معلول

Arabic

Root
ع ل ل (ʕ l l)
14 terms

Etymology

Derived from the passive participle of the verb عَلَّ (ʕalla, “to become ill”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /maʕ.luːl/
Rhymes: -uːl

Adjective

مَعْلُول • (maʕlūl) (feminine مَعْلُولَة (maʕlūla), masculine plural مَعْلُولُونَ (maʕlūlūna), feminine plural مَعْلُولَات (maʕlūlāt))

passive participle of عَلَّ (ʕalla)
1. sick, ill, diseased
2. disabled, crippled, injured
3. defective

Declension

Declension of adjective **مَعْلُول** (maʕlūl)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَعْلُول maʕlūl	الْمَعْلُول al-maʕlūl	مَعْلُولَة maʕlūla	الْمَعْلُولَة al-maʕlūla
nominative	مَعْلُولٌ maʕlūlun	الْمَعْلُولُ al-maʕlūlu	مَعْلُولَةٌ maʕlūlatun	الْمَعْلُولَةُ al-maʕlūlatu
accusative	مَعْلُولًا maʕlūlan	الْمَعْلُولَ al-maʕlūla	مَعْلُولَةً maʕlūlatan	الْمَعْلُولَةَ al-maʕlūlata
genitive	مَعْلُولٍ maʕlūlin	الْمَعْلُولِ al-maʕlūli	مَعْلُولَةٍ maʕlūlatin	الْمَعْلُولَةِ al-maʕlūlati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَعْلُولَيْن maʕlūlayn	الْمَعْلُولَيْن al-maʕlūlayn	مَعْلُولَتَيْن maʕlūlatayn	الْمَعْلُولَتَيْن al-maʕlūlatayn
nominative	مَعْلُولَانِ maʕlūlāni	الْمَعْلُولَانِ al-maʕlūlāni	مَعْلُولَتَانِ maʕlūlatāni	الْمَعْلُولَتَانِ al-maʕlūlatāni
accusative	مَعْلُولَيْنِ maʕlūlayni	الْمَعْلُولَيْنِ al-maʕlūlayni	مَعْلُولَتَيْنِ maʕlūlatayni	الْمَعْلُولَتَيْنِ al-maʕlūlatayni
genitive	مَعْلُولَيْنِ maʕlūlayni	الْمَعْلُولَيْنِ al-maʕlūlayni	مَعْلُولَتَيْنِ maʕlūlatayni	الْمَعْلُولَتَيْنِ al-maʕlūlatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَعْلُولِين maʕlūlīn	الْمَعْلُولِين al-maʕlūlīn	مَعْلُولَات maʕlūlāt	الْمَعْلُولَات al-maʕlūlāt
nominative	مَعْلُولُونَ maʕlūlūna	الْمَعْلُولُونَ al-maʕlūlūna	مَعْلُولَاتٌ maʕlūlātun	الْمَعْلُولَاتُ al-maʕlūlātu
accusative	مَعْلُولِينَ maʕlūlīna	الْمَعْلُولِينَ al-maʕlūlīna	مَعْلُولَاتٍ maʕlūlātin	الْمَعْلُولَاتِ al-maʕlūlāti
genitive	مَعْلُولِينَ maʕlūlīna	الْمَعْلُولِينَ al-maʕlūlīna	مَعْلُولَاتٍ maʕlūlātin	الْمَعْلُولَاتِ al-maʕlūlāti

Descendants

→ Azerbaijani: məlul
→ Persian: معلول
- → Urdu: مَعلُول (ma'lūl)
→ Ottoman Turkish: معلول (malûl)
- Turkish: malul
→ Uzbek: malul

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَعْلُول (maʕlūl).

Pronunciation

(Classical Persian) IPA^(key): /maʔ.ˈluːl/

(Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.luːl]
- (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [mɑː.luːl]
- (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [mɔː.lul̥]

(Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [mæʔ.luːl̥]

(Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [mäʔ.lul]

Readings
Classical reading^?	ma'lūl
Dari reading^?	ma'lūl
Iranian reading^?	ma'lul
Tajik reading^?	ma'lul

Adjective

معلول • (ma'lul)

disabled; crippled (especially physical)
Synonym: ناتوان (nâtavân)
- c. 1080, “Qaṣīda 104”, in دیوان ناصرخسرو [Dīvān of Nāṣir-i Khusraw]‎^[1]:
  بینا و قوی چون زید و آن دگری باز
  مکفوف همی زاید و معلول ز مادر؟
  bēnā u qawī čūn ziyad u ān digarē bāz
  makfūf hamē zāyad u ma'lūl zi mādar?
  Why does one person live seeing and strong, while another one
  Always lives blind and crippled from [the day he is born to] his mother?
  (Classical Persian transliteration)

Derived terms

معلولیت (ma'luliyat, “disability”)
معلولین (ma'lulin, “disabled people”)