Arabic

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Root
ع ت ل (ʕ t l)
2 terms

Pronunciation 1

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Verb

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عَتَلَ (ʕatala) I, non-past يَعْتُلُ‎ (yaʕtulu)

  1. to carry, to bear
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Pronunciation 2

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Noun

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عَتْل (ʕatlm

  1. verbal noun of عَتَلَ (ʕatala)
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Pronunciation 3

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Adjective

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عُتُلّ (ʕutull) (feminine عُتُلَّة (ʕutulla), masculine plural عُتُلُّونَ (ʕutullūna), feminine plural عُتُلَّات (ʕutullāt))

  1. brute
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 68:13:
      عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
      brute, and—on top of all that—an illegitimate child.
Declension
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References
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  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “عتل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz