Learn Arabic › B2 › مَلْء
مَلْء
filling (the act of filling something) /ˈmalʔ/
nounB2#3769 most common
Also: fullness, capacity, filling out (a form)
Example sentences
مَلْءُ الكوبِ سهلٌ.
Filling the cup is easy.
عليك مَلْءُ الاستمارةِ قبل الموعدِ.
You must fill out the form before the appointment.
يستغرق مَلْءُ خزانِ الوقودِ خمسَ دقائق.
Filling the fuel tank takes five minutes.
حاول الكاتبُ مَلْءَ الفراغِ في القصةِ بتفاصيلَ جديدةٍ.
The writer tried to fill the gap in the story with new details.
يتطلب مَلْءُ هذا المنصبِ خبرةً واسعةً في الإدارةِ.
Filling this position requires broad experience in management.
لم يستطع أيُّ إنجازٍ لاحقٍ مَلْءَ الفراغِ الذي تركه رحيلُه المفاجئُ.
No later achievement could fill the void that his sudden departure left.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَلْءٌ | None |
| Genitive | مَلْءٍ | None |
| Accusative | مَلْءً | None |
| Vocative | مَلْءُ | None |
Word family
مَلَأَto fill
امْتَلَأَto become full
مُمْتَلِئfull, filledامْتِلاءfullness, repletion
مِلْءcontents, capacity, a fill of
Etymology
مَلْء is the masdar, or verbal noun, of the Form I verb مَلَأَ (malaʾa), meaning to fill. It follows the common فَعْل pattern that Arabic uses to turn a three-letter root into an abstract noun naming the action itself. Arabic is a Semitic language, not an Indo-European one, so it has no PIE root. The root m-l-ʾ is old and shared across Semitic languages.
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