عطل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ع ط ل (ʿ-ṭ-l).

Verb

عَطِلَ (ʿaṭila) I, non-past يَعْطَلُ‎ (yaʿṭalu)

  1. to lack (مِن (min) something)
  2. to be unemployed, to be idle
  3. to be unadorned
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), عطل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عطل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Verb

عَطِلَ (ʿaṭila) I, non-past يَعْطَلُ‎ (yaʿṭalu)

  1. to be tall
  2. ("modern") to be spoiled, to be no longer of use
Conjugation
References

Etymology 2

Causative of عَطِلَ (ʿaṭila).

Verb

عَطَّلَ (ʿaṭṭala) II, non-past يُعَطِّلُ‎ (yuʿaṭṭilu)

  1. to neglect
  2. to make unemployed, to leave idle
  3. to damage, to destroy, to devastate, to ruin, to render inoperable
  4. to deprive of one's property
  5. to deprive of adornments
  6. to empty
  7. to free
  8. to obstruct
  9. to interrupt
  10. to suspend (a publication)
  11. to turn off (an engine, etc.)
  12. to close (a store, an office, etc.)
  13. ("modern") to injure, to cause loss (عَلَى (ʿalā) to)
  14. ("modern") to lend at interest
Conjugation
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), عطل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عطل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

عَطَل or عَطْل (ʿaṭal or ʿaṭl) m

  1. verbal noun of عَطِلَ (ʿaṭila, to lack, to be unemployed, to be unadorned, etc.) (form I)
  2. unemployment
  3. inactivity
  4. inefficiency
  5. lack
  6. absence of adornment, simplicity
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), عطل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), عطل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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