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Feminine
مَعْقُولَة
Masculine plural
مَعْقُولُون
Feminine plural
مَعْقُولَات
Most common words from the same root
مَعْقُول in English
Adjective
- seized by the intellect, comprehended, conceived
- reasonable, logical, plausible, credible, sensible
- comprehensible, intelligible, understandable
- wise
- considerate
- bound, held, restricted
Word origin
Derived from the passive participle of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to be reasonable, to understand”), from the root ع ق ل (ʕ q l); compare عَقْل (ʕaql, “reason, intelligence”).
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
مَعْقُول: plural and other forms
| Singular | مَعْقُول |
|---|---|
| Feminine | مَعْقُولَة |
| Masculine plural | مَعْقُولُون |
| Feminine plural | مَعْقُولَات |
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