تشمل قائمة الفحص تاريخ الفحص.

تشمل means includes, contains, or covers in this sentence.

It comes from the root ش م ل, which has the general idea of including or encompassing something.

Here, تشمل is:

• present tense / imperfect
• 3rd person
• feminine singular

So literally, it is something like she/it includes, and the she/it refers to قائمة.

Because the subject is قائمة (list), and قائمة is a feminine singular noun in Arabic.

Arabic verbs agree with their subjects in gender, so:

• masculine subject → masculine verb
• feminine subject → feminine verb

Since قائمة الفحص is the subject, the verb is تشمل rather than a masculine form.

Because Arabic often uses verb-subject-object word order, especially in Modern Standard Arabic.

So:

• تشمل = includes
• قائمة الفحص = the checklist
• تاريخ الفحص = the inspection date

This is a normal Arabic verbal sentence structure: Verb + Subject + Object

English usually prefers: Subject + Verb + Object

So English says The checklist includes the inspection date, while Arabic can naturally say Includes the checklist the inspection date in its own structure.

That is a very common question, especially because both phrases are definite and both are nouns.

There are two main clues:

1. Word order

   • After the verb, the first noun phrase is usually the subject
   • The later noun phrase is often the object

2. Case endings in fully vocalized Arabic

   • قائمةُ الفحصِ = nominative → subject
   • تاريخَ الفحصِ = accusative → object

In normal unvowelled writing, those endings are not shown, so learners often rely on context and standard sentence structure.

Yes, قائمة الفحص is one noun phrase, and it is an iḍāfa construction, often called a genitive construction or possessive construction.

It literally means:

• قائمة = list
• الفحص = the inspection/examination

Together:

• قائمة الفحص = inspection list
• more naturally in English: checklist

In Arabic iḍāfa, the first noun is connected directly to the second noun without a word like of.

So:

• قائمة الفحص = list of inspection / inspection list
• natural English: checklist

Because in an iḍāfa construction, the first noun does not take الـ.

Definiteness comes from the second noun.

So:

• قائمة فحص = a checklist / an inspection list
• قائمة الفحص = the checklist / the inspection list

Even though قائمة has no الـ, the whole phrase is definite because الفحص is definite.

This is a very important rule in Arabic.

Yes, exactly.

• تاريخ = date / history, depending on context
• الفحص = the inspection/examination

So تاريخ الفحص literally means date of the inspection.

In this sentence, the natural meaning is the inspection date.

So the sentence contains two iḍāfa phrases:

1. قائمة الفحص = the checklist
2. تاريخ الفحص = the inspection date

Because it belongs to two different noun phrases:

1. قائمة الفحص = checklist
2. تاريخ الفحص = inspection date

Arabic often repeats a noun in separate iḍāfa constructions where English might also repeat it, or sometimes avoid repetition through style. Here the repetition is completely normal.

الفحص means the inspection, the examination, or the check, depending on context.

The root is ف ح ص, which relates to examining or inspecting something.

In this sentence, الفحص is probably best understood as inspection or check, since:

• قائمة الفحص = checklist
• تاريخ الفحص = inspection date

Yes. That version is also correct.

It changes the word order to: Subject + Verb + Object

So you get:

• قائمة الفحص تشمل تاريخ الفحص

This is also natural Arabic, especially when you want to emphasize the subject a bit more.

The original sentence begins with the verb, which is very common in formal Arabic.

Yes. In fully vocalized Arabic, the sentence would be:

تَشْمَلُ قائِمَةُ الفَحْصِ تاريخَ الفَحْصِ

The important endings are:

• تشملُ → final -u for the indicative verb
• قائمةُ → -u because it is the subject (nominative)
• الفحصِ → -i because it is the second part of an iḍāfa (genitive)
• تاريخَ → -a because it is the direct object (accusative)
• الفحصِ → -i again because it is the second part of an iḍāfa

In ordinary writing, these short vowels are usually omitted.

Because Arabic usually expresses of relationships through iḍāfa, not by adding a separate word.

So instead of saying:

• list of inspection
• date of inspection

Arabic simply puts the nouns together:

• قائمة الفحص
• تاريخ الفحص

This is one of the most common structures in Arabic, and learners see it constantly.

No. تاريخ can mean:

• date
• history

The meaning depends on context.

For example:

• تاريخ اليوم = today’s date
• تاريخ العرب = the history of the Arabs

In تاريخ الفحص, the intended meaning is clearly date, not history.

More naturally, it is usually checklist.

A very literal breakdown is:

• قائمة = list
• الفحص = inspection/check

So literally it is something like inspection list or check list. But in natural English, checklist is the best translation in most contexts.

That said, the exact translation can depend on context:

• technical/manual context → inspection checklist
• general context → checklist

A simple breakdown is:

• تشمل = verb = includes
• قائمة الفحص = subject = the checklist
• تاريخ الفحص = direct object = the inspection date

So the sentence pattern is:

Verb + Subject + Object

And inside both noun phrases, you also have iḍāfa:

• قائمة + الفحص
• تاريخ + الفحص