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مَحْمَل
the sense in which something is taken (as in an interpretation) /ˈmaħ.mal/
nounB1#2897 most common
Also: ceremonial pilgrimage litter (historical Islamic term), burden, load (classical sense)
Example sentences
خُذْ كَلامي عَلى مَحْمَلِ الجِدِّ.
Take my words seriously.
لا تَأْخُذي كَلامَها عَلى مَحْمَلٍ شَخْصِيٍّ.
Don't take her words personally.
أَخَذَ المُدَرِّسُ مُلاحَظاتِ الطّالِبِ عَلى مَحْمَلِ الجِدِّ.
The teacher took the student's remarks seriously.
يَجِبُ أَلّا نَحْمِلَ كُلَّ نَقْدٍ عَلى مَحْمَلٍ سَيِّئٍ.
We should not take every criticism in a bad light.
كانَ المَحْمَلُ يُرْسَلُ سَنَوِيًّا مَعَ قافِلَةِ الحَجِّ المِصْرِيَّةِ.
The mahmal, a ceremonial litter, used to be sent every year with the Egyptian pilgrimage caravan.
فُسِّرَتْ تَصْريحاتُ الوَزيرِ عَلى مَحامِلَ مُخْتَلِفَةٍ مِنْ قِبَلِ الإِعْلامِ.
The minister's statements were interpreted in different senses by the media.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَحْمَلٌ | مَحَامِلُ |
| Genitive | مَحْمَلٍ | مَحَامِلَ |
| Accusative | مَحْمَلاً | مَحَامِلَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَحْمَلُ | يَا مَحَامِلُ |
Word family
حَمَلَto carry, bear, load
حِمْلload, burden
حامِلcarrier; pregnant (feminine form)حُمولةcargo, load capacity
تَحْميلloading, downloading
Etymology
مَحْمَل comes from the triliteral root ح-م-ل (ḥ-m-l), meaning to carry or bear a load. It follows the مَفْعَل (maf'al) pattern, which regularly builds nouns of place, time, or manner from a verb, so the word literally names the place or manner in which something is carried. Historically it named the ornate litter that Egyptian and Syrian rulers sent each year with the Hajj caravan to Mecca. Today it survives mainly in the fixed phrase حمل/أخذ على محمل, where it marks the light or attitude in which words or actions are taken.
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