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مُحاوَلَة
attempt /muˈħaːwala/
nounA1#614 most common
Also: try, effort, endeavor
Example sentences
هٰذِهِ مُحاوَلَةٌ جَيِّدَةٌ.
This is a good attempt.
هٰذِهِ مُحاوَلَتي الأولى.
This is my first attempt.
فَشِلَتْ مُحاوَلَتُهُ في الامتِحانِ.
His attempt at the exam failed.
بَعدَ عِدَّةِ مُحاوَلاتٍ، نَجَحَ أخيراً في حَلِّ المُشكِلَةِ.
After several attempts, he finally succeeded in solving the problem.
تَستَحِقُّ كُلُّ مُحاوَلَةٍ لِلتَّغييرِ الاحتِرامَ، حَتّى لَو لَم تَنجَح.
Every attempt at change deserves respect, even if it does not succeed.
لَم تَكُنْ تِلكَ المُحاوَلَةُ اليائِسَةُ سِوى تَعبيرٍ عَن رَفضِهِ الاستِسلامَ لِلظُّروفِ.
That desperate attempt was nothing but an expression of his refusal to surrender to circumstances.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُحاوَلَةٌ (muḥāwalatun) | مُحاوَلاتٌ (muḥāwalātun) |
| Genitive | مُحاوَلَةٍ (muḥāwalatin) | مُحاوَلاتٍ (muḥāwalātin) |
| Accusative | مُحاوَلَةً (muḥāwalatan) | مُحاوَلاتٍ (muḥāwalātin) |
| Vocative | مُحاوَلَةُ (muḥāwalatu) | مُحاوَلاتُ (muḥāwalātu) |
Word family
حاوَلَ (ḥāwala)to try, to attempt
مُحاوِل (muḥāwil)one who attempts, attempter
مُحاوَلات (muḥāwalāt)attempts (plural)
حَوْل (ḥawl)power, strength; around
Etymology
مُحاوَلَة is the verbal noun of the form III verb حاوَلَ (ḥāwala), 'to try'. Both come from the triliteral root ح-و-ل (ḥ-w-l), whose base sense is turning, changing, or coming between. The form III pattern adds the idea of directing effort toward something, so the verb means to seek to bring a thing about and the noun names that effort: an attempt. The same root gives حال (ḥāl), 'state', and تَحَوُّل (taḥawwul), 'transformation'.
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