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istamlaā

self-impose

اِسْتَمْلَىَ

Word

Verb · Form X

Root

م ل ي

Forms

Present
يَسْتَمْلِي

In the library

قال الجاحظ: أمليت مرة على إنسان عمراً فاستملى ستراً وكتب زيداً.

Tales of Fools and Simpletons, page 131 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresent
he هُوَ اِسْتَمْلَىيَسْتَمْلِي
she هِيَ اِسْتَمْلَتتَسْتَمْلِي
they two (m.) هُما اِسْتَمْلَيايَسْتَمْلِيانِ
they two (f.) هُما اِسْتَمْلَتاتَسْتَمْلِيانِ
they (m.) هُمْ اِسْتَمْلَوْايَسْتَمْلُونَ
they (f.) هُنَّ اِسْتَمْلَيْنَيَسْتَمْلِينَ
you (m.) أَنْتَ اِسْتَمْلَيْتَتَسْتَمْلِي
you (f.) أَنْتِ اِسْتَمْلَيْتِتَسْتَمْلِينَ
you two أَنْتُما اِسْتَمْلَيْتُماتَسْتَمْلِيانِ
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ اِسْتَمْلَيْتُمتَسْتَمْلُونَ
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ اِسْتَمْلَيْتُنَّتَسْتَمْلِينَ
I أَنا اِسْتَمْلَيْتُأَسْتَمْلِي
we نَحْنُ اِسْتَمْلَيْنانَسْتَمْلِي

From the same root

All words from م ل ي →

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • مُلِّىَ أَباَهُ Form I I was made to live long with such a one
    : see لَبِسَ أَبَاهُ in art. لبس. ― -b2- مُلِّيتُ فُلاَبًا I was made to live long with such a one. (Ham, p. 412.) ― -b3- مَلَّاكَ ٱللّٰهُ حَبِيبَكَ May God make thee to have enjoyment of thy friend (مَتَّعَكَ بِهِ) and to live long with him. (S.) See لَبِسَ.
  • 4 Form IV Open entry
    : see 4 in art. حظ.
  • تَمَلَّى العَيْشَ Form V He lived long
    He lived long. (T.) ― -b2- تَمَلَّى بشَىْءٍ He enjoyed a thing. ― -b3- تَمَلَّيْتُ عُمْرَهُ: see a verse of Ibn-Ahmar cited voce أَبْلَى in art. بلو.
  • مَلِيًّا A while
    A while: (Msb:) or a long time. (S, Msb.)

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