Arabic word sheet
دَخَلَ
To enter, to go in
- Type
- verb
- Root
- د خ ل
Meaning and usage
To enter, to go in
To pass from outside to inside a place: a house, a room, a town.
دَخَلَتْ لَيْلَى الْمَطْبَخَ
Layla went into the kitchen.
To come in on someone
With the little word meaning "on", to enter the place where a person already is and come before them.
دَخَلَ الْمُدِيرُ عَلَى الْمُوَظَّفِينَ فِي الْمَكْتَبِ
The director came in on the employees in the office.
To join, to become part of
With the little word meaning "in", to become a member of a group or to be included in a whole.
دَخَلَ رَامِي فِي فَرِيقِ الْمَدْرَسَةِ
Rami joined the school team.
To enter upon, to begin
With the same little word, to embark on a matter, an activity or a period.
دَخَلَ الْجَارَانِ فِي نِقَاشٍ طَوِيلٍ
The two neighbours entered into a long discussion.
Word family
What the root means د خ ل
The root carries the idea of going inside and being inside. From it come "entry", "entrance", "inside", "income", "outsider" and "to slip in".
entry, going in
دُخُولٌ
entrance, way in
مَدْخَلٌ
inside, interior
دَاخِلٌ
income
دَخْلٌ
outsider, intruder; borrowed word
دَخِيلٌ
to slip in little by little; to interfere
تَدَخَّلَ
Synonyms
to enter, to penetrate
وَلَجَ
It is literary and used mostly of making one's way into a narrow or closed place; the headword is the everyday word.
Opposites
to go out