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مُحَلَّف
juror (a sworn member of a jury) /muˈħal.laf/
nounB1#2191 most common
Also: sworn person, person under oath
Example sentences
هٰذا مُحَلَّف.
This is a juror.
المُحَلَّف في المحكمة الآن.
The juror is in the court now.
استمع المُحَلَّف إلى شهادة المرأة.
The juror listened to the woman's testimony.
يجب على كل مُحَلَّف أن يبقى محايداً حتى نهاية المحاكمة.
Every juror must stay neutral until the end of the trial.
صوّت المُحَلَّفون على الحكم بعد نقاش طويل.
The jurors voted on the verdict after a long discussion.
قرّرت هيئة المُحَلَّفين بالإجماع أنّ المتهم غير مذنب رغم قوة الأدلّة.
The jury decided unanimously that the defendant was not guilty, despite the strength of the evidence.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُحَلَّفٌ | مُحَلَّفُونَ |
| Genitive | مُحَلَّفٍ | مُحَلَّفِينَ |
| Accusative | مُحَلَّفاً | مُحَلَّفِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مُحَلَّفُ | يا مُحَلَّفُونَ |
Word family
حَلَفَto swear (an oath)
حَلَّفَto make someone swear, to swear in
حَلِفoath
مُحَلِّفone who administers an oath
هيئة المُحَلَّفينthe jury
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ح ل ف (ḥ-l-f), meaning to swear an oath. It is the passive participle of the form II verb حَلَّف, which means to make someone take an oath. So a مُحَلَّف is literally one who has been sworn in, hence a juror.
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