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حُمُولَة
load (cargo, freight, or carrying capacity) /ħuˈmuːlah/
nounB2#4378 most common
Also: cargo, tonnage, carrying capacity
Example sentences
حمولة هذه الحقيبة خفيفة.
This bag's load is light.
ما حمولة هذه الشاحنة؟
What is this truck's carrying capacity?
يجب ألا تتجاوز حمولة المصعد خمسمئة كيلوغرام.
The elevator's load must not exceed five hundred kilograms.
تحمل السفينة حمولة ثقيلة من الحاويات.
The ship carries a heavy load of containers.
تراجعت حمولة الشحن الجوي بسبب الأزمة الاقتصادية.
Air freight cargo volume declined because of the economic crisis.
حمولة الجسر القصوى محددة بموجب معايير هندسية صارمة تراعي عوامل السلامة.
The bridge's maximum load capacity is set by strict engineering standards that account for safety factors.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حُمُولةٌ | حُمُولاتٌ |
| Genitive | حُمُولةٍ | حُمُولاتٍ |
| Accusative | حُمُولةً | حُمُولاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا حُمُولةُ | يا حُمُولاتُ |
Word family
حَمْلcarrying, burden, pregnancyحامِلcarrying; pregnant; a carrierمَحْمُولcarried, portable; laptop or mobile phone
حَمَّالporter, person who carries loads for a living
تَحْمِيلloading; downloadingEtymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ح-م-ل (Ḥ-M-L), which carries the core sense of bearing or carrying weight. It is built on the pattern فُعُولة (fu'ūlah), a common Arabic template for abstract nouns of capacity or quality, seen also in words like بُطُولة (heroism) and سُهُولة (ease). Here the pattern turns the basic verb 'to carry' into an abstract noun for the capacity or amount that can be carried.
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