عطل

عَطِلَ • (ʕaṭila) I (non-past يَعْطَلُ (yaʕṭalu), verbal noun عَطَل (ʕaṭal) or عُطُول (ʕuṭūl))

1. to lack (مِن (min) something)
2. to be unemployed, to be idle
3. to be unadorned

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عطل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عطل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

عَطِلَ • (ʕaṭila) I (non-past يَعْطَلُ (yaʕṭalu), verbal noun عَطَل (ʕaṭal))

1. to be tall
2. ("modern") to be spoiled, to be no longer of use

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عطل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Causative of عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila).

عَطَّلَ • (ʕaṭṭala) II (non-past يُعَطِّلُ (yuʕaṭṭilu), verbal noun تَعْطِيل (taʕṭīl))

1. to neglect
2. to make unemployed, to leave idle
3. to damage, to destroy, to devastate, to ruin, to render inoperable
4. to deprive of one's property
5. to deprive of adornments
6. to empty
7. to free
8. to hinder
9. to obstruct
10. to interrupt
11. to suspend (a publication)
12. to turn off (an engine, etc.)
13. to close (a store, an office, etc.)
14. ("modern") to injure, to cause loss (عَلَى (ʕalā) to)
15. ("modern") to lend at interest

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عطل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عطل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

عَطَل or عَطْل • (ʕaṭal or ʕaṭl) m

1. verbal noun of عَطِلَ (ʕaṭila, “to lack, to be unemployed, to be unadorned, etc.”) (form I)
2. unemployment
3. inactivity
4. inefficiency
5. lack
6. absence of adornment, simplicity

عُطْل • (ʕuṭl) m

1. holiday, vacation
2. malfunction, breakdown, failure, damage

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “عطل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[4], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “عطل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic عَطَّلَ (ʕaṭṭala).

• IPA^(key): /ʕatˤ.tˤal/, [ˈʕɑtˤ.tˤɑl]

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عطّل • (ʕaṭṭal) II (present بعطّل (biʕaṭṭel), passive participle معطّل (mʕaṭṭal))

1. (intransitive) to stop working
2. (transitive) to stop or interrupt someone's work