تَمَلَّىfill oneself in Arabic

Example sentences

• ومن تملى من الطعام شيئا، غذا بدنه، وأشرت نفسه، وقسا قلبه

  Whoever fills himself with food nourishes his body but makes his soul arrogant and hardens his heart.

  تَمَلَّى — he indulges. A past-tense reflexive-pattern verb meaning 'filled himself / indulged', carrying its own subject and read as a general present in the condition. The pattern gives the sense of doing it to and for oneself.

  From: Eating in Moderation →