Arabic

Verb

عَطِلَ • ‎(ʿaṭila) I, non-past يَعْطَلُ‎ (yaʿṭalu)

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 0-87950-003-4

Verb

عَطِلَ • ‎(ʿaṭila) I, non-past يَعْطَلُ‎ (yaʿṭalu)

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

Conjugation

References

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

Etymology 2

Causative of عَطِلَ ‎(ʿaṭila).

Verb

عَطَّلَ • ‎(ʿaṭṭala) II, non-past يُعَطِّلُ‎ (yuʿaṭṭilu)

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 obstruct
9. to interrupt
10. to suspend (a publication)
11. to turn off (an engine, etc.)
12. to close (a store, an office, etc.)
13. ("modern") to injure, to cause loss (عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) to)
14. ("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 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 3

Noun

عَطَل or عَطْل • ‎(ʿaṭal or ʿaṭl) m

1. verbal noun of عَطِلَ ‎(ʿaṭila, “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

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 0-87950-003-4