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رَجُل

man

Noun · masculineRoot ر-ج-ل

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Plural
رِجَال

Most common words from the same root

Noun
رِجْل
an extremity
Verb · Form II
رَجَّلَ
to comb
Verb · Form I
رَجِلَ
to go on foot
Noun
رَجِل
pedestrian
Noun
رَاجِل
pedestrian
Noun
رُجُولَة
manliness

رَجُل in English

Noun · masculine

  1. man (adult male human)

Word origin

Originally "walker", attested with the meaning "footsoldier" as Safaitic 𐪇𐪔𐪁 (rgl).

Words from the root ر-ج-ل

Arabic verbs come in forms; each form's nouns are listed under its verb. See the whole root on one page →

رَجِلَ · present يَرْجَلُ
Form I · The plain action

to go on foot, to walk

رَجِل
Verbal noun
pedestrian
رَاجِل
Active participle
pedestrian
أَرْجَل
Active participle
رَجِل
Active participle
رَجَل
Active participle
مَرْجُول
Passive participle
رَجَّلَ · present يُرَجِّلُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to comb (the hair); to let down (the hair)

تَرْجِيل
Verbal noun
مُرَجِّل
Active participle
مُرَجَّل
Passive participle
تَرَجَّلَ · present يَتَرَجَّلُ
Form V · Reflexive of Form II

to go on foot, to walk; to dismount; to behave like a man, to assume masculine mannerisms

تَرَجُّل
Verbal noun
مُتَرَجِّل
Active participle
اِرْتَجَلَ · present يَرْتَجِلُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to improvise, to extemporize (a speech)

اِرْتِجَال
Verbal noun
improvisation
مُرْتَجِل
Active participle
مُرْتَجَل
Passive participle
اِسْتَرْجَلَ · present يَسْتَرْجِلُ
Form X · Seeking or considering

to become a man, to reach manhood, to grow up; to act like a man, to man up; to display masculine mannerisms, to resemble a man

اِسْتِرْجَال
Verbal noun
مُسْتَرْجِل
Active participle
رَجُل
Noun · m.
man
رِجْل
Noun · f.
an extremity
رُجُولَة
Noun · f.
manliness
رِجْل
Noun · m.
swarm
رِجْل
Noun · m.
common purslane
رِجْل
Noun · m.
going on foot
رُجْلَة
Noun · f.
manhood
مِرْجَل
Noun · m.
copper cooking-pot

رَجُل: plural and other forms

Singularرَجُل
Pluralرِجَال

رَجُل in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

فَخَرَّ الرَّجُلُ وَسَجَدَ لِلرَّبِّ،And the man bowed down his head, and worshipped the LORD.Genesis 24:26, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
رِجَالُ نَطُوفَةَ سِتَّةٌ وَخَمْسُونَ.The men of Netophah, fifty and six.Ezra 2:22, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
الرَّبُّ رَجُلُ الْحَرْبِ. الرَّبُّ اسْمُهُ.The LORD is a man of war: the LORD is his name.Exodus 15:3, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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