متصل

Arabic

Root
و ص ل (w-ṣ-l)

Etymology

The active participle from the verb اِتَّصَلَ (ittaṣala, “to continue, to be attached”), verb form VIII from the root و ص ل (w-ṣ-l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mut.ta.sˤil/

Adjective

مُتَّصِل • (muttaṣil) (feminine مُتَّصِلَة (muttaṣila))

1. persistent, continuous, continual, unceasing, uninterrupted
2. adjoinant, adjoining, contiguous, connected
3. enclitic
4. (writing) cursive, connecting

Declension

Declension of adjective مُتَّصِل (muttaṣil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَّصِل muttaṣil	الْمُتَّصِل al-muttaṣil	مُتَّصِلَة muttaṣila	الْمُتَّصِلَة al-muttaṣila
Nominative	مُتَّصِلٌ muttaṣilun	الْمُتَّصِلُ al-muttaṣilu	مُتَّصِلَةٌ muttaṣilatun	الْمُتَّصِلَةُ al-muttaṣilatu
Accusative	مُتَّصِلًا muttaṣilan	الْمُتَّصِلَ al-muttaṣila	مُتَّصِلَةً muttaṣilatan	الْمُتَّصِلَةَ al-muttaṣilata
Genitive	مُتَّصِلٍ muttaṣilin	الْمُتَّصِلِ al-muttaṣili	مُتَّصِلَةٍ muttaṣilatin	الْمُتَّصِلَةِ al-muttaṣilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَّصِلَيْن muttaṣilayn	الْمُتَّصِلَيْن al-muttaṣilayn	مُتَّصِلَتَيْن muttaṣilatayn	الْمُتَّصِلَتَيْن al-muttaṣilatayn
Nominative	مُتَّصِلَانِ muttaṣilāni	الْمُتَّصِلَانِ al-muttaṣilāni	مُتَّصِلَتَانِ muttaṣilatāni	الْمُتَّصِلَتَانِ al-muttaṣilatāni
Accusative	مُتَّصِلَيْنِ muttaṣilayni	الْمُتَّصِلَيْنِ al-muttaṣilayni	مُتَّصِلَتَيْنِ muttaṣilatayni	الْمُتَّصِلَتَيْنِ al-muttaṣilatayni
Genitive	مُتَّصِلَيْنِ muttaṣilayni	الْمُتَّصِلَيْنِ al-muttaṣilayni	مُتَّصِلَتَيْنِ muttaṣilatayni	الْمُتَّصِلَتَيْنِ al-muttaṣilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُتَّصِلِين muttaṣilīn	الْمُتَّصِلِين al-muttaṣilīn	مُتَّصِلَات muttaṣilāt	الْمُتَّصِلَات al-muttaṣilāt
Nominative	مُتَّصِلُونَ muttaṣilūna	الْمُتَّصِلُونَ al-muttaṣilūna	مُتَّصِلَاتٌ muttaṣilātun	الْمُتَّصِلَاتُ al-muttaṣilātu
Accusative	مُتَّصِلِينَ muttaṣilīna	الْمُتَّصِلِينَ al-muttaṣilīna	مُتَّصِلَاتٍ muttaṣilātin	الْمُتَّصِلَاتِ al-muttaṣilāti
Genitive	مُتَّصِلِينَ muttaṣilīna	الْمُتَّصِلِينَ al-muttaṣilīna	مُتَّصِلَاتٍ muttaṣilātin	الْمُتَّصِلَاتِ al-muttaṣilāti

Derived terms

• ضَمِير مُتَّصِل (ḍamīr muttaṣil, “suffixed pronoun”)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müttəsil
• → Persian: متصل
• → Ottoman Turkish: متصل (muttasıl)
  • → Turkish: muttasıl
• → Uzbek: muttasil

References

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