مَيْلٌ tendency in Arabic
مَيْلٌ is how you say “tendency” in Arabic.
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Example sentence
وَقَدْ يَقَعُ التَّسَاوِي بَيْنَهُمَا فِي الْمَيْلِ بِالْهَوَى
And there may be equality between them in inclination towards desire.
الْمَيْلِ inclination
Genitive after 'in'; the 'the' makes it the specific leaning at issue.
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More example sentences
وَكَانَ النَّاصِرُ لَهُ مَيْلٌ إِلَى الشِّيْعَةِ،
And al-Nasir had an inclination toward the Shi'a,
مَيْلٌ inclination
An abstract noun 'inclination' that is the thing possessed — grammatically the delayed subject of the 'to be' verb, with the earlier 'to him' marking the owner. Its indefinite ending suits 'a certain leaning'.
وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ مَيْلٌ آخِرٌ أَيَّامِهِ إِلَى الشَّيْخِ أَبِي الْفَرَجِ،
And in his final days he had no inclination toward the sheikh Abu al-Faraj,
مَيْلٌ inclination
An abstract noun 'inclination', the thing not possessed — the delayed subject of the negated 'there was', with the earlier 'to him' marking who lacked it. Its indefinite ending fits 'any leaning'.