زائل

Arabic
Root
ز و ل (z-w-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb زَالَ (zāla, “to disappear”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /zaː.ʔil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective

زَائِل • (zāʔil) (feminine زَائِلَة (zāʔila))

  1. transient, fleeting, ephemeral
    وَكُلُّ نَعِيمٍ لَا مَحَالَةَ زَائِلُ ― wakullu naʕīmin lā maḥālata zāʔilu ― And every pleasure no matter what, is bound to cease

Declension
Declension of adjective زَائِل (zāʔil)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal زَائِل
zāʔil		 الزَّائِل
az-zāʔil		 زَائِلَة
zāʔila		 الزَّائِلَة
az-zāʔila
Nominative زَائِلٌ
zāʔilun		 الزَّائِلُ
az-zāʔilu		 زَائِلَةٌ
zāʔilatun		 الزَّائِلَةُ
az-zāʔilatu
Accusative زَائِلًا
zāʔilan		 الزَّائِلَ
az-zāʔila		 زَائِلَةً
zāʔilatan		 الزَّائِلَةَ
az-zāʔilata
Genitive زَائِلٍ
zāʔilin		 الزَّائِلِ
az-zāʔili		 زَائِلَةٍ
zāʔilatin		 الزَّائِلَةِ
az-zāʔilati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal زَائِلَيْن
zāʔilayn		 الزَّائِلَيْن
az-zāʔilayn		 زَائِلَتَيْن
zāʔilatayn		 الزَّائِلَتَيْن
az-zāʔilatayn
Nominative زَائِلَانِ
zāʔilāni		 الزَّائِلَانِ
az-zāʔilāni		 زَائِلَتَانِ
zāʔilatāni		 الزَّائِلَتَانِ
az-zāʔilatāni
Accusative زَائِلَيْنِ
zāʔilayni		 الزَّائِلَيْنِ
az-zāʔilayni		 زَائِلَتَيْنِ
zāʔilatayni		 الزَّائِلَتَيْنِ
az-zāʔilatayni
Genitive زَائِلَيْنِ
zāʔilayni		 الزَّائِلَيْنِ
az-zāʔilayni		 زَائِلَتَيْنِ
zāʔilatayni		 الزَّائِلَتَيْنِ
az-zāʔilatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal ?
?		 ?
?		 زَائِلَات
zāʔilāt		 الزَّائِلَات
az-zāʔilāt
Nominative ?
?		 ?
?		 زَائِلَاتٌ
zāʔilātun		 الزَّائِلَاتُ
az-zāʔilātu
Accusative ?
?		 ?
?		 زَائِلَاتٍ
zāʔilātin		 الزَّائِلَاتِ
az-zāʔilāti
Genitive ?
?		 ?
?		 زَائِلَاتٍ
zāʔilātin		 الزَّائِلَاتِ
az-zāʔilāti

Descendants
  • → Ottoman Turkish: زَائِل

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Arabic زَائِل (zāʔil), active participle of زَالَ (zāla).

Adjective

زائل • (zail)

  1. disappearing; ending
  2. declining
  3. transitory

Descendants

Further reading
  • Avery, Robert et al., editors (2013), “zail”, in The Redhouse Dictionary Turkish/Ottoman English, 21st edition, Istanbul: Sev Yayıncılık, →ISBN
  • Kélékian, Diran (1911) “زائل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 639b
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