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حَصَل

to happen, to occur /ˈħa.sˤa.la/

verbA1#98 most common

Also: to obtain, to get (with على), to acquire, to attain, to take place

Example sentences

ماذا حَصَل؟
What happened?
حَصَلَ عَلِي على جائزة.
Ali got a prize.
حَصَلْتُ على وظيفة جديدة.
I got a new job.
حَصَلَ حادث سيارة قرب المدرسة.
A car accident happened near the school.
أخبرني بكل ما حَصَل في الاجتماع أمس.
Tell me everything that happened in the meeting yesterday.
بعد جهد طويل، حَصَلَتِ الطالبة على منحة دراسية للدراسة في الخارج.
After a long effort, the student obtained a scholarship to study abroad.

Conjugation

Present ActiveSimple Past ActiveSimple Future Active
1sgأَحْصُلُحَصَلْتُسَأَحْصُلُ
2sgتَحْصُلُحَصَلْتَسَتَحْصُلُ
3sgيَحْصُلُحَصَلَسَيَحْصُلُ
1plنَحْصُلُحَصَلْنَاسَنَحْصُلُ
2plتَحْصُلُونَحَصَلْتُمْسَتَحْصُلُونَ
3plيَحْصُلُونَحَصَلُواسَيَحْصُلُونَ

Word family

حُصُولobtaining; occurrence (verbal noun)
حَصَّلَto collect, to attain
تَحْصِيلcollection of dues; attainment
مَحْصُولcrop, produce, yield
حَاصِلresult, outcome, product

Etymology

حَصَل comes from the Semitic triconsonantal root ح‑ص‑ل, which carries the idea of a result or outcome. From the sense of a result coming about, the verb took on two everyday meanings: something happening and someone obtaining something. The same root gives the verbal noun حُصُول and the noun مَحْصُول, a crop or yield.

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