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Also written عقل: عَقْل (asylum) · عَقْل (bloodwite)
Highlights
Plural
عُقُول
Verbal noun of
عَقَلَ
to be reasonable
Most common words from the same root
عَقْل in English
Noun · masculine
Verbal noun of عَقَلَ (to be reasonable): the act or idea of the verb.
- understanding, reason, wisdom, sound judgment, sense
حَدِّثِ الْعَاقِلَ بِمَا لَا يَلِيقُ، فَإِنْ صَدَّقَ فَلَا عَقْلَ لَهُ.Tell the intelligent man what does not befit him and if he deems it credible he has no sense.
- mind, intellect
- Holy Ghost
Words from the root ع-ق-ل
Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →
عَقَلَ
· present يَعْقِلُ
Form I · The plain action
to be reasonable, to make sense
عَقَلَ
· present يَعْقِلُ
Form I · The plain action
to renounce revenge for wergild, to relinquish retaliation of blood
عَقْل
عَاقِل
مَعْقُول
عَقَلَ
· present يَعْقِلُ
Form I · The plain action
to hobble, to tie with the rope عِقَال (ʕiqāl)
عَقْل
عَاقِل
مَعْقُول
عَقَلَ
· present يَعْقِلُ
Form I · The plain action
to make oneself inaccessible in a high mountain, to betake oneself for refuge
عَقَل
عَقَل
عُقُول
عَاقِل
عَقَلَ
· present يَعْقِلُ
Form I · The plain action
to pasture upon camelthorn (عَاقُول (ʕāqūl))
عَقْل
عَاقِل
عَقِلَ
· present يَعْقَلُ
Form I · The plain action
to have a twisting in the hind leg
عَقَل
أَعْقَل
elative degree of عَاقِل
عَقَّلَ
· present يُعَقِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to make reasonable
تَعْقِيل
مُعَقِّل
مُعَقَّل
تَعَاقَلَ
· present يَتَعَاقَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action
to jointly pay bloodwite; to feign intelligence, wisdom, understanding
تَعَاقُل
مُتَعَاقِل
اِعْتَقَلَ
· present يَعْتَقِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic
arrest (a natural person or a person’s assets)
mental
عِقَال
a rope holding something in place
عُقَّال
cramp
مَعْقِل
refuge
عَاقُول
camelthorn
عَقْل: plural and other forms
| Singular | عَقْل |
|---|---|
| Plural | عُقُول |
عَقْل in a sentence
Dictionary examples
understanding
حَدِّثِ الْعَاقِلَ بِمَا لَا يَلِيقُ، فَإِنْ صَدَّقَ فَلَا عَقْلَ لَهُ.Tell the intelligent man what does not befit him and if he deems it credible he has no sense.
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