معول

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the root ع و ل (ʕ-w-l).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /miʕ.wal/

• Audio:

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Noun

مِعْوَل • (miʕwal) m (plural مَعَاوِل (maʕāwil))

1. pickaxe, mattock used to undermine

Declension

Declension of noun مِعْوَل (miʕwal)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِعْوَل miʕwal	الْمِعْوَل al-miʕwal	مِعْوَل miʕwal
Nominative	مِعْوَلٌ miʕwalun	الْمِعْوَلُ al-miʕwalu	مِعْوَلُ miʕwalu
Accusative	مِعْوَلًا miʕwalan	الْمِعْوَلَ al-miʕwala	مِعْوَلَ miʕwala
Genitive	مِعْوَلٍ miʕwalin	الْمِعْوَلِ al-miʕwali	مِعْوَلِ miʕwali
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِعْوَلَيْن miʕwalayn	الْمِعْوَلَيْن al-miʕwalayn	مِعْوَلَيْ miʕwalay
Nominative	مِعْوَلَانِ miʕwalāni	الْمِعْوَلَانِ al-miʕwalāni	مِعْوَلَا miʕwalā
Accusative	مِعْوَلَيْنِ miʕwalayni	الْمِعْوَلَيْنِ al-miʕwalayni	مِعْوَلَيْ miʕwalay
Genitive	مِعْوَلَيْنِ miʕwalayni	الْمِعْوَلَيْنِ al-miʕwalayni	مِعْوَلَيْ miʕwalay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَعَاوِل maʕāwil	الْمَعَاوِل al-maʕāwil	مَعَاوِل maʕāwil
Nominative	مَعَاوِلُ maʕāwilu	الْمَعَاوِلُ al-maʕāwilu	مَعَاوِلُ maʕāwilu
Accusative	مَعَاوِلَ maʕāwila	الْمَعَاوِلَ al-maʕāwila	مَعَاوِلَ maʕāwila
Genitive	مَعَاوِلَ maʕāwila	الْمَعَاوِلِ al-maʕāwili	مَعَاوِلِ maʕāwili

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835) “معول”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 245b
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “معول”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 897