نزال

Verbal noun of نَازَلَ (nāzala).

• IPA^(key): /ni.zaːl/

نِزَال • (nizāl) m

1. verbal noun of نَازَلَ (nāzala) (form III)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Al-Mutanabbi, “حرف اللام”, in ديوان أبي الطيب المتنبي, section 186:

     وَصَفْتَ لَنَا وَلَمْ نَرَهُ سِلَاحًا / كَأَنَّكَ وَاصِفٌ وَقْتَ النِّزَالِ

     waṣafta lanā walam narahu silāḥan / kaʔannaka wāṣifun waqta an-nizāli

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2. fight, combat, battle

The oldest verbal noun form in Semitic languages.

• IPA^(key): /na.zaː.li/

نَزَالِ • (nazāli) (pre-Classical)

1. active imperative of نَزَلَ (nazala, “descend”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

نزال (form I)

1. نَزَالُ (nazālu) /na.zaː.lu/: first-person plural non-past active indicative of زَالَ (zāla, “to cease (idiomatically used in the negative meaning "still")”)
2. نَزَالَ (nazāla) /na.zaː.la/: first-person plural non-past active subjunctive of زَالَ (zāla, “to cease (idiomatically used in the negative meaning "still")”)
3. نُزَالُ (nuzālu) /nu.zaː.lu/: first-person plural non-past passive indicative of زَالَ (zāla, “to separate”)
4. نُزَالَ (nuzāla) /nu.zaː.la/: first-person plural non-past passive subjunctive of زَالَ (zāla, “to separate”)