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Arabic
Etymology
From the root م ه ل (m-h-l). Adverbial accusative of مَهْل (mahl, “slowness, ease”).
Pronunciation
Verb
مَهْلًا • (mahlan)
- (defective, transitive) act slowly, gently, leisurely!
6th century, Imru' al-Qais, أفاطم مهلا:أَفَاطِمُ مَهْلًا بَعْضَ هٰذَا ٱلتَّدَلُّلِ
وَإِنْ كُنْتِ قَدْ أَزْمَعْتِ صَرْمِي فَأَجْمِلِي- ʔafāṭimu mahlan baʕḍa hāḏā t-tadalluli
waʔin kunti qad ʔazmaʕti ṣarmī faʔajmilī - Oh Fatima go easy on the coquetry
and if you have already decided to leave me, do it gently.
Usage notes
The verb is defective and does not conjugate or receive case endings; it is used the same way with the same final vowels in all contexts.