معلول

Arabic

Root
ع ل ل (ʕ-l-l)

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَلَّ (ʕalla, “to become ill”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /maʕ.luːl/

Adjective

مَعْلُول • (maʕlūl) (feminine مَعْلُولَة (maʕlūla), masculine plural مَعْلُولُونَ (maʕlūlūna), feminine plural مَعْلُولَات (maʕlūlāt))

1. passive participle of عَلَّ (ʕalla)
   1. sick, ill, diseased
   2. disabled, crippled, injured
   3. defective

Declension

Declension of adjective مَعْلُول (maʕlūl)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْلُول maʕlūl	الْمَعْلُول al-maʕlūl	مَعْلُولَة maʕlūla	الْمَعْلُولَة al-maʕlūla
Nominative	مَعْلُولٌ maʕlūlun	الْمَعْلُولُ al-maʕlūlu	مَعْلُولَةٌ maʕlūlatun	الْمَعْلُولَةُ al-maʕlūlatu
Accusative	مَعْلُولًا maʕlūlan	الْمَعْلُولَ al-maʕlūla	مَعْلُولَةً maʕlūlatan	الْمَعْلُولَةَ al-maʕlūlata
Genitive	مَعْلُولٍ maʕlūlin	الْمَعْلُولِ al-maʕlūli	مَعْلُولَةٍ maʕlūlatin	الْمَعْلُولَةِ al-maʕlūlati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْلُولَيْن maʕlūlayn	الْمَعْلُولَيْن al-maʕlūlayn	مَعْلُولَتَيْن maʕlūlatayn	الْمَعْلُولَتَيْن al-maʕlūlatayn
Nominative	مَعْلُولَانِ maʕlūlāni	الْمَعْلُولَانِ al-maʕlūlāni	مَعْلُولَتَانِ maʕlūlatāni	الْمَعْلُولَتَانِ al-maʕlūlatāni
Accusative	مَعْلُولَيْنِ maʕlūlayni	الْمَعْلُولَيْنِ al-maʕlūlayni	مَعْلُولَتَيْنِ maʕlūlatayni	الْمَعْلُولَتَيْنِ al-maʕlūlatayni
Genitive	مَعْلُولَيْنِ maʕlūlayni	الْمَعْلُولَيْنِ al-maʕlūlayni	مَعْلُولَتَيْنِ maʕlūlatayni	الْمَعْلُولَتَيْنِ al-maʕlūlatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مَعْلُولِين maʕlūlīn	الْمَعْلُولِين al-maʕlūlīn	مَعْلُولَات maʕlūlāt	الْمَعْلُولَات al-maʕlūlāt
Nominative	مَعْلُولُونَ maʕlūlūna	الْمَعْلُولُونَ al-maʕlūlūna	مَعْلُولَاتٌ maʕlūlātun	الْمَعْلُولَاتُ al-maʕlūlātu
Accusative	مَعْلُولِينَ maʕlūlīna	الْمَعْلُولِينَ al-maʕlūlīna	مَعْلُولَاتٍ maʕlūlātin	الْمَعْلُولَاتِ al-maʕlūlāti
Genitive	مَعْلُولِينَ maʕlūlīna	الْمَعْلُولِينَ al-maʕlūlīna	مَعْلُولَاتٍ maʕlūlātin	الْمَعْلُولَاتِ al-maʕlūlāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məlul
• → Persian: معلول
  • → Urdu: مَعلُول (ma'lūl)
• → Ottoman Turkish: معلول (malûl)
  • Turkish: malul
• → Uzbek: malul

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْلُول (maʕlūl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [maʔ.luːl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.luːl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.luːl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.luːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.lul̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.luːl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.lul]

Readings
Classical reading?	ma'lūl
Dari reading?	ma'lūl
Iranian reading?	ma'lul
Tajik reading?	maʾlul

Adjective

معلول • (ma'lul)

1. disabled; crippled (especially physical)

   Synonym: ناتوان (nâtavân)

   • c. 1080, “Qaṣīda 104”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎^[1]:

     بینا و قوی چون زید و آن دگری باز
     مکفوف همی زاید و معلول ز مادر؟

     bēnā u qawī čūn ziyad u ān digarē bāz
     makfūf hamē zāyad u ma'lūl zi mādar?

     Why does one person live seeing and strong, while another one
     Always lives blind and crippled from [the day he is born to] his mother?

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

• معلولیت (ma'luliyat, “disability”)
• معلولین (ma'lulin, “disabled people”)