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حَمْل
pregnancy /ˈħaml/
nounB1#1811 most common
Also: carrying, gestation, bearing (a load)
Example sentences
الحَمْلُ تِسْعَةُ أَشْهُر.
Pregnancy lasts nine months.
شَعَرَتْ بِالتَّعَبِ أَثْناءَ الحَمْل.
She felt tired during the pregnancy.
يَجِبُ على المَرأَةِ أن تَهتَمَّ بِصِحَّتِها خِلالَ الحَمْل.
A woman should look after her health during pregnancy.
أَكَّدَ الطَّبيبُ أنَّ الحَمْلَ يَسيرُ بِشَكلٍ طَبيعِيّ.
The doctor confirmed that the pregnancy is going normally.
يَتَطَلَّبُ الحَمْلُ مُتابَعَةً طِبِّيَّةً دَقيقَةً لِتَجَنُّبِ المُضاعَفات.
Pregnancy requires close medical follow-up to avoid complications.
رَغْمَ مَخاطِرِ الحَمْلِ في سِنٍّ مُتَأَخِّرَة، قَرَّرَتْ أن تُكمِلَ طَريقَها نَحْوَ الأُمومَة.
Despite the risks of pregnancy at a late age, she decided to keep going toward motherhood.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَمْلٌ | أَحْمالٌ |
| Genitive | حَمْلٍ | أَحْمالٍ |
| Accusative | حَمْلاً | أَحْمالاً |
| Vocative | يا حَمْلُ | يا أَحْمالُ |
Word family
حَمَلَto carry, to bear
حامِلpregnant; carryingحِمْلload, burden
حَمّالporter
مَحْمولmobile phone; that which is carried
Etymology
The word is the verbal noun of the verb حَمَلَ, meaning to carry or to bear. It comes from the Semitic root ح-م-ل, which centers on the idea of carrying a load. From the general sense of carrying, the word came to name the specific case of a woman carrying a child.
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