عتل

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Arabic[edit]

Root
ع ت ل (ʕ-t-l)

Pronunciation 1[edit]

Verb[edit]

عَتَلَ (ʕatala) I, non-past يَعْتُلُ‎ (yaʕtulu)

  1. to carry, to bear
Conjugation[edit]

Pronunciation 2[edit]

Noun[edit]

عَتْل (ʕatlm

  1. verbal noun of عَتَلَ (ʕatala)
Declension[edit]

Pronunciation 3[edit]

Adjective[edit]

عُتُلّ (ʕutull) (feminine عُتُلَّة (ʕutulla), masculine plural عُتُلُّونَ (ʕutullūna), feminine plural عُتُلَّات (ʕutullāt))

  1. brute
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 68:13:
      عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
      brute, and—on top of all that—an illegitimate child.
Declension[edit]
References[edit]
  • Wehr, Hans (1960) “عتل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 3rd edition, Ithaca, NY: Otto Harrassowitz