مفضل

See also: مفصل

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ف ض ل (f-ḍ-l)

Derived from the passive participle of فَضَّلَ (faḍḍala, “to prefer”).

Adjective

مُفَضَّل • (mufaḍḍal) (feminine مُفَضَّلَة (mufaḍḍala), masculine plural مُفَضَّلُونَ (mufaḍḍalūna), feminine plural مُفَضَّلَات (mufaḍḍalāt))

1. preferable

Declension

Declension of adjective مُفَضَّل (mufaḍḍal)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُفَضَّل mufaḍḍal	الْمُفَضَّل al-mufaḍḍal	مُفَضَّلَة mufaḍḍala	الْمُفَضَّلَة al-mufaḍḍala
Nominative	مُفَضَّلٌ mufaḍḍalun	الْمُفَضَّلُ al-mufaḍḍalu	مُفَضَّلَةٌ mufaḍḍalatun	الْمُفَضَّلَةُ al-mufaḍḍalatu
Accusative	مُفَضَّلًا mufaḍḍalan	الْمُفَضَّلَ al-mufaḍḍala	مُفَضَّلَةً mufaḍḍalatan	الْمُفَضَّلَةَ al-mufaḍḍalata
Genitive	مُفَضَّلٍ mufaḍḍalin	الْمُفَضَّلِ al-mufaḍḍali	مُفَضَّلَةٍ mufaḍḍalatin	الْمُفَضَّلَةِ al-mufaḍḍalati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُفَضَّلَيْن mufaḍḍalayn	الْمُفَضَّلَيْن al-mufaḍḍalayn	مُفَضَّلَتَيْن mufaḍḍalatayn	الْمُفَضَّلَتَيْن al-mufaḍḍalatayn
Nominative	مُفَضَّلَانِ mufaḍḍalāni	الْمُفَضَّلَانِ al-mufaḍḍalāni	مُفَضَّلَتَانِ mufaḍḍalatāni	الْمُفَضَّلَتَانِ al-mufaḍḍalatāni
Accusative	مُفَضَّلَيْنِ mufaḍḍalayni	الْمُفَضَّلَيْنِ al-mufaḍḍalayni	مُفَضَّلَتَيْنِ mufaḍḍalatayni	الْمُفَضَّلَتَيْنِ al-mufaḍḍalatayni
Genitive	مُفَضَّلَيْنِ mufaḍḍalayni	الْمُفَضَّلَيْنِ al-mufaḍḍalayni	مُفَضَّلَتَيْنِ mufaḍḍalatayni	الْمُفَضَّلَتَيْنِ al-mufaḍḍalatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُفَضَّلِين mufaḍḍalīn	الْمُفَضَّلِين al-mufaḍḍalīn	مُفَضَّلَات mufaḍḍalāt	الْمُفَضَّلَات al-mufaḍḍalāt
Nominative	مُفَضَّلُونَ mufaḍḍalūna	الْمُفَضَّلُونَ al-mufaḍḍalūna	مُفَضَّلَاتٌ mufaḍḍalātun	الْمُفَضَّلَاتُ al-mufaḍḍalātu
Accusative	مُفَضَّلِينَ mufaḍḍalīna	الْمُفَضَّلِينَ al-mufaḍḍalīna	مُفَضَّلَاتٍ mufaḍḍalātin	الْمُفَضَّلَاتِ al-mufaḍḍalāti
Genitive	مُفَضَّلِينَ mufaḍḍalīna	الْمُفَضَّلِينَ al-mufaḍḍalīna	مُفَضَّلَاتٍ mufaḍḍalātin	الْمُفَضَّلَاتِ al-mufaḍḍalāti

Synonyms

• أَفْضَل (ʔafḍal)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “فضل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِفْضَل (mifḍal).

Noun

مفضل • (mifzal) (plural مفاضل (mefazil))

1. dressing gown, an item of clothing in the form of an open robe
2. (by extension) everyday garment, an item of clothing used daily

Descendants

• Turkish: mifzal

Further reading

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mifzal”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3214
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962) “mifzal”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 770
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مفضل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[2], Vienna, column 4811
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مفضل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[3], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1932