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عادل

Arabic

Adjective

عَادِل • ‎(ʿādil) ‎(feminine عَادِلَة ‎(ʿādila), masculine plural عُدَّال ‎(ʿuddāl) or عَدْل ‎(ʿadl), elative أَعْدَل ‎(ʾaʿdal))

just, fair, equitable
upright

Declension

Declension of adjective عَادِل (ʿādil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة ‎(-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَادِل ʿādil	الْعَادِل al-ʿādil	عَادِلَة ʿādila	الْعَادِلَة al-ʿādila
Nominative	عَادِلٌ ʿādilun	الْعَادِلُ al-ʿādilu	عَادِلَةٌ ʿādilatun	الْعَادِلَةُ al-ʿādilatu
Accusative	عَادِلًا ʿādilan	الْعَادِلَ al-ʿādila	عَادِلَةً ʿādilatan	الْعَادِلَةَ al-ʿādilata
Genitive	عَادِلٍ ʿādilin	الْعَادِلِ al-ʿādili	عَادِلَةٍ ʿādilatin	الْعَادِلَةِ al-ʿādilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَادِلَيْن ʿādilayn	الْعَادِلَيْن al-ʿādilayn	عَادِلَتَيْن ʿādilatayn	الْعَادِلَتَيْن al-ʿādilatayn
Nominative	عَادِلَانِ ʿādilāni	الْعَادِلَانِ al-ʿādilāni	عَادِلَتَانِ ʿādilatāni	الْعَادِلَتَانِ al-ʿādilatāni
Accusative	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَتَيْنِ ʿādilatayni	الْعَادِلَتَيْنِ al-ʿādilatayni
Genitive	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَتَيْنِ ʿādilatayni	الْعَادِلَتَيْنِ al-ʿādilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُدَّال‎; عَدْل ʿuddāl‎; ʿadl	الْعُدَّال‎; الْعَدْل al-ʿuddāl‎; al-ʿadl	عَادِلَات ʿādilāt	الْعَادِلَات al-ʿādilāt
Nominative	عُدَّالٌ‎; عَدْلٌ ʿuddālun‎; ʿadlun	الْعُدَّالُ‎; الْعَدْلُ al-ʿuddālu‎; al-ʿadlu	عَادِلَاتٌ ʿādilātun	الْعَادِلَاتُ al-ʿādilātu
Accusative	عُدَّالًا‎; عَدْلًا ʿuddālan‎; ʿadlan	الْعُدَّالَ‎; الْعَدْلَ al-ʿuddāla‎; al-ʿadla	عَادِلَاتٍ ʿādilātin	الْعَادِلَاتِ al-ʿādilāti
Genitive	عُدَّالٍ‎; عَدْلٍ ʿuddālin‎; ʿadlin	الْعُدَّالِ‎; الْعَدْلِ al-ʿuddāli‎; al-ʿadli	عَادِلَاتٍ ʿādilātin	الْعَادِلَاتِ al-ʿādilāti

Synonyms

(just, fair): مُنْصِف ‎(munṣif)

Descendants

Kazakh: адал ‎(adal)
Mongolian: адал ‎(adal)

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عادل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

عَادِل • ‎(ʿādil) m ‎(plural عُدَّال ‎(ʿuddāl) or عَدْل ‎(ʿadl))

honest witness

Declension

Declension of noun عَادِل (ʿādil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَادِل ʿādil	الْعَادِل al-ʿādil	عَادِل ʿādil
Nominative	عَادِلٌ ʿādilun	الْعَادِلُ al-ʿādilu	عَادِلُ ʿādilu
Accusative	عَادِلًا ʿādilan	الْعَادِلَ al-ʿādila	عَادِلَ ʿādila
Genitive	عَادِلٍ ʿādilin	الْعَادِلِ al-ʿādili	عَادِلِ ʿādili
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَادِلَيْن ʿādilayn	الْعَادِلَيْن al-ʿādilayn	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Nominative	عَادِلَانِ ʿādilāni	الْعَادِلَانِ al-ʿādilāni	عَادِلَا ʿādilā
Accusative	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Genitive	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُدَّال‎; عَدْل ʿuddāl‎; ʿadl	الْعُدَّال‎; الْعَدْل al-ʿuddāl‎; al-ʿadl	عُدَّال‎; عَدْل ʿuddāl‎; ʿadl
Nominative	عُدَّالٌ‎; عَدْلٌ ʿuddālun‎; ʿadlun	الْعُدَّالُ‎; الْعَدْلُ al-ʿuddālu‎; al-ʿadlu	عُدَّالُ‎; عَدْلُ ʿuddālu‎; ʿadlu
Accusative	عُدَّالًا‎; عَدْلًا ʿuddālan‎; ʿadlan	الْعُدَّالَ‎; الْعَدْلَ al-ʿuddāla‎; al-ʿadla	عُدَّالَ‎; عَدْلَ ʿuddāla‎; ʿadla
Genitive	عُدَّالٍ‎; عَدْلٍ ʿuddālin‎; ʿadlin	الْعُدَّالِ‎; الْعَدْلِ al-ʿuddāli‎; al-ʿadli	عُدَّالِ‎; عَدْلِ ʿuddāli‎; ʿadli

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عادل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَدَلَ ‎(ʿadala, “to exercise justice, to judge”), from the root ع د ل ‎(ʿ-d-l).

Adjective

giving judgment

Declension

Declension of adjective عَادِل (ʿādil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة ‎(-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَادِل ʿādil	الْعَادِل al-ʿādil	عَادِلَة ʿādila	الْعَادِلَة al-ʿādila
Nominative	عَادِلٌ ʿādilun	الْعَادِلُ al-ʿādilu	عَادِلَةٌ ʿādilatun	الْعَادِلَةُ al-ʿādilatu
Accusative	عَادِلًا ʿādilan	الْعَادِلَ al-ʿādila	عَادِلَةً ʿādilatan	الْعَادِلَةَ al-ʿādilata
Genitive	عَادِلٍ ʿādilin	الْعَادِلِ al-ʿādili	عَادِلَةٍ ʿādilatin	الْعَادِلَةِ al-ʿādilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَادِلَيْن ʿādilayn	الْعَادِلَيْن al-ʿādilayn	عَادِلَتَيْن ʿādilatayn	الْعَادِلَتَيْن al-ʿādilatayn
Nominative	عَادِلَانِ ʿādilāni	الْعَادِلَانِ al-ʿādilāni	عَادِلَتَانِ ʿādilatāni	الْعَادِلَتَانِ al-ʿādilatāni
Accusative	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَتَيْنِ ʿādilatayni	الْعَادِلَتَيْنِ al-ʿādilatayni
Genitive	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَتَيْنِ ʿādilatayni	الْعَادِلَتَيْنِ al-ʿādilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُدَّال‎; عَدْل ʿuddāl‎; ʿadl	الْعُدَّال‎; الْعَدْل al-ʿuddāl‎; al-ʿadl	عَادِلَات ʿādilāt	الْعَادِلَات al-ʿādilāt
Nominative	عُدَّالٌ‎; عَدْلٌ ʿuddālun‎; ʿadlun	الْعُدَّالُ‎; الْعَدْلُ al-ʿuddālu‎; al-ʿadlu	عَادِلَاتٌ ʿādilātun	الْعَادِلَاتُ al-ʿādilātu
Accusative	عُدَّالًا‎; عَدْلًا ʿuddālan‎; ʿadlan	الْعُدَّالَ‎; الْعَدْلَ al-ʿuddāla‎; al-ʿadla	عَادِلَاتٍ ʿādilātin	الْعَادِلَاتِ al-ʿādilāti
Genitive	عُدَّالٍ‎; عَدْلٍ ʿuddālin‎; ʿadlin	الْعُدَّالِ‎; الْعَدْلِ al-ʿuddāli‎; al-ʿadli	عَادِلَاتٍ ʿādilātin	الْعَادِلَاتِ al-ʿādilāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عادل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

عَادِل • ‎(ʿādil) m ‎(plural عُدُول ‎(ʿudūl))

notary, judge

Declension

Declension of noun عَادِل (ʿādil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَادِل ʿādil	الْعَادِل al-ʿādil	عَادِل ʿādil
Nominative	عَادِلٌ ʿādilun	الْعَادِلُ al-ʿādilu	عَادِلُ ʿādilu
Accusative	عَادِلًا ʿādilan	الْعَادِلَ al-ʿādila	عَادِلَ ʿādila
Genitive	عَادِلٍ ʿādilin	الْعَادِلِ al-ʿādili	عَادِلِ ʿādili
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَادِلَيْن ʿādilayn	الْعَادِلَيْن al-ʿādilayn	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Nominative	عَادِلَانِ ʿādilāni	الْعَادِلَانِ al-ʿādilāni	عَادِلَا ʿādilā
Accusative	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Genitive	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُدُول ʿudūl	الْعُدُول al-ʿudūl	عُدُول ʿudūl
Nominative	عُدُولٌ ʿudūlun	الْعُدُولُ al-ʿudūlu	عُدُولُ ʿudūlu
Accusative	عُدُولًا ʿudūlan	الْعُدُولَ al-ʿudūla	عُدُولَ ʿudūla
Genitive	عُدُولٍ ʿudūlin	الْعُدُولِ al-ʿudūli	عُدُولِ ʿudūli

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عادل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَدَلَ ‎(ʿadala, “to be equal”), from the root ع د ل ‎(ʿ-d-l).

Adjective

عَادِل • ‎(ʿādil) ‎(feminine عَادِلَة ‎(ʿādila), masculine plural عُدُول ‎(ʿudūl), elative أَعْدَل ‎(ʾaʿdal))

similar, equal

Declension

Declension of adjective عَادِل (ʿādil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة ‎(-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَادِل ʿādil	الْعَادِل al-ʿādil	عَادِلَة ʿādila	الْعَادِلَة al-ʿādila
Nominative	عَادِلٌ ʿādilun	الْعَادِلُ al-ʿādilu	عَادِلَةٌ ʿādilatun	الْعَادِلَةُ al-ʿādilatu
Accusative	عَادِلًا ʿādilan	الْعَادِلَ al-ʿādila	عَادِلَةً ʿādilatan	الْعَادِلَةَ al-ʿādilata
Genitive	عَادِلٍ ʿādilin	الْعَادِلِ al-ʿādili	عَادِلَةٍ ʿādilatin	الْعَادِلَةِ al-ʿādilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَادِلَيْن ʿādilayn	الْعَادِلَيْن al-ʿādilayn	عَادِلَتَيْن ʿādilatayn	الْعَادِلَتَيْن al-ʿādilatayn
Nominative	عَادِلَانِ ʿādilāni	الْعَادِلَانِ al-ʿādilāni	عَادِلَتَانِ ʿādilatāni	الْعَادِلَتَانِ al-ʿādilatāni
Accusative	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَتَيْنِ ʿādilatayni	الْعَادِلَتَيْنِ al-ʿādilatayni
Genitive	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَتَيْنِ ʿādilatayni	الْعَادِلَتَيْنِ al-ʿādilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُدُول ʿudūl	الْعُدُول al-ʿudūl	عَادِلَات ʿādilāt	الْعَادِلَات al-ʿādilāt
Nominative	عُدُولٌ ʿudūlun	الْعُدُولُ al-ʿudūlu	عَادِلَاتٌ ʿādilātun	الْعَادِلَاتُ al-ʿādilātu
Accusative	عُدُولًا ʿudūlan	الْعُدُولَ al-ʿudūla	عَادِلَاتٍ ʿādilātin	الْعَادِلَاتِ al-ʿādilāti
Genitive	عُدُولٍ ʿudūlin	الْعُدُولِ al-ʿudūli	عَادِلَاتٍ ʿādilātin	الْعَادِلَاتِ al-ʿādilāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عادل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 4

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَدَلَ ‎(ʿadala, “to deviate”), from the root ع د ل ‎(ʿ-d-l).

Adjective

عَادِل • ‎(ʿādil) ‎(feminine عَادِلَة ‎(ʿādila), masculine plural عُدُول ‎(ʿudūl), elative أَعْدَل ‎(ʾaʿdal))

deviating, deflecting, varying

Declension

Declension of adjective عَادِل (ʿādil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة ‎(-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَادِل ʿādil	الْعَادِل al-ʿādil	عَادِلَة ʿādila	الْعَادِلَة al-ʿādila
Nominative	عَادِلٌ ʿādilun	الْعَادِلُ al-ʿādilu	عَادِلَةٌ ʿādilatun	الْعَادِلَةُ al-ʿādilatu
Accusative	عَادِلًا ʿādilan	الْعَادِلَ al-ʿādila	عَادِلَةً ʿādilatan	الْعَادِلَةَ al-ʿādilata
Genitive	عَادِلٍ ʿādilin	الْعَادِلِ al-ʿādili	عَادِلَةٍ ʿādilatin	الْعَادِلَةِ al-ʿādilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَادِلَيْن ʿādilayn	الْعَادِلَيْن al-ʿādilayn	عَادِلَتَيْن ʿādilatayn	الْعَادِلَتَيْن al-ʿādilatayn
Nominative	عَادِلَانِ ʿādilāni	الْعَادِلَانِ al-ʿādilāni	عَادِلَتَانِ ʿādilatāni	الْعَادِلَتَانِ al-ʿādilatāni
Accusative	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَتَيْنِ ʿādilatayni	الْعَادِلَتَيْنِ al-ʿādilatayni
Genitive	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَتَيْنِ ʿādilatayni	الْعَادِلَتَيْنِ al-ʿādilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عُدُول ʿudūl	الْعُدُول al-ʿudūl	عَادِلَات ʿādilāt	الْعَادِلَات al-ʿādilāt
Nominative	عُدُولٌ ʿudūlun	الْعُدُولُ al-ʿudūlu	عَادِلَاتٌ ʿādilātun	الْعَادِلَاتُ al-ʿādilātu
Accusative	عُدُولًا ʿudūlan	الْعُدُولَ al-ʿudūla	عَادِلَاتٍ ʿādilātin	الْعَادِلَاتِ al-ʿādilāti
Genitive	عُدُولٍ ʿudūlin	الْعُدُولِ al-ʿudūli	عَادِلَاتٍ ʿādilātin	الْعَادِلَاتِ al-ʿādilāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عادل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 5

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَدِلَ ‎(ʿadila, “to act wrongfully”), from the root ع د ل ‎(ʿ-d-l).

Noun

عَادِل • ‎(ʿādil) ‎(masculine plural عُدُول ‎(ʿudūl), elative أَعْدَل ‎(ʾaʿdal))

polytheist

Declension

Declension of noun عَادِل (ʿādil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَادِل ʿādil	الْعَادِل al-ʿādil	عَادِل ʿādil
Nominative	عَادِلٌ ʿādilun	الْعَادِلُ al-ʿādilu	عَادِلُ ʿādilu
Accusative	عَادِلًا ʿādilan	الْعَادِلَ al-ʿādila	عَادِلَ ʿādila
Genitive	عَادِلٍ ʿādilin	الْعَادِلِ al-ʿādili	عَادِلِ ʿādili
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَادِلَيْن ʿādilayn	الْعَادِلَيْن al-ʿādilayn	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Nominative	عَادِلَانِ ʿādilāni	الْعَادِلَانِ al-ʿādilāni	عَادِلَا ʿādilā
Accusative	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Genitive	عَادِلَيْنِ ʿādilayni	الْعَادِلَيْنِ al-ʿādilayni	عَادِلَيْ ʿādilay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عُدُول ʿudūl	الْعُدُول al-ʿudūl	عُدُول ʿudūl
Nominative	عُدُولٌ ʿudūlun	الْعُدُولُ al-ʿudūlu	عُدُولُ ʿudūlu
Accusative	عُدُولًا ʿudūlan	الْعُدُولَ al-ʿudūla	عُدُولَ ʿudūla
Genitive	عُدُولٍ ʿudūlin	الْعُدُولِ al-ʿudūli	عُدُولِ ʿudūli

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “عادل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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عادل • ‎(transliteration needed)

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