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تَحَوَّل
to turn into /taˈħaw.wa.la/
verbA2#974 most common
Also: to transform, to change into, to shift
Example sentences
تَحَوَّلَ المَاءُ إِلَى ثَلْجٍ.
The water turned into ice.
تَحَوَّلَ لَوْنُ الوَرَقِ إِلَى الأَصْفَرِ فِي الخَرِيفِ.
The color of the leaves turned yellow in autumn.
تَحَوَّلَتْ حَيَاتُهُ تَمَامًا بَعْدَ أَنْ سَافَرَ إِلَى الخَارِجِ.
His life changed completely after he traveled abroad.
تَحَوَّلَتِ القَرْيَةُ الصَّغِيرَةُ إِلَى مَدِينَةٍ صِنَاعِيَّةٍ كَبِيرَةٍ خِلَالَ عَشْرِ سَنَوَاتٍ.
The small village turned into a large industrial city within ten years.
مَعَ تَطَوُّرِ التِّكْنُولُوجِيَا، تَحَوَّلَ الكَثِيرُ مِنَ الوَظَائِفِ التَّقْلِيدِيَّةِ إِلَى أَعْمَالٍ رَقْمِيَّةٍ.
With the development of technology, many traditional jobs turned into digital work.
حِينَ اشْتَدَّتِ الأَزْمَةُ الاقْتِصَادِيَّةُ، تَحَوَّلَ الخِلَافُ السِّيَاسِيُّ البَسِيطُ إِلَى صِرَاعٍ اجْتِمَاعِيٍّ عَمِيقٍ يَصْعُبُ احْتِوَاؤُهُ.
When the economic crisis intensified, the simple political dispute turned into a deep social conflict that is hard to contain.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَتَحَوَّلُ | تَحَوَّلْتُ | سَأَتَحَوَّلُ |
| 2sg | تَتَحَوَّلُ | تَحَوَّلْتَ | سَتَتَحَوَّلُ |
| 3sg | يَتَحَوَّلُ | تَحَوَّلَ | سَيَتَحَوَّلُ |
| 1pl | نَتَحَوَّلُ | تَحَوَّلْنَا | سَنَتَحَوَّلُ |
| 2pl | تَتَحَوَّلُونَ | تَحَوَّلْتُمْ | سَتَتَحَوَّلُونَ |
| 3pl | يَتَحَوَّلُونَ | تَحَوَّلُوا | سَيَتَحَوَّلُونَ |
Word family
تَحَوُّلtransformation, shift
حَوَّلَto transform, transfer, convert (transitive)
تَحْوِيلconversion, transferمُتَحَوِّلchanging, variable; (modern usage) transgender
حَالstate, condition
Etymology
تَحَوَّل is the Form V verb built on the Semitic root ḥ-w-l, which carries the sense of turning, changing, and shifting. The basic Form I verb ḥāla means to change or turn, and the causative Form II ḥawwala means to transform something. The reflexive prefix ta- turns the action back on the subject, so the word means to change or turn into something on its own.
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