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Quranic root

ملو

m · l · w

An orientation toward extending or prolonging something across time, space, or another span.

The root develops from widening or extending something to prolonged life or duration, granting respite, and the extension of a text through dictation. The Quranic forms use these branches for giving respite, dictating, and a long duration.

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Quran-attested forms
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Quran senses
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Quran occurrences

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

أَمْلَى

ʾamlā

Part of speech
Verb · Form IV
Form
IV
Quran occurrences
9 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. To grant respite; to defer or allow someone more time.

    The Quranic usage concerns giving a person or group time, sometimes rendered as prolonging or deferring; the active and passive forms do not create separate lexical senses.

    • Mufradāt · row 1386
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 7:183word 1

    And I will give respite

    Quran 3:178word 6

    We give respite

    Quran 47:25word 15

    and prolonged hope

  2. To dictate a text to someone.

    Used in the construction of dictating or reciting written material to a recipient, as in the expression meaning that it is dictated to him.

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 25:5word 6

    are dictated

مَلِيّ

maliyy

Part of speech
Adjective · duration
Quran occurrences
1 occurrence

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. A long while; a prolonged duration.

    In the Quranic occurrence, the adjective is used adverbially with the meaning “for a long time.”

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    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 19:46word 12

    (for) a prolonged time

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 3:178نُمْلِىWe give respite
  • 3:178نُمْلِىWe give respite
  • 7:183وَأُمْلِىAnd I will give respite
  • 13:32فَأَمْلَيْتُbut I granted respite
  • 19:46مَلِيًّۭا(for) a prolonged time
View all 10 occurrences

Broader Classical Arabic meanings

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 7 Classical meanings
  • الإِمْلَاء

    Extension or supplying something; furnishing or extending it.

    A broad Classical use of الإملاء meaning extension or provision, apart from the Quranic constructions of granting respite and dictating.

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  • أَمْلَى القَيْدَ

    To loosen a camel’s tether by widening it.

    The tether is made roomier by extending it.

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  • تَمَلَّى

    To enjoy or live through something for a long time; to have a prolonged span of life or enjoyment.

    Used of remaining through a long period of life or enjoying an object over an extended duration.

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  • مَلَاوَة

    A long span of time, especially a prolonged span of life.

    A duration expression for an extended period or continued life.

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  • المَلَا

    An extended open tract or desert.

    The shortened, unhamzated form denotes an expansive open place.

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  • المَلَوَان

    The recurring pair of night and day.

    A dual expression understood through the repeated succession and extension of night and day.

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  • مَلَاكَ الله

    A conventional wish that God prolong someone’s life.

    A non-hamzated expression used as a formula for long life.

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Cautions

Points that affect how this root should be read.

  • No Lane primary entry was matched for this root in the supplied evidence. The Mufradat record is headed ملا through final-weak-root normalization, but it explicitly explains the relevant Quranic forms and cites their Quranic usages.