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مَلَأ
to fill /ˈma.la.ʔa/
verbB2#3130 most common
Also: to fill up, to occupy fully (space, sound, etc.)
Example sentences
مَلَأَ الوَلَدُ الكَأْسَ بِالماءِ.
The boy filled the cup with water.
مَلَأْتُ الحَقيبَةَ بِالكُتُبِ صَباحاً.
I filled the bag with books this morning.
تَمْلَأُ الأُمُّ الثَّلّاجَةَ بِالطَّعامِ كُلَّ أُسْبوعٍ.
The mother fills the refrigerator with food every week.
اِمْلَأِ الاِسْتِمارَةَ بِخَطٍّ واضِحٍ قَبْلَ تَسْليمِها.
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يَمْلَأُ الدُّخانُ الأَسْوَدُ سَماءَ المَدينَةِ كُلَّما اشْتَعَلَتْ حَرائِقُ المَصانِعِ.
Black smoke fills the city's sky whenever factory fires break out.
لَمْ يَكُنِ الصَّمْتُ لِيَمْلَأَ القاعَةَ لَوْلا خَبَرُ الاسْتِقالَةِ المُفاجِئُ الَّذي أَذاعَتْهُ الوَكالاتُ تَوًّا.
Silence would not have filled the hall, had it not been for the sudden resignation news the agencies had just broadcast.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَمْلَأُ | مَلَأْتُ | سَأَمْلَأُ |
| 2sg | تَمْلَأُ | مَلَأْتَ | سَتَمْلَأُ |
| 3sg | يَمْلَأُ | مَلَأَ | سَيَمْلَأُ |
| 1pl | نَمْلَأُ | مَلَأْنا | سَنَمْلَأُ |
| 2pl | تَمْلَأُونَ | مَلَأْتُمْ | سَتَمْلَأُونَ |
| 3pl | يَمْلَأُونَ | مَلَأُوا | سَيَمْلَأُونَ |
Word family
مَلْءa filling, the act of fillingمُمْتَلِئfull, filled up
مَليءfull of, rich in
امْتَلَأَto become full, to fill up (intransitive)
المَلَأthe assembly, the notables of a people
Etymology
The verb comes from the triliteral Semitic root m-l-ʾ, meaning fullness or filling. The same root appears across the Semitic language family with the same core sense, well before Arabic split off as a distinct language. Arabic keeps the root productive, deriving nouns and adjectives for fullness, capacity, and a full gathering of people.
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