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مَيَّل
to tilt, to incline (something) /ˈmajːala/
verbB2#4205 most common
Also: to tip, to slant, to lean (something) over
Example sentences
مَيِّلِ الكوبَ قليلاً.
Tilt the cup a little.
مَيَّلَ الطفلُ رأسَه ليَستمعَ جيدًا.
The child tilted his head to listen well.
مَيَّلْتُ الكرسيَّ إلى الخلفِ لأرتاحَ.
I tilted the chair backward so I could relax.
يُمَيِّلُ الطيّارُ الطائرةَ يمينًا لتفادي العاصفةِ.
The pilot tilts the plane to the right to avoid the storm.
مَيَّلَ المهندسُ سقفَ المبنى قليلاً لتصريفِ مياهِ الأمطارِ.
The engineer tilted the building's roof slightly to drain rainwater.
لم يكن الخطّاطُ ليُميِّلَ الحروفَ لولا رغبتُه في إضفاءِ لمسةٍ فنيّةٍ فريدةٍ على النصِّ.
The calligrapher would not have tilted the letters had he not wanted to add a unique artistic touch to the text.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُمَيِّلُ | مَيَّلْتُ | سَأُمَيِّلُ |
| 2sg | تُمَيِّلُ | مَيَّلْتَ | سَتُمَيِّلُ |
| 3sg | يُمَيِّلُ | مَيَّلَ | سَيُمَيِّلُ |
| 1pl | نُمَيِّلُ | مَيَّلْنَا | سَنُمَيِّلُ |
| 2pl | تُمَيِّلُونَ | مَيَّلْتُمْ | سَتُمَيِّلُونَ |
| 3pl | يُمَيِّلُونَ | مَيَّلُوا | سَيُمَيِّلُونَ |
Word family
مَيْلinclination, tendency, lean
مائِلleaning, tilted, slanted
تَمايَلَto sway, to swing back and forth
اِستَمالَto win over, to persuade
مَيّالinclined toward, prone to
Etymology
مَيَّل comes from the Arabic root م-ي-ل (m-y-l), which carries the basic sense of leaning or inclining. The plain Form I verb مالَ means "to lean, to incline." مَيَّل is the Form II, causative pattern, built by doubling the middle root letter. That doubling shifts the meaning from "to lean" to "to make something lean," that is, to tilt it.
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