Arabic for neglect

'ahmala

ﺃَﻫﻤَﻞَ

neglect – past tense he

yuhmilu

ﻳُﻬﻤِﻞُ

neglect – present tense he

The Arabic verb for neglect is written ﺃَﻫﻤَﻞَ and pronunced 'ahmala in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳُﻬﻤِﻞُ and pronounced yuhmilu. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

Using the word neglect

I don't like the pupil neglecting his lesson.⁸

laa yu3jibunii attilmiidhu yuhmilu darsahu

ﻟَﺎ ﻳُﻌﺠِﺒُﻨِﻲ ﺍَﻟﺘِّﻠﻤِﻴﺬُ ﻳُﻬﻤِﻞُ ﺩَﺭﺳَﻪُ

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Important letters: ﻩ ﻡ ﻝ

The root of the word neglect consists of three Arabic letters: ha that is written ﻩ and pronounced h, mim that is written ﻡ and pronounced m and lam that is written ﻝ and pronounced l. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to neglect

The word neglect letter by letter

ﺃَﻫﻤَﻞَ

ﺃ

ﻫـ

ـﻤـ

ـﻞ

ﺃ

ﻫـ

ـﻤـ

ـﻞ

ﺃ

ـﺄ

ﻩ

ﻫـ

ـﻬـ

ـﻪ

ﻡ

ﻣـ

ـﻤـ

ـﻢ

ﻝ

ﻟـ

ـﻠـ

ـﻞ

alif hamza

mim

lam

The Arabic word for neglect consists of: The letter alif hamza that is written ﺃ and pronounced '. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ha that is written ﻩ ( here ﻫـ ) and pronounced h and is a part of the root of the word. The letter mim that is written ﻡ ( here ـﻤـ ) and pronounced m and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter lam that is written ﻝ ( here ـﻞ ) and pronounced l and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﺃَﻫﻤَﻞَ and pronounced 'ahmala.

Arabic is written from right to left. Short vowels are placed above or under the letters, the are usually omitted.
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The pattern for neglect

'af3ala becomes 'ahmala

We have seen that the Arabic word for neglect is written ﺃَﻫﻤَﻞَ and pronounced 'ahmala. It follows the pattern verb form 4. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure 'af3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is 'af3ala and the root letters are h, m and l, the word becomes 'ahmala.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns