Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ع ط ل (ʕ-ṭ-l)

Verb edit

عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila) I, non-past يَعْطَلُ‎ (yaʕṭalu)

  1. to lack (مِن (min) something)
  2. to be unemployed, to be idle
  3. to be unadorned
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عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila) I, non-past يَعْطَلُ‎ (yaʕṭalu)

  1. to be tall
  2. ("modern") to be spoiled, to be no longer of use
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Etymology 2 edit

Causative of عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila).

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عَطَّلَ (ʕaṭṭala) II, non-past يُعَطِّلُ‎ (yuʕaṭṭilu)

  1. to neglect
  2. to make unemployed, to leave idle
  3. to damage, to destroy, to devastate, to ruin, to render inoperable
  4. to deprive of one's property
  5. to deprive of adornments
  6. to empty
  7. to free
  8. to hinder
  9. to obstruct
  10. to interrupt
  11. to suspend (a publication)
  12. to turn off (an engine, etc.)
  13. to close (a store, an office, etc.)
  14. ("modern") to injure, to cause loss (عَلَى (ʕalā) to)
  15. ("modern") to lend at interest
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Etymology 3 edit

Noun edit

عَطَل or عَطْل (ʕaṭal or ʕaṭlm

  1. verbal noun of عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila, to lack, to be unemployed, to be unadorned, etc.) (form I)
  2. unemployment
  3. inactivity
  4. inefficiency
  5. lack
  6. absence of adornment, simplicity
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Etymology 4 edit

Noun edit

عُطْل (ʕuṭlm

  1. holiday, vacation
  2. malfunction, breakdown, failure, damage
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South Levantine Arabic edit

Root
ع ط ل
2 terms

Etymology edit

From Arabic عَطَّلَ (ʕaṭṭala).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʕatˤ.tˤal/, [ˈʕɑtˤ.tˤɑl]
  • (file)

Verb edit

عطّل (ʕaṭṭal) II (present بعطّل (biʕaṭṭel), passive participle معطّل (mʕaṭṭal))

  1. (intransitive) to stop working
  2. (transitive) to stop or interrupt someone's work

Conjugation edit

    Conjugation of عطّل (ʕaṭṭal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m عطّلت (ʕaṭṭalt) عطّلت (ʕaṭṭalt) عطّل (ʕaṭṭal) عطّلنا (ʕaṭṭalna) عطّلتو (ʕaṭṭaltu) عطّلو (ʕaṭṭalu)
f عطّلتي (ʕaṭṭalti) عطّلت (ʕaṭṭalat)
present m بعطّل (baʕaṭṭel) بتعطّل (bitʕaṭṭel) بعطّل (biʕaṭṭel) منعطّل (minʕaṭṭel) بتعطّلو (bitʕaṭṭlu) بعطّلو (biʕaṭṭlu)
f بتعطّلي (bitʕaṭṭli) بتعطّل (bitʕaṭṭel)
subjunctive m اعطّل (aʕaṭṭel) تعطّل (tʕaṭṭel) يعطّل (yʕaṭṭel) نعطّل (nʕaṭṭel) تعطّلو (tʕaṭṭlu) يعطّلو (yʕaṭṭlu)
f تعطّلي (tʕaṭṭli) تعطّل (tʕaṭṭel)
imperative m عطّل (ʕaṭṭel) عطّلو (ʕaṭṭlu)
f عطّلي (ʕaṭṭli)