أعقل

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ع ق ل (ʕ q l)
11 terms

Elative of عَاقِل (ʕāqil, “reasonable, prudent; intelligent, wise”).

Adjective

أَعْقَل • (ʔaʕqal)

1. elative degree of عَاقِل (ʕāqil):
   1. more reasonable, more prudent; most reasonable, most prudent
   2. more intelligent, wiser; most intelligent, wisest

Declension

Declension of adjective أَعْقَل (ʔaʕqal)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَعْقَل ʔaʕqal	الْأَعْقَل al-ʔaʕqal	عُقْلى ʕuqlā	الْعُقْلى al-ʕuqlā
Nominative	أَعْقَلُ ʔaʕqalu	الْأَعْقَلُ al-ʔaʕqalu	عُقْلى ʕuqlā	الْعُقْلى al-ʕuqlā
Accusative	أَعْقَلَ ʔaʕqala	الْأَعْقَلَ al-ʔaʕqala	عُقْلى ʕuqlā	الْعُقْلى al-ʕuqlā
Genitive	أَعْقَلَ ʔaʕqala	الْأَعْقَلِ al-ʔaʕqali	عُقْلى ʕuqlā	الْعُقْلى al-ʕuqlā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَعْقَلَيْن ʔaʕqalayn	الْأَعْقَلَيْن al-ʔaʕqalayn	عُقْلَيَيْن ʕuqlayayn	الْعُقْلَيَيْن al-ʕuqlayayn
Nominative	أَعْقَلَانِ ʔaʕqalāni	الْأَعْقَلَانِ al-ʔaʕqalāni	عُقْلَيَانِ ʕuqlayāni	الْعُقْلَيَانِ al-ʕuqlayāni
Accusative	أَعْقَلَيْنِ ʔaʕqalayni	الْأَعْقَلَيْنِ al-ʔaʕqalayni	عُقْلَيَيْنِ ʕuqlayayni	الْعُقْلَيَيْنِ al-ʕuqlayayni
Genitive	أَعْقَلَيْنِ ʔaʕqalayni	الْأَعْقَلَيْنِ al-ʔaʕqalayni	عُقْلَيَيْنِ ʕuqlayayni	الْعُقْلَيَيْنِ al-ʕuqlayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَعْقَلِين ʔaʕqalīn	الْأَعْقَلِين al-ʔaʕqalīn	عُقْلَيَات ʕuqlayāt	الْعُقْلَيَات al-ʕuqlayāt
Nominative	أَعْقَلُونَ ʔaʕqalūna	الْأَعْقَلُونَ al-ʔaʕqalūna	عُقْلَيَاتٌ ʕuqlayātun	الْعُقْلَيَاتُ al-ʕuqlayātu
Accusative	أَعْقَلِينَ ʔaʕqalīna	الْأَعْقَلِينَ al-ʔaʕqalīna	عُقْلَيَاتٍ ʕuqlayātin	الْعُقْلَيَاتِ al-ʕuqlayāti
Genitive	أَعْقَلِينَ ʔaʕqalīna	الْأَعْقَلِينَ al-ʔaʕqalīna	عُقْلَيَاتٍ ʕuqlayātin	الْعُقْلَيَاتِ al-ʕuqlayāti

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عقل:عَاقِل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أعقل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen