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شَمْل
reunion (a coming-together of people or things once scattered) /ˈʃaml/
nounB2#3899 most common
Also: union, togetherness, unity
Example sentences
الحفلُ يجمعُ شملَ الأصدقاء.
The party brings the friends together.
بعد سنواتٍ طويلةٍ، اجتمعَ شملُ العائلةِ.
After many long years, the family was reunited.
لمَّ الشملُ بين الأخوين بعد الخلاف.
The two brothers were reunited after their dispute.
تسعى الحكومةُ إلى جمعِ شملِ اللاجئين بأسرهم.
The government is working to reunite refugees with their families.
دعا الخطيبُ اللهَ أن يلمَّ شملَ الأمةِ ويوحّدَ صفوفَها.
The preacher asked God to reunite the nation and unify its ranks.
ظلّ الشاعرُ يتغنّى بلمّ الشملِ بعد طولِ الفراقِ والشتاتِ.
The poet kept singing of reunion after long separation and scattering.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | شَمْلٌ | شُمُولٌ |
| Genitive | شَمْلٍ | شُمُولٍ |
| Accusative | شَمْلاً | شُمُولاً |
| Vocative | يَا شَمْلُ | يَا شُمُولُ |
Word family
شَامِلcomprehensive, inclusive, all-encompassing
اِشْتَمَلَto comprise, contain, include
مَشْمُولincluded, covered
شُمُولcomprehensiveness, inclusiveness
Etymology
Shaml comes from the Arabic root sh-m-l, which carries the sense of gathering or encompassing scattered things into one. As a noun, it names the state of being united again, most often people who had been apart. The word has stayed close to this core sense since classical Arabic, especially in the fixed phrase lamma al-shaml, to reunite.
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