How to say "to fill" in Arabic
CognateMeaningto fill
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مَلَأَ
malaʾaמלא
ملأ
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מילא
mileمِيلِي
How the two words are related
Cognate
Same Semitic root, same meaning — you already know this word.
Arabic root
م-ل-أHebrew root
מ-ל-אmalaʾa is Hebrew מלא exactly, root and pattern alike — the same root covers Arabic 'full' (already in this app as مَلْآن, malʾān) and Hebrew מלא / למלא.
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On the street
How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
عمَّر
ʿemmerעמרDarija's 'to fill' is ʿemmer: ʿemmer l-kās — 'fill the glass'.
In a phrase
مَلَأَ الْكَأْس مَاء
malaʾa al-kaʾs māʾמלא אל-כאס מאאHe filled the cup with water