Arabic vocabulary
مَلَّtire in Arabic
مَلَّ is how you say “tire” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root م ل ل (m-l-l)verb (form I)Pronounced malla
Meaning of tire in Arabic
- to tire of, grow weary or averse to something — the sense behind the given gloss 'tire'; also takes the object with مِن
- to bury bread or meat in hot ashes to bake or roast it
- to lightly stitch a garment before the stronger, proper sewing
مَلَّ most often describes losing patience with or turning away in disgust from a person or thing, sometimes phrased as مَلِلْتُ عَنْهُ. The same root letters also cover a separate, concrete sense — burying food in hot embers to cook it — which gives rise to nouns like مَلَّةٌ (baking ashes) rather than to the 'weariness' family.
Words from the same root
- مِلَّةٌa religion; a way of belief and practice
- مَلاَلٌweariness, boredom, or disgust
- مَلُولٌsomeone who tires or grows bored easily
- مَلَّةٌhot ashes used for baking bread
- مُلْمُولٌan iron stylus or kohl applicator
Common questions
- How do you say "tire" in Arabic?
- مَلَّ (malla) — to grow weary of or averse to something.
- What does مِلَّة (millah) mean, and how is it related to مَلَّ?
- It means 'religion' or 'a way of belief and practice'; it shares the same root letters (م ل ل) as مَلَّ.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
وَلَا يمل من خدمته مع حاجته وفقره إِلَيْهِ،
And that he does not tire of serving Him, despite his need and poverty before Him,
يَمَلُّ — he tires. Present-tense verb 'tires, grows weary', 'he' form (negated by 'la' — 'does not tire').
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