Arabic

Root

ع ق ل ‎(ʿ-q-l)

1. related to taking and understanding

Derived terms

Verbs and verb derivatives

• Form I: عَقَلَ ‎(ʿaqala, “to hobble a camel, to arrest, to pay blood money to have intelligence, be reasonable, to realize, understand”)
  • Verbal noun: عَقْل ‎(ʿaql, “blood money; sense, sentience, reason, understanding, comprehension, discernment, insight, rationality, mind, intellect, intelligence”)
  • Active participle: عَاقِل ‎(ʿāqil, “understanding, reasonable, sensible, rational, discerning, intelligent, prudent, wise, in full possession of one's mental faculties”)
  • Passive participle: مَعْقُول ‎(maʿqūl, “reasonable, sensible, intelligible, plausible, logical, rational”)
• Form II: عَقَّلَ ‎(ʿaqqala, “to make reasonable, bring to reason”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعْقِيل ‎(taʿqīl)
  • Active participle: مُعَقِّل ‎(muʿaqqil)
  • Passive participle: مُعَقَّل ‎(muʿaqqal)
• Form V: تَعَقَّلَ ‎(taʿaqqala, “to be or become reasonable, sensible, rational, intelligent, prudent, wise; to comprehend, grasp”)
  • Verbal noun: تَعَقُّل ‎(taʿaqqul, “understanding, discernment, prudence, wisdom”)
  • Active participle: مُتَعَقِّل ‎(mutaʿaqqil)
  • Passive participle: مُتَعَقَّل ‎(mutaʿaqqal)
• Form VIII: اِعْتَقَلَ ‎(iʿtaqala, “to arrest, apprehend, detain; to seize, impound”)
  • Verbal noun: اِعْتِقَال ‎(iʿtiqāl, “arrest, detention, internment, cramp”)
  • Active participle: مُعْتَقِل ‎(muʿtaqil)
  • Passive participle: مُعْتَقَل ‎(muʿtaqal, “concentration camp”)

Nouns and other parts of speech

• عَقْلِيّ ‎(ʿaqliyy, “reasonable, rational, mental, intellectual; rationalist, intellectual”)
  • عَقْلِيَّة ‎(ʿaqliyya, “mentality”)
• عَقْلَانِيّ ‎(ʿaqlāniyy, “rational, reasonable”)
• عُقْلَة ‎(ʿuqla, “knot, knob, node, joint, knuckle”)
• عِقَال ‎(ʿiqāl, “hobble”)
• عَقُول ‎(ʿaqūl, “understanding, reasonable, sensible, discerning, intelligent”)
  • أَعْقَل ‎(ʾaʿqal, “more reasonable, more intelligent”)
• عَقِيلَة ‎(ʿaqīla, “the best, the pick; wife”)
• مَعْقِل ‎(maʿqil, “refuge, sanctuary, fortress, bunker”)
• مَعْقُلَة ‎(maʿqula, “blood money”); plural مَعَاقِيل ‎(maʿāqīl)
• عَاقِلَة ‎(ʿāqila, “a Bedouin clan committed to pay bloodwite”)
• مَعْقُولِيَّة ‎(maʿqūliyya, “comprehensibility, intelligibility; logical, rational, or reasonable character; comprehension; common sense”)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “عقل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4