أجل
Arabic
Etymology
Elative of جَلِيل (jalīl, “great, important; exalted; revered, honorable, venerable; glorious, magnificent; strong, stout, rough; old, experienced”), from the root ج ل ل (j-l-l).
Pronunciation
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Noun
أَجَل • (ʾajal) m (plural آجَال (ʾājāl))
Noun
أَجْل • (ʾajl) ?
- Only used in مِنْ أَجْلِ (min ʾajli) and لِأَجْلِ (liʾajli)
Adjective
أَجَلّ • (ʾajall) (feminine جُلَّى (jullā), masculine plural أَجَلُّون (ʾajallūn), feminine plural جُلَّيَات (jullayāt))
- elative degree of جَلِيل (jalīl):
- greater, more important; greatest, most important
- more exalted; most exalted
- more revered, more honorable, more venerable; most revered, most honorable, most venerable
- more glorious, more magnificent; most glorious, most magnificent
- stronger, stouter, rougher; strongest, stoutest, roughest
- older, more experienced; oldest, most experienced
Declension
Declension of adjective أَجَلّ (ʾajall)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجَلّ ʾajall |
الْأَجَلّ al-ʾajall |
جُلّى jullā |
الْجُلّى al-jullā |
| Nominative | أَجَلُّ ʾajallu |
الْأَجَلُّ al-ʾajallu |
جُلّى jullā |
الْجُلّى al-jullā |
| Accusative | أَجَلَّ ʾajalla |
الْأَجَلَّ al-ʾajalla |
جُلّى jullā |
الْجُلّى al-jullā |
| Genitive | أَجَلَّ ʾajalla |
الْأَجَلِّ al-ʾajalli |
جُلّى jullā |
الْجُلّى al-jullā |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجَلَّيْن ʾajallayn |
الْأَجَلَّيْن al-ʾajallayn |
جُلَّيَيْن jullayayn |
الْجُلَّيَيْن al-jullayayn |
| Nominative | أَجَلَّانِ ʾajallāni |
الْأَجَلَّانِ al-ʾajallāni |
جُلَّيَانِ jullayāni |
الْجُلَّيَانِ al-jullayāni |
| Accusative | أَجَلَّيْنِ ʾajallayni |
الْأَجَلَّيْنِ al-ʾajallayni |
جُلَّيَيْنِ jullayayni |
الْجُلَّيَيْنِ al-jullayayni |
| Genitive | أَجَلَّيْنِ ʾajallayni |
الْأَجَلَّيْنِ al-ʾajallayni |
جُلَّيَيْنِ jullayayni |
الْجُلَّيَيْنِ al-jullayayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural; basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَجَلِّين; أَجَالّ ʾajallīn; ʾajāll |
الْأَجَلِّين; الْأَجَالّ al-ʾajallīn; al-ʾajāll |
جُلَّيَات jullayāt |
الْجُلَّيَات al-jullayāt |
| Nominative | أَجَلُّونَ; أَجَالُّ ʾajallūna; ʾajāllu |
الْأَجَلُّونَ; الْأَجَالُّ al-ʾajallūna; al-ʾajāllu |
جُلَّيَاتٌ jullayātun |
الْجُلَّيَاتُ al-jullayātu |
| Accusative | أَجَلِّينَ; أَجَالَّ ʾajallīna; ʾajālla |
الْأَجَلِّينَ; الْأَجَالَّ al-ʾajallīna; al-ʾajālla |
جُلَّيَاتٍ jullayātin |
الْجُلَّيَاتِ al-jullayāti |
| Genitive | أَجَلِّينَ; أَجَالَّ ʾajallīna; ʾajālla |
الْأَجَلِّينَ; الْأَجَالِّ al-ʾajallīna; al-ʾajālli |
جُلَّيَاتٍ jullayātin |
الْجُلَّيَاتِ al-jullayāti |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “جل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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