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مَلّ
to get bored (of), to grow weary (of) /ˈmalla/
verbB2#3852 most common
Also: to tire of, to become fed up (with)
Example sentences
أَنَا أَمَلُّ مِنَ الدِّرَاسَةِ.
I get bored of studying.
مَلَّ الطِّفْلُ مِنَ اللَّعِبِ وَحْدَهُ.
The child got bored of playing alone.
مَلِلْتُ مِنْ هٰذِهِ الرِّوَايَةِ الطَّوِيلَةِ.
I grew tired of this long novel.
بَعْدَ سَاعَاتٍ مِنَ الِانْتِظَارِ، مَلَّ الرُّكَّابُ مِنَ الْجُلُوسِ فِي الْمَطَارِ.
After hours of waiting, the passengers grew weary of sitting in the airport.
لَمْ يَمَلَّ الْعَالِمُ مِنْ تَكْرَارِ التَّجْرِبَةِ رَغْمَ فَشَلِهَا الْمُتَكَرِّرِ.
The scientist never tired of repeating the experiment despite its repeated failure.
مَهْمَا طَالَ الطَّرِيقُ، فَإِنَّ الْمُخْلِصَ لِرِسَالَتِهِ لَا يَمَلُّ السَّعْيَ نَحْوَ غَايَتِهِ.
However long the road, one devoted to his mission never tires of striving toward his goal.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَمَلُّ | مَلِلْتُ | سَأَمَلُّ |
| 2sg | تَمَلُّ | مَلِلْتَ | سَتَمَلُّ |
| 3sg | يَمَلُّ | مَلَّ | سَيَمَلُّ |
| 1pl | نَمَلُّ | مَلِلْنَا | سَنَمَلُّ |
| 2pl | تَمَلُّونَ | مَلِلْتُمْ | سَتَمَلُّونَ |
| 3pl | يَمَلُّونَ | مَلُّوا | سَيَمَلُّونَ |
Word family
مَلَلboredom, tediumمُمِلّboring, tedious
مَلولeasily bored, quick to tire of things
أَمَلَّto bore someone, to wear out someone's patience
Etymology
مَلّ comes from the triliteral Semitic root م ل ل (m-l-l), a geminate root whose last two radicals are identical and merge into a doubled consonant. The core sense across its derivatives is tedium and the wearing down of patience. No confirmed cognates outside Arabic can be stated with confidence, so none are listed here.
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