself, hence 'endurance' or 'bearing.' Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root. Its nearest known relative is the parallel Hebrew root ח-מ-ל, though that root's meaning drifted toward 'to pity' or 'to spare.'
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