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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