انتحل

See also: أنتحل‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ن ح ل‎ (n-ḥ-l).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.ta.ħa.la/

Verb

اِنْتَحَلَ • (intaḥala) VIII, non-past يَنْتَحِلُ‎‎ (yantaḥilu)

  1. to ascribe to oneself, to plagiarize, to claim for oneself, to assume unduly, to presume, to arrogate to oneself
    ‏اِنْتَحَلَ شَخْصِيَّتَكَ وَلَعِبَ دَوْرَكَ‎
    intaḥala šaḵṣiyyataka walaʿiba dawraka
    He passed himself off as you and played your role.
  2. to embrace, to profess
    ‏يَنْتَحِلُ ٱلْيُهُودِيَّةَ/ٱلْمَسِيحِيَّةَ/ٱلْإِسْلَامَ‎
    yantaḥilu l-yuhūdiyyata/l-masīḥiyyata/l-ʾislāma
    He professes Judaism/Christianity/Islam.
  3. to borrow, to adopt (words from a foreign language)
    ‏اِنْتَحَلَ ٱلْأَعْذَارَ‎
    intaḥala l-ʾaʿḏāra
    He thought up excuses.

Conjugation

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