Arabic vocabulary
مَحْمُولٌ is how you say “is to be understood” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
فَالْجَوَابُ إِنَّهُ مَحْمُولٌ عَلَى أَنَّهُ يَضْحَكُهُمْ بِالْكَذِبِ،
So the answer: indeed, it is to be understood that he makes them laugh by lying.
مَحْمُولٌ — is to be understood. A describing word built from a verb in the passive sense ('carried / taken to mean'), used as the predicate of the inna statement. It conveys that the saying 'is to be understood' a certain way, the receiving end of an act of interpretation.
From: Permissible Laughter and Conduct →OpenArabic teaches words like مَحْمُولٌ through real bilingual reading with native audio and spaced-repetition practice.
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