زائل

Arabic

Root
ز و ل (z-w-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb زَالَ (zāla, “to disappear”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zaː.ʔil/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

زَائِل • (zāʔil) (feminine زَائِلَة (zāʔila))

1. transient, fleeting, ephemeral

   وَكُلُّ نَعِيمٍ لَا مَحَالَةَ زَائِلُ ― wakullu naʕīmin lā maḥālata zāʔilu ― And every pleasure no matter what, is bound to cease

Declension

Declension of adjective زَائِل (zāʔil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	زَائِل zāʔil	الزَّائِل az-zāʔil	زَائِلَة zāʔila	الزَّائِلَة az-zāʔila
Nominative	زَائِلٌ zāʔilun	الزَّائِلُ az-zāʔilu	زَائِلَةٌ zāʔilatun	الزَّائِلَةُ az-zāʔilatu
Accusative	زَائِلًا zāʔilan	الزَّائِلَ az-zāʔila	زَائِلَةً zāʔilatan	الزَّائِلَةَ az-zāʔilata
Genitive	زَائِلٍ zāʔilin	الزَّائِلِ az-zāʔili	زَائِلَةٍ zāʔilatin	الزَّائِلَةِ az-zāʔilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	زَائِلَيْن zāʔilayn	الزَّائِلَيْن az-zāʔilayn	زَائِلَتَيْن zāʔilatayn	الزَّائِلَتَيْن az-zāʔilatayn
Nominative	زَائِلَانِ zāʔilāni	الزَّائِلَانِ az-zāʔilāni	زَائِلَتَانِ zāʔilatāni	الزَّائِلَتَانِ az-zāʔilatāni
Accusative	زَائِلَيْنِ zāʔilayni	الزَّائِلَيْنِ az-zāʔilayni	زَائِلَتَيْنِ zāʔilatayni	الزَّائِلَتَيْنِ az-zāʔilatayni
Genitive	زَائِلَيْنِ zāʔilayni	الزَّائِلَيْنِ az-zāʔilayni	زَائِلَتَيْنِ zāʔilatayni	الزَّائِلَتَيْنِ az-zāʔilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	زَائِلَات zāʔilāt	الزَّائِلَات az-zāʔilāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	زَائِلَاتٌ zāʔilātun	الزَّائِلَاتُ az-zāʔilātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	زَائِلَاتٍ zāʔilātin	الزَّائِلَاتِ az-zāʔilāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	زَائِلَاتٍ zāʔilātin	الزَّائِلَاتِ az-zāʔilāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: زَائِل
  • Turkish: zail

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic زَائِل (zāʔil), active participle of زَالَ (zāla).

Adjective

زائل • (zail)

1. disappearing; ending
2. declining
3. transitory

Descendants

• Turkish: zail

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zail”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زائل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 639b