عاقل

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See also: غافل

Arabic

Root
ع ق ل (ʕ-q-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, to be endowed with reason, to have intelligence, to be conscious, to realize).

Pronunciation

Adjective

عَاقِل (ʕāqil) (feminine عَاقِلَة (ʕāqila) or عَاقِل (ʕāqil), masculine plural عَاقِلُونَ (ʕāqilūna) or عُقَّال (ʕuqqāl) or عُقَلَاء (ʕuqalāʔ), feminine plural عَوَاقِل (ʕawāqil) or عَاقِلَات (ʕāqilāt), elative أَعْقَل (ʔaʕqal))

  1. reasonable, endowed with reason, prudent
  2. rational, intelligent, sentient
  3. (law) of sound mind, compos mentis
  4. entitled to an inheritance
  5. (grammar) used in reference to animate beings that are perceived as capable of thinking such as humans and angels

Declension

Descendants

  • Afar: qaakíl
  • Adyghe: акъыл (aqəl)
  • Azerbaijani: aqil
  • Kabardian: акъыл (aqəl)
  • Malay: akil
  • Northern Kurdish: aqil
  • Persian: عاقل
  • Ottoman Turkish: عاقل (akil)

References

Northern Kurdish

Adjective

عاقل (‘aqil)

  1. Arabic spelling of aqil

References

  • Chyet, Michael L. (2020) “aqil I”, in Ferhenga Birûskî: Kurmanji–English Dictionary (Language Series; 1), volume 1, London: Transnational Press, page 9