عاجل

Arabic

Root
ع ج ل (ʕ j l)
9 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَجِلَ (ʕajila, “to be hasty”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.d͡ʒil/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

عَاجِل • (ʕājil)

1. urgent, hasty

   أَخْبَار عَاجِلَة ― ʔaḵbār ʕājila ― breaking news

Declension

Declension of adjective عَاجِل (ʕājil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَاجِل ʕājil	الْعَاجِل al-ʕājil	عَاجِلَة ʕājila	الْعَاجِلَة al-ʕājila
Nominative	عَاجِلٌ ʕājilun	الْعَاجِلُ al-ʕājilu	عَاجِلَةٌ ʕājilatun	الْعَاجِلَةُ al-ʕājilatu
Accusative	عَاجِلًا ʕājilan	الْعَاجِلَ al-ʕājila	عَاجِلَةً ʕājilatan	الْعَاجِلَةَ al-ʕājilata
Genitive	عَاجِلٍ ʕājilin	الْعَاجِلِ al-ʕājili	عَاجِلَةٍ ʕājilatin	الْعَاجِلَةِ al-ʕājilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	عَاجِلَيْن ʕājilayn	الْعَاجِلَيْن al-ʕājilayn	عَاجِلَتَيْن ʕājilatayn	الْعَاجِلَتَيْن al-ʕājilatayn
Nominative	عَاجِلَانِ ʕājilāni	الْعَاجِلَانِ al-ʕājilāni	عَاجِلَتَانِ ʕājilatāni	الْعَاجِلَتَانِ al-ʕājilatāni
Accusative	عَاجِلَيْنِ ʕājilayni	الْعَاجِلَيْنِ al-ʕājilayni	عَاجِلَتَيْنِ ʕājilatayni	الْعَاجِلَتَيْنِ al-ʕājilatayni
Genitive	عَاجِلَيْنِ ʕājilayni	الْعَاجِلَيْنِ al-ʕājilayni	عَاجِلَتَيْنِ ʕājilatayni	الْعَاجِلَتَيْنِ al-ʕājilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	? ?	? ?	عَاجِلَات ʕājilāt	الْعَاجِلَات al-ʕājilāt
Nominative	? ?	? ?	عَاجِلَاتٌ ʕājilātun	الْعَاجِلَاتُ al-ʕājilātu
Accusative	? ?	? ?	عَاجِلَاتٍ ʕājilātin	الْعَاجِلَاتِ al-ʕājilāti
Genitive	? ?	? ?	عَاجِلَاتٍ ʕājilātin	الْعَاجِلَاتِ al-ʕājilāti

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic عَاجِل (ʕājil), active participle of عَجِلَ (ʕajila).

Adjective

عاجل • (acil)

1. urgent
2. hasty

Descendants

• Turkish: acil

Further reading

• Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “âcil 1”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “عاجل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[1], Constantinople: Mihran, page 833a