عدل

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Arabic

Root
ع د ل (ʕ d l)
12 terms

Verb

عَدَلَ (ʕadala) I (non-past يَعْدِلُ (yaʕdilu), verbal noun عَدْل (ʕadl) or مَعْدِلَة (maʕdila) or مَعْدَلَة (maʕdala) or عَدَالَة (ʕadāla) or عُدُولَة (ʕudūla))

  1. to act justly
    Synonym: أَقْسَطَ (ʔaqsaṭa)

Conjugation

Verb

عَدَلَ (ʕadala) I (non-past يَعْدِلُ (yaʕdilu), verbal noun عَدْل (ʕadl) or عُدُول (ʕudūl))

  1. to make (someone) equal (بِ (bi) to)
  2. (transitive) to be equal to, to be equivalent to
  3. (transitive) to balance

Conjugation

Verb

عَدَلَ (ʕadala) I (non-past يَعْدِلُ (yaʕdilu), verbal noun عُدُول (ʕudūl) or عَدْل (ʕadl))

  1. to deviate, to turn away (عَن (ʕan) from)

Conjugation

Verb

عَدَلَ (ʕadala) I (non-past يَعْدِلُ (yaʕdilu), verbal noun عَدْل (ʕadl))

  1. to make deviate, to cause to turn away

Conjugation

Verb

عَدُلَ (ʕadula) I (non-past يَعْدُلُ (yaʕdulu), verbal noun عَدَالَة (ʕadāla))

  1. to be just

Conjugation

Verb

عَدِلَ (ʕadila) I (non-past يَعْدَلُ (yaʕdalu), verbal noun عَدَل (ʕadal))

  1. to act wrongfully

Conjugation

Verb

عَدَّلَ (ʕaddala) II (non-past يُعَدِّلُ (yuʕaddilu), verbal noun تَعْدِيل (taʕdīl))

  1. to give judgment according to the right
  2. to make just
  3. to make equal in size or weight, to declare to be equal
  4. to set into the right proportion
  5. to straighten
  6. to lead straight
  7. (transitive) to weigh rightly
  8. to balance, to adjust, to fix, to rectify
  9. (transitive) to adapt
  10. (transitive) to change, to improve
  11. to place (a balance) in equilibrium
  12. to admit (a witness) as lawful
  13. to drink to excess
  14. (Modern Standard Arabic) to grow thick or stout
  15. (electricity) to modulate

Conjugation

Noun

عَدْل (ʕadlm (plural عُدُول (ʕudūl))

  1. verbal noun of عَدَلَ (ʕadala) (form I)
  2. justice, equity
    مِنَ الْعَدْلِmina l-ʕadlifair
  3. righteousness, uprightness, honesty
  4. right measure
  5. compensation
  6. reward
  7. ransom
  8. deviation from what is right, anomaly

Declension

Adjective

عَدْل (ʕadl) (feminine عَدْل (ʕadl) or عَدْلَة (ʕadla), masculine plural عَدْل (ʕadl) or عُدُول (ʕudūl)) (invariable)

  1. just, upright, honest
  2. lawful, admissible
  3. of equal value

Declension

Noun

عَدَل (ʕadalm

  1. verbal noun of عَدِلَ (ʕadila) (form I)
  2. equilibration of the two side loads

Declension

Noun

عِدْل (ʕidlm (plural أَعْدَال (ʔaʕdāl) or عِدَال (ʕidāl) or عُدُول (ʕudūl))

  1. equal
  2. of equal weight
  3. of equal value
  4. similar, corresponding
  5. balanced bale of merchandise, half of a counterbalanced load
  6. sack, back
    Synonyms: غِرَارَة (ḡirāra), كِيس (kīs), جُوَال (juwāl), تِلِّيس (tillīs)

Declension

Noun

عَدْل (ʕadlm pl

  1. plural of عَادِل (ʕādil)

Adjective

عَدْل (ʕadlm pl

  1. masculine plural of عَادِل (ʕādil)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَدْل (ʕadl).

Pronunciation

Readings
Classical reading? aḏl
Dari reading? adl
Iranian reading? adl
Tajik reading? adl

Noun

عدل (adl)

  1. justice
    • c. 1520, Selim I of the Ottoman Empire, edited by Benedek Péri, The Persian Dīvān of Yavuz Sulṭān Selīm, Budapest, Hungary: Research Centre for the Humanities, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, →ISBN, page 69:
      تو ده استقامت در اقلیم عدلم
      که هستم براه غمت مرد راهی
      tu dih istiqāmat dar iqlīm-i adl-am
      ki hastam ba-rāh-i ğamat mard-i rāhī
      Give me perseverance in the realm of justice,
      For I am a wayfarer on the way of love-grief for you.
      (Classical Persian transliteration)

Further reading

  • Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عدل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع د ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَدَّلَ (ʕaddala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕad.dal/,
  • Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

Verb

عدّل (ʕaddal) II (present بعدّل (biʕaddel))

  1. to edit, to modify

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عدّل (ʕaddal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عدّلت (ʕaddalt) عدّلت (ʕaddalt) عدّل (ʕaddal) عدّلنا (ʕaddalna) عدّلتو (ʕaddaltu) عدّلو (ʕaddalu)
f عدّلتي (ʕaddalti) عدّلت (ʕaddalat)
present m بعدّل (baʕaddel) بتعدّل (bitʕaddel) بعدّل (biʕaddel) منعدّل (minʕaddel) بتعدّلو (bitʕaddlu) بعدّلو (biʕaddlu)
f بتعدّلي (bitʕaddli) بتعدّل (bitʕaddel)
subjunctive m اعدّل (aʕaddel) تعدّل (tʕaddel) يعدّل (yʕaddel) نعدّل (nʕaddel) تعدّلو (tʕaddlu) يعدّلو (yʕaddlu)
f تعدّلي (tʕaddli) تعدّل (tʕaddel)
imperative m عدّل (ʕaddel) عدّلو (ʕaddlu)
f عدّلي (ʕaddli)