عاطل

Arabic

Root
ع ط ل (ʕ ṭ l)
6 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb عَطَلَ (ʕaṭala, “to become idle”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʕaː.tˤil/
Rhymes: -il

Adjective

عَاطِل • (ʕāṭil) (feminine عَاطِلَة (ʕāṭila))

Declension

Declension of adjective **عَاطِل** (ʕāṭil)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَاطِل ʕāṭil	الْعَاطِل al-ʕāṭil	عَاطِلَة ʕāṭila	الْعَاطِلَة al-ʕāṭila
nominative	عَاطِلٌ ʕāṭilun	الْعَاطِلُ al-ʕāṭilu	عَاطِلَةٌ ʕāṭilatun	الْعَاطِلَةُ al-ʕāṭilatu
accusative	عَاطِلًا ʕāṭilan	الْعَاطِلَ al-ʕāṭila	عَاطِلَةً ʕāṭilatan	الْعَاطِلَةَ al-ʕāṭilata
genitive	عَاطِلٍ ʕāṭilin	الْعَاطِلِ al-ʕāṭili	عَاطِلَةٍ ʕāṭilatin	الْعَاطِلَةِ al-ʕāṭilati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَاطِلَيْن ʕāṭilayn	الْعَاطِلَيْن al-ʕāṭilayn	عَاطِلَتَيْن ʕāṭilatayn	الْعَاطِلَتَيْن al-ʕāṭilatayn
nominative	عَاطِلَانِ ʕāṭilāni	الْعَاطِلَانِ al-ʕāṭilāni	عَاطِلَتَانِ ʕāṭilatāni	الْعَاطِلَتَانِ al-ʕāṭilatāni
accusative	عَاطِلَيْنِ ʕāṭilayni	الْعَاطِلَيْنِ al-ʕāṭilayni	عَاطِلَتَيْنِ ʕāṭilatayni	الْعَاطِلَتَيْنِ al-ʕāṭilatayni
genitive	عَاطِلَيْنِ ʕāṭilayni	الْعَاطِلَيْنِ al-ʕāṭilayni	عَاطِلَتَيْنِ ʕāṭilatayni	الْعَاطِلَتَيْنِ al-ʕāṭilatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	عَوَاطِل ʕawāṭil	الْعَوَاطِل al-ʕawāṭil	عَاطِلَات ʕāṭilāt	الْعَاطِلَات al-ʕāṭilāt
nominative	عَوَاطِلُ ʕawāṭilu	الْعَوَاطِلُ al-ʕawāṭilu	عَاطِلَاتٌ ʕāṭilātun	الْعَاطِلَاتُ al-ʕāṭilātu
accusative	عَوَاطِلَ ʕawāṭila	الْعَوَاطِلَ al-ʕawāṭila	عَاطِلَاتٍ ʕāṭilātin	الْعَاطِلَاتِ al-ʕāṭilāti
genitive	عَوَاطِلَ ʕawāṭila	الْعَوَاطِلِ al-ʕawāṭili	عَاطِلَاتٍ ʕāṭilātin	الْعَاطِلَاتِ al-ʕāṭilāti

Descendants

→ Persian: عاطل ('âtil)
→ Ottoman Turkish: عاطل (âtıl)

References

“عاطل” in Almaany
Baalbaki, Rohi (1995) “عاطل”, in Al-Mawrid: A Modern Arabic-English Dictionary, 7th edition, Beirut: Dar El-Ilm Lilmalayin, →ISBN

North Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عاطِل (ʕāṭil).

Adjective

عاطل • (ʕāṭil) (feminine عاطلة (ʕāṭla), common plural عاطلين (ʕāṭlīn) or عطل (ʕuṭṭal))

bad, not good
Antonym: منيح (mnīḥ)

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عاطِل (ʕāṭil)

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /ʔaː.ˈtil/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.t̪ʰɪl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.t̪ʰil̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɒː.t̪ʰel̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [ʔɔ.t̪ʰil]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ātil
Dari reading^?	ātil
Iranian reading^?	âtel
Tajik reading^?	'otil

Adjective

عاطل • ('âtil)

idle
- c. 1260s, Jalāl ad-Dīn Mohammad Rūmī, translated by Reynold A. Nicholson, مثنوی معنوی [Masnavi-ye-Ma'navi], volume I, verse 2624:
  گر بیان معنوی کافی شدی / خلق عالم عاطل و باطل بدی
  gar bayân-i-ma'nawi kâfî shudî / xalq-i-'alâm 'âtil u bâtil budî
  If the spiritual explanation were sufficient, the creation of the world would have been idle and vain.
vain, futile, useless
Synonym: باطل (bâtil)

References

Hayyim, Sulayman (1934) “عاطل”, in New Persian–English dictionary, Teheran: Librairie-imprimerie Béroukhim

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic عاطِل (ʕāṭil).

Adjective

عاطل • (ʕāṭil) (feminine عاطلة (ʕāṭla), common plural عاطلين (ʕāṭlīn) or عطل (ʕuṭṭal))

bad, not good
Antonym: منيح (mnīḥ)