معقول

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to be reasonable, to understand”), from the root ع ق ل (ʕ-q-l); compare عَقْل (ʕaql, “reason, intelligence”).

Adjective

مَعْقُول • (maʕqūl) (feminine مَعْقُولَة (maʕqūla), masculine plural مَعْقُولُونَ (maʕqūlūna), feminine plural مَعْقُولَات (maʕqūlāt))

1. seized by the intellect, comprehended, conceived
2. reasonable, logical, plausible, credible, sensible
3. comprehensible, intelligible, understandable
4. wise
5. considerate
6. bound, held, restricted

Declension

Declension of adjective مَعْقُول (maʕqūl)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْقُول maʕqūl	الْمَعْقُول al-maʕqūl	مَعْقُولَة maʕqūla	الْمَعْقُولَة al-maʕqūla
Nominative	مَعْقُولٌ maʕqūlun	الْمَعْقُولُ al-maʕqūlu	مَعْقُولَةٌ maʕqūlatun	الْمَعْقُولَةُ al-maʕqūlatu
Accusative	مَعْقُولًا maʕqūlan	الْمَعْقُولَ al-maʕqūla	مَعْقُولَةً maʕqūlatan	الْمَعْقُولَةَ al-maʕqūlata
Genitive	مَعْقُولٍ maʕqūlin	الْمَعْقُولِ al-maʕqūli	مَعْقُولَةٍ maʕqūlatin	الْمَعْقُولَةِ al-maʕqūlati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْقُولَيْن maʕqūlayn	الْمَعْقُولَيْن al-maʕqūlayn	مَعْقُولَتَيْن maʕqūlatayn	الْمَعْقُولَتَيْن al-maʕqūlatayn
Nominative	مَعْقُولَانِ maʕqūlāni	الْمَعْقُولَانِ al-maʕqūlāni	مَعْقُولَتَانِ maʕqūlatāni	الْمَعْقُولَتَانِ al-maʕqūlatāni
Accusative	مَعْقُولَيْنِ maʕqūlayni	الْمَعْقُولَيْنِ al-maʕqūlayni	مَعْقُولَتَيْنِ maʕqūlatayni	الْمَعْقُولَتَيْنِ al-maʕqūlatayni
Genitive	مَعْقُولَيْنِ maʕqūlayni	الْمَعْقُولَيْنِ al-maʕqūlayni	مَعْقُولَتَيْنِ maʕqūlatayni	الْمَعْقُولَتَيْنِ al-maʕqūlatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْقُولِين maʕqūlīn	الْمَعْقُولِين al-maʕqūlīn	مَعْقُولَات maʕqūlāt	الْمَعْقُولَات al-maʕqūlāt
Nominative	مَعْقُولُونَ maʕqūlūna	الْمَعْقُولُونَ al-maʕqūlūna	مَعْقُولَاتٌ maʕqūlātun	الْمَعْقُولَاتُ al-maʕqūlātu
Accusative	مَعْقُولِينَ maʕqūlīna	الْمَعْقُولِينَ al-maʕqūlīna	مَعْقُولَاتٍ maʕqūlātin	الْمَعْقُولَاتِ al-maʕqūlāti
Genitive	مَعْقُولِينَ maʕqūlīna	الْمَعْقُولِينَ al-maʕqūlīna	مَعْقُولَاتٍ maʕqūlātin	الْمَعْقُولَاتِ al-maʕqūlāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məqul
• → Kazakh: мақұл (maqūl)
• → Kyrgyz: макул (makul)
• → Northern Kurdish: maqûl
• → Ottoman Turkish: معقول (maʿkul)

  > Turkish: makul (inherited)

• → Persian: معقول (ma'qul)
• → Tajik: маъқул (maʾqul)
• → Turkmen: makul
• → Uyghur: ماقۇل (maqul)
• → Uzbek: ma'qul

Noun

مَعْقُول • (maʕqūl) m

1. comprehension, understanding

Declension

Declension of noun مَعْقُول (maʕqūl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعْقُول maʕqūl	الْمَعْقُول al-maʕqūl	مَعْقُول maʕqūl
Nominative	مَعْقُولٌ maʕqūlun	الْمَعْقُولُ al-maʕqūlu	مَعْقُولُ maʕqūlu
Accusative	مَعْقُولًا maʕqūlan	الْمَعْقُولَ al-maʕqūla	مَعْقُولَ maʕqūla
Genitive	مَعْقُولٍ maʕqūlin	الْمَعْقُولِ al-maʕqūli	مَعْقُولِ maʕqūli

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “معقول”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Egyptian Arabic

Root
ع ق ل
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْقُول (maʕqūl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕˈʔuːl/

Adjective

معقول • (maʕʔūl) (feminine معقولة (maʕʔūla), elative معقولين (maʕʔūlīn))

1. reasonable, logical, makes sense

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ع ق ل
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْقُول (maʕqūl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.ɡuːl/

Adjective

معقول • (maʕgūl) (feminine مَعْقولة (maʕgūla), common plural مَعْقولين (maʕgūlīn))

1. reasonable
2. logical

   Synonym: مَنْطِقِي (manṭigi)

Interjection

معقول • (maʕgūl)

1. really?, is it possible?

   Synonym: معقولة (maʕgūla)

Persian

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْقُول (maʕqūl).

Adjective

Dari	معقول
Iranian Persian
Tajik	маъқул

معقول • (ma'qul) (comparative معقول‌تَر (ma'qul-tar), superlative معقول‌تَرین (ma'qul-tarin))

1. rational, reasonable
2. understanding
3. sensible
4. acceptable
5. (colloquial) polite

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ع ق ل
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مَعْقُول (maʕqūl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Ramallah) /maʕ.ʔuːl/, [maʕˈʔuːl]
• IPA^(key): (Gaza) /maʕ.ɡuːl/, [maʕˈɡuːl]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Adjective

معقول • (maʕʔūl) (feminine معقولة (maʕʔūle))

1. reasonable, logical

Interjection

معقول • (maʕʔūl)

1. really?, is it possible?