مائل

Arabic

Root
م ي ل (m-y-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb مَال (māl, “to bend”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maː.ʔil/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

مَائِل • (māʔil) (feminine مَائِلَة (māʔila), masculine plural مُيَّل (muyyal), feminine plural مَائِلَات (māʔilāt))

1. leaning, inclined, oblique

   بُرْج بِيزَا المَائِل ― burj bīzā l-māʔil ― the leaning tower of Pisa

2. prone, tending to

Declension

Declension of adjective مَائِل (māʔil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَائِل māʔil	الْمَائِل al-māʔil	مَائِلَة māʔila	الْمَائِلَة al-māʔila
Nominative	مَائِلٌ māʔilun	الْمَائِلُ al-māʔilu	مَائِلَةٌ māʔilatun	الْمَائِلَةُ al-māʔilatu
Accusative	مَائِلًا māʔilan	الْمَائِلَ al-māʔila	مَائِلَةً māʔilatan	الْمَائِلَةَ al-māʔilata
Genitive	مَائِلٍ māʔilin	الْمَائِلِ al-māʔili	مَائِلَةٍ māʔilatin	الْمَائِلَةِ al-māʔilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَائِلَيْن māʔilayn	الْمَائِلَيْن al-māʔilayn	مَائِلَتَيْن māʔilatayn	الْمَائِلَتَيْن al-māʔilatayn
Nominative	مَائِلَانِ māʔilāni	الْمَائِلَانِ al-māʔilāni	مَائِلَتَانِ māʔilatāni	الْمَائِلَتَانِ al-māʔilatāni
Accusative	مَائِلَيْنِ māʔilayni	الْمَائِلَيْنِ al-māʔilayni	مَائِلَتَيْنِ māʔilatayni	الْمَائِلَتَيْنِ al-māʔilatayni
Genitive	مَائِلَيْنِ māʔilayni	الْمَائِلَيْنِ al-māʔilayni	مَائِلَتَيْنِ māʔilatayni	الْمَائِلَتَيْنِ al-māʔilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُيَّل muyyal	الْمُيَّل al-muyyal	مَائِلَات māʔilāt	الْمَائِلَات al-māʔilāt
Nominative	مُيَّلٌ muyyalun	الْمُيَّلُ al-muyyalu	مَائِلَاتٌ māʔilātun	الْمَائِلَاتُ al-māʔilātu
Accusative	مُيَّلًا muyyalan	الْمُيَّلَ al-muyyala	مَائِلَاتٍ māʔilātin	الْمَائِلَاتِ al-māʔilāti
Genitive	مُيَّلٍ muyyalin	الْمُيَّلِ al-muyyali	مَائِلَاتٍ māʔilātin	الْمَائِلَاتِ al-māʔilāti

Descendants

• → Persian: مایل (mâyel)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مائل (mail)
  • Turkish: mail
  • Crimean Tatar: mail