عتل

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Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
ع ت ل (ʕ t l)
2 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

عَتَلَ (ʕatala) I (non-past يَعْتُلُ (yaʕtulu), verbal noun عَتْل (ʕatl))

  1. to carry, to bear
Conjugation

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

Noun

عَتْل (ʕatlm

  1. verbal noun of عَتَلَ (ʕatala)
Declension

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

Adjective

عُتُلّ (ʕutull) (feminine عُتُلَّة (ʕutulla), masculine plural عُتُلُّونَ (ʕutullūna), feminine plural عُتُلَّات (ʕutullāt))

  1. brute
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 68:13:
      عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
      brute, and—on top of all that—an illegitimate child.
Declension
References
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “عتل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz