عطل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

Root
ع ط ل (ʕ-ṭ-l)

Verb

عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila) I, non-past يَعْطَلُ‎ (yaʕṭalu)

  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 (ʕaṭila) I, non-past يَعْطَلُ‎ (yaʕṭalu)

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

Etymology 2

Causative of عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila).

Verb

عَطَّلَ (ʕaṭṭala) II, non-past يُعَطِّلُ‎ (yuʕaṭṭilu)

  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 hinder
  9. to obstruct
  10. to interrupt
  11. to suspend (a publication)
  12. to turn off (an engine, etc.)
  13. to close (a store, an office, etc.)
  14. ("modern") to injure, to cause loss (عَلَى (ʕalā) to)
  15. ("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

Etymology 3

Noun

عَطَل or عَطْل (ʕaṭal or ʕaṭlm

  1. verbal noun of عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila, 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

Etymology 4

Noun

عُطْل (ʕuṭlm

  1. holiday, vacation
  2. malfunction, breakdown, failure, damage
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

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ط ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic عَطَّلَ (ʕaṭṭala).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕatˤ.tˤal/,
  • (file)

Verb

عطّل (ʕaṭṭal) II (present بعطّل (biʕaṭṭel), passive participle معطّل (mʕaṭṭal))

  1. (intransitive) to stop working
  2. (transitive) to stop or interrupt someone's work

Conjugation

    Conjugation of عطّل (ʕaṭṭal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عطّلت (ʕaṭṭalt) عطّلت (ʕaṭṭalt) عطّل (ʕaṭṭal) عطّلنا (ʕaṭṭalna) عطّلتو (ʕaṭṭaltu) عطّلو (ʕaṭṭalu)
f عطّلتي (ʕaṭṭalti) عطّلت (ʕaṭṭalat)
present m بعطّل (baʕaṭṭel) بتعطّل (bitʕaṭṭel) بعطّل (biʕaṭṭel) منعطّل (minʕaṭṭel) بتعطّلو (bitʕaṭṭlu) بعطّلو (biʕaṭṭlu)
f بتعطّلي (bitʕaṭṭli) بتعطّل (bitʕaṭṭel)
subjunctive m اعطّل (aʕaṭṭel) تعطّل (tʕaṭṭel) يعطّل (yʕaṭṭel) نعطّل (nʕaṭṭel) تعطّلو (tʕaṭṭlu) يعطّلو (yʕaṭṭlu)
f تعطّلي (tʕaṭṭli) تعطّل (tʕaṭṭel)
imperative m عطّل (ʕaṭṭel) عطّلو (ʕaṭṭlu)
f عطّلي (ʕaṭṭli)