عاهل

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ع ه ل (ʕ-h-l), meaning "to let livestock pasture themselves", "to have independence", "to have the power of personal discretion or determination".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʕaː.hil/

Noun

عَاهِل • (ʕāhil) m (plural عَوَاهِل (ʕawāhil))

1. dictator
2. reigner, monarch, sovereign, emperor
3. paramount chief, a leader over several tribes
4. a woman without a husband

Declension

Declension of noun عَاهِل (ʕāhil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاهِل ʕāhil	الْعَاهِل al-ʕāhil	عَاهِل ʕāhil
Nominative	عَاهِلٌ ʕāhilun	الْعَاهِلُ al-ʕāhilu	عَاهِلُ ʕāhilu
Accusative	عَاهِلًا ʕāhilan	الْعَاهِلَ al-ʕāhila	عَاهِلَ ʕāhila
Genitive	عَاهِلٍ ʕāhilin	الْعَاهِلِ al-ʕāhili	عَاهِلِ ʕāhili
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاهِلَيْن ʕāhilayn	الْعَاهِلَيْن al-ʕāhilayn	عَاهِلَيْ ʕāhilay
Nominative	عَاهِلَانِ ʕāhilāni	الْعَاهِلَانِ al-ʕāhilāni	عَاهِلَا ʕāhilā
Accusative	عَاهِلَيْنِ ʕāhilayni	الْعَاهِلَيْنِ al-ʕāhilayni	عَاهِلَيْ ʕāhilay
Genitive	عَاهِلَيْنِ ʕāhilayni	الْعَاهِلَيْنِ al-ʕāhilayni	عَاهِلَيْ ʕāhilay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوَاهِل ʕawāhil	الْعَوَاهِل al-ʕawāhil	عَوَاهِل ʕawāhil
Nominative	عَوَاهِلُ ʕawāhilu	الْعَوَاهِلُ al-ʕawāhilu	عَوَاهِلُ ʕawāhilu
Accusative	عَوَاهِلَ ʕawāhila	الْعَوَاهِلَ al-ʕawāhila	عَوَاهِلَ ʕawāhila
Genitive	عَوَاهِلَ ʕawāhila	الْعَوَاهِلِ al-ʕawāhili	عَوَاهِلِ ʕawāhili

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “عاهل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 2184-2185