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مُمِلّ
boring /muˈmill/
adjectiveB1#1790 most common
Also: dull, tedious, tiresome
Example sentences
الفيلم مُمِلّ.
The film is boring.
هذا الكتاب مُمِلّ جدًّا.
This book is very boring.
كان الدرس مُمِلًّا فنام الطلاب.
The lesson was boring, so the students fell asleep.
أجد عملي اليومي مُمِلًّا لأنه يتكرر دائمًا.
I find my daily work boring because it always repeats.
رغم أن المحاضرة كانت مُمِلّة، حاولتُ أن أبقى منتبهًا حتى النهاية.
Although the lecture was boring, I tried to stay attentive until the end.
لا شيء أكثر إثارةً للضجر من حديثٍ مُمِلٍّ يطول بلا فائدة ولا خاتمة.
Nothing is more wearisome than a boring conversation that drags on without benefit or conclusion.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُمِلٌّ | مُمِلّون |
| Genitive | مُمِلٍّ | مُمِلّين |
| Accusative | مُمِلًّا | مُمِلّين |
| Vocative | يا مُمِلّ | يا مُمِلّون |
Word family
مَلَّto grow weary, to be bored
مَلَلboredom, tediumأَمَلَّto bore, to weary someone
مَمْلُولbored, wearied
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic root م-ل-ل, which carries the sense of weariness and tedium. مُمِلّ is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَمَلَّ, meaning to bore or to cause weariness. So it literally describes something that makes a person weary.
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