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مَلَل
boredom /ˈmalal/
nounB1#2812 most common
Also: tedium, ennui, weariness
Example sentences
عِنْدِي مَلَلٌ اليَوْمَ.
I feel bored today.
يَشْعُرُ الطِّفْلُ بِالمَلَلِ فِي المَدْرَسَةِ.
The child feels bored at school.
أَصَابَنِي المَلَلُ مِنْ هٰذَا العَمَلِ الرَّتيبِ.
Boredom overtook me because of this repetitive job.
بَعْدَ سَاعَاتٍ مِنَ الِانْتِظَارِ، بَدَأَ المَلَلُ يَتَسَلَّلُ إِلَى نُفُوسِ المُسَافِرِينَ.
After hours of waiting, boredom began to creep into the travelers.
يُعَدُّ المَلَلُ أَحَدَ أَكْثَرِ المَشَاعِرِ شُيُوعًا لَدَى مَنْ يَفْتَقِرُونَ إِلَى التَّحَدِّي.
Boredom is considered one of the most common feelings among those who lack challenge.
لَمْ يَكُنِ المَلَلُ الَّذِي انْتَابَهُ خِلَالَ سَنَوَاتِ عُزْلَتِهِ سِوَى انْعِكَاسٍ لِفَراغٍ وُجُودِيٍّ أَعْمَقَ.
The boredom that gripped him during his years of isolation was only a reflection of a deeper existential emptiness.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَلَلٌ | |
| Genitive | مَلَلٍ | |
| Accusative | مَلَلاً | |
| Vocative | يَا مَلَلُ |
Word family
مَلَّto be bored, tired of
مُمِلّboring, tediousمَلُولsomeone who bores easily
مَلالةboredom, listlessness
إِمْلَالthe act of boring someone
Etymology
مَلَل is a verbal noun from the Arabic root م-ل-ل, built on the verb مَلَّ (malla), meaning to grow weary or tired of something. The root is a doubled (geminate) triliteral, common in Semitic languages, where the second and third radicals are identical. The same root gives Arabic مِلَّة (millah, a faith or community), though scholars debate whether that sense is a genuine semantic extension or a separate root that merged in form.
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