عطل

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Form 1عَطِلَتْ4 senses · 1 main

muḍāriʿـَيَفْعَلُ·ـُيَفْعُلُmaṣdarعَطَلٌ

Core sense — she had no ornaments on her; he became destitute; he was without occupationgenerated

1.1

[In my copy of the Msb it is said to be of the class of قتل, perhaps a miswriting for قَبِلَ; but see what is said below of عَطَلَ as synonymous with بَطَلَ, from which one may infer that عَطَلَتْ is correct in the sense that follows, as well as عَطِلَتْ.]

Said of a woman: she had no women's ornaments on her, and wore no decoration; or her neck was bare of necklaces or the like.; maṣdar عَطَلٌ, عُطُولٌ, and تعطّلت. Also استعطلت.

Er-Rāghib: العَطَلُ means being without ornament or decoration.

1.1.1he (a man) became destitute [of property]—عَطِلَ مِنَ المَالِ

العَطَلُ is sometimes used [for العَطَلُ مِنْ شَىْءِ] meaning being destitute of a thing, though it relates primarily to women's ornaments.

[destitute of discipline, or of good qualities and attributes of the mind, etc.]—مِنَ الأَدَبِ

1.1.2the hired man was without occupation—عَطَلَ الأَجِيرُ

Er-Rāghib: it also means being without occupation.

like بَطَلَ, in measure and in meaning; though it seems that in this sense too, by general usage, the verb is عَطِلَ.

the camels were without a pastor to tend them—عطلت الإِبِلُ

The context there seems to show that the verb here also has fatḥ on the ط, but I believe عَطِلَت to be more correct.

1.1.3he became large in the body—عَطِلَ

With kesr [to the ط], that is, like فَرِحَ.

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, [in my copy of the Msb said to be of the class of قتل , perhaps a mistranscription for قَبِلَ , but see what is said below of عَطَلَ as syn. with بَطَلَ , from which it may be inferred that عَطَلَتْ is correct in the sense here following as well as عَطِلَتْ ,] said of a woman, [aor. عَطَلَ ,] inf. n. عَطَلٌ (S, O, K) and عُطُولٌ ; (O, K;) and تعطّلت ; (S, O, K;) She had not upon her any women's ornaments; (K, TA;) and wore not any ornature, or decoration: (TA:) or her neck was destitute of necklaces or the like; (S, O;) as also استعطلت : (Har p. 268:) accord. to Er-Rághib, العَطَلُ signifies the being destitute of ornature, or decoration. (TA.) And sometimes العَطَلُ is used [for العَطَلُ مِنْ شَىْءِ ] as meaning The being destitute of a thing; though primarily relating to women's ornaments. (S, O.) One says, عَطِلَ مِنَ المَالِ He (a man, O) was, or became, destitute [of property], and مِنَ الأَدَبِ [of discipline, or good qualities and attributes, of the mind, &c.]. (O, K.) And it signifies also The being destitute of occupation. (Er-Rághib, TA.) One says, عَطَلَ الأَجِيرُ , aor. عَطُلَ , like بَطَلَ , aor. عَطُلَ , in measure and in meaning [i. e. The hired man was without occupation: though it seems that in this sense also, accord. to general usage, the verb is عَطِلَ , aor. عَطَلَ ]. (Msb. [See also 5.]) And عطلت الإِبِلُ The camels were without a pastor to tend them. (Msb. [The context there app. indicates that the verb in this case, likewise, is with fet-h to the ط ; but I believe it to be more correctly عَطِلَت .]) And عَطِلَ , (O, K,) with kesr [to the ط ], (O,) [i. e.] like فَرِحَ , (K,) signifies also He was, or became, large in the body. (O, K.)

Form 2عطّل الشَّىْءَ7 senses · 1 main

maṣdarتَعْطِيلٌ

Core sense — he stripped it of its ornament; he left it unoccupied, or neglectedgenerated

2.1

This and اعطلهُ mean the same, apparently in all the senses given to the first.

2.1.1take off her ornaments—عَطِّلُوهَا

In a tradition, ʿĀïsheh is related to have said this of a woman who had died.

2.1.2he took the string off the bow—عطّل القَوْسَ

2.1.3it was left with no one to defend it; said of the frontier of a hostile country—عُطِّلَ

The maṣdar التَّعْطِيلُ also means making a place of abode or the like vacant, void or unoccupied; and leaving a thing untended, unminded, or neglected. [ضِياعًا in the CK is a mistake for ضَيَاعًا.]

they were left with no one to govern them; said of subjects—عُطِّلُوا

I left the camels without a pastor to tend them—عَطَّلْتُ الإِبِلَ

Maṣdar as above.

and when the pregnant camels [ten months gone with young] shall be left without a pastor, or without being milked [?]—وَإِذَا العِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

In the Qur 81:4; because of the terrors of the hour, that is, because men's minds are taken up with the terrors of the day of resurrection.

they were left uncultivated; said of lands of seed-produce—عُطِّلَتْ

Qur’ān 81:4 matched to Lane’s own quotation of it Lane cites “Kur lxxxi. 4”

Qur’ān 81:4 Lane quotes this verse

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

2.1.4I left the hired man unoccupied—عَطَّلْتُ الأَجِيرَ

التَّعْطِيلُ also means التَّفْرِيغُ [that is, making or leaving a thing free from any work, occupation, employment or use; unoccupied, or unemployed].

[he freed the horses from service in warfare;] he did not go to war on the horses—عطّل الخَيْلَ مِنَ الغَزْوِ

Mentioned in art. بهو.

2.1.5

[Also the asserting of the doctrine of the مُعَطِّل (see that word).]

2.1.6not inflicting the prescribed punishments on one to whom they are due—تَعْطِيلُ الحُدُودِ

The punishments meant are those called حدود.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2

81:4

وَإِذَا ٱلْعِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ

When the she-camels, ten months with young, are left untended;

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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and اعطلهُ signify the same [app. in all the senses assigned to the former]. (O.) 'Áïsheh is related, in a trad., to have said respecting a woman who had died, عَطِّلُوهَا , meaning Divest ye her of her ornaments. (S, O.) [Hence,] عطّل القَوْسَ , inf. n. تَعْطِيلٌ , He divested the bow of its string. (TA.) [Hence likewise, the inf. n.] التَّعْطِيلُ signifies [also] The rendering vacant, void, or unoccupied, (K, TA,) a place of abode, and the like. (TA.) And The leaving a thing untended, unminded, or neglected. (K, TA. [ ضِياعًا in the CK is a mistake for ضَيَاعًا .]) One says of the frontier of a hostile country, عُطِّلَ , meaning It was left without any to defend it. (TA.) And of subjects one says, عُطِّلُوا , meaning They were left without any one to govern them. (TA.) One says also, عَطَّلْتُ الإِبِلَ , inf. n. as above, I left the camels without a pastor to tend them. (Msb.) وَإِذَا العِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ , in the Kur lxxxi. 4, means And when the pregnant camels [ten months gone with young] shall be left without a pastor, or without being milked [?]; (Jel;) by reason of the terrors of the hour; (O;) i. e. by men's having their minds occupied by the terrors of the day of resurrection. (TA.) And عُطِّلَتْ is said of lands of seed-produce as meaning They were left uncultivated. (TA.) التَّعْطِيلُ signifies also التَّفْرِيغُ [as meaning The making, or leaving, vacant from any work, occupation, employment, or use; free therefrom; unoccupied; or unemployed]. (S, O, K.) One says, عَطَّلْتُ الأَجِيرَ I made the hired man to be unoccupied. (Msb.) And عطّل الخَيْلَ مِنَ الغَزْوِ (S and K in art. بهو ) [He freed the horses from service in warfare;] he did not go to war upon the horses. (TA in that art.) [Also The assertion of the tenet, or tenets, of the مُعَطِّل , q. v.] And تَعْطِيلُ الحُدُودِ means The not inflicting the [punishments termed] حدود upon him to whom they are due. (TA.)

Form 4أَعْطَلَ1 sense

Core sense — he left it unoccupied; he stripped it of its ornamentgenerated

4.1

See form 2, first sentence.

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see 2, first sentence.

Form 5تَعَطَّلَ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he was, or became, without work or occupationgenerated

5.1

See form 1, first sentence.

5.1.1he remained without work, or occupation—تعطّل

Said of a man. [Said of a man or of another thing: he, or it, became inactive, or inert. ]

5.1.2it was exempted from, that is, unused for, drawing water with it—تَعَطَّلَتْ مِنَ الاِسْتِقَآءِ بِهَا

Said of a دَلْو [or leathern bucket].

5.1.3it became vacant—تعطّل

Said of a tent. See art. بهو.

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see 1, first sentence. تعطّل , said of a man, (S, O,) He remained [or became] without work, or occupation. (S, O, K.) [Said of a man, &c., He, or it, was, or became, inactive, or inert. (See غُشِىَ عَلَيْهِ .)] تَعَطَّلَتْ مِنَ الاِسْتِقَآءِ بِهَا is said of a دَلْو [or leathern bucket, meaning It was exempted from, i. e. unused for, the drawing of water therewith]. (TA.) And تعطّل is said of a tent [as meaning It became vacant]. (TA in art. بهو .)

Form 10إِسْتَعْطَلَ1 sense

Core sense — she had no women's ornaments upon hergenerated

10.1

See form 1, first sentence.

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see 1, first sentence.

Form Q. Q. 4اِعْطَأَلَّتِ الشَّجَرَةُ1 sense

Core sense — the tree had many branches and was much tangled, or very densegenerated

Q. Q. 4.1

The tree had many branches, and was much tangled, or very luxuriant or dense: so according to Az.

See also Q. Q. 4 in arts. عضل and عظل.

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The tree had many branches, and was much tangled, or very luxuriant or dense: so accord. to Az. (TA.) See also Q. Q. 4 in arts. عضل and عظل .

Derived nouns 15

Nounعُطْلٌ1 sense

Core sense — destitute of property and of good qualities of mindgenerated

See عُطُلٌ, last sentence.

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: see عُطُلٌ , last sentence.

Nounعَطَلٌ6 senses · 3 main

Core sense — the unclad part of the body; the body, or person; the neckgenerated

A maṣdar of form 1.

2[a woman beautiful in respect of the unclad part, or parts, of the body]—اِمْرَأَةٌ حَسَنَةُ العَطَلِ

Also the denuded, or unclad, part or parts of the body; synonymous with جُرْدَةٌ.

2.1[how beautiful is] his tallness, or justness of stature, and his perfectness [of make]!—مَا أَحْسَنَ عَطَلَهُ

Also the body, or person; synonymous with شَخْصٌ, particularly, as some say, of a human being; like طَلَلٌ. Plural أَعْطَالٌ.

2.2

Also the neck.

2.3

Also beauty of body.

Also a stalk of a raceme of a palm-tree; and so عَطِيلٌ, according to IDrd.

Or, according to IDrd, and to Az — who says that he heard it from the palm-tree cultivators in El-Aḥsà — the former, and ↓ the latter, mean the stalk of a raceme of a male palm-tree; Az adds: with which the female palm-tree is fecundated.

Or عَطِيلٌ and عَيْطَلٌ mean a stalk of a طَلْع [or spadix] of a male palm-tree [with the flowers upon it].

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inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, O, K.) Also The denuded, or unclad, part, or parts, of the body; syn. جُرْدَةٌ : so in the saying اِمْرَأَةٌ حَسَنَةُ العَطَلِ [A woman beautiful in respect of the denuded, or unclad, part, or parts, of the body]. (TA.) And The body, or person; syn. شَخْصٌ ; (S, O, K, TA;) particularly, as some say, of a human being; (TA;) like طَلَلٌ : (S, O, TA:) pl. أَعْطَالٌ . (K.) And one says, مَا أَحْسَنَ عَطَلَهُ , meaning [How beautiful is] his tallness, or justness of stature, and his perfectness [of make]! (S, O.) And The neck. (K.) And Beauty of body. (TA.) Also A stalk of a raceme of a palmtree; (S, O;) as also عَطِيلٌ , accord. to IDrd: (O:) or the former, (TA,) and ↓ the latter, accord. to IDrd, and accord. to Az, who says that he heard it from the cultivators of palm-trees ( مِنَ النَّخْلِيِّينَ ) in El-Ahsà, (O,) the stalk of a raceme of a male palm-tree, (O, TA,) to which Az adds, with which the female palm-tree is fecundated: (O:) or عَطِيلٌ and عَيْطَلٌ signify a stalk of a طَلْع [or spadix] of a male palm-tree [with the flowers upon it]. (K, TA.)

Nounعَطِلٌ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — goodly, or beautiful, in body; abounding in milk; a bucket with broken thongsgenerated

[An adjective of which only the feminine is mentioned.]

1.1goodly, or beautiful; applied to a she-camel—عَطِلَةٌ

Or the singular, so applied, means goodly, or beautiful, in body; or it is so used of a woman; and, applied to a she-camel, perfect in body and tallness.

Plural عَطِلَاتٌ, which A ʿObeyd explains in this sense without deriving it; ISd holds it to be a possessive adjective.

1.2

Also, applied to a she-camel, the same as صَفِىٌّ [that is, abounding in milk; or whose milk lasts throughout the year].

And, applied to a ewe or she-goat, abounding much in milk; or, according to Lth, one that is known by [the appearance of] her neck to be abounding in milk.

2[he repaired the rending, and put وَذم to that bucket of which the وَذَم were broken]—رَأَبَ التَّأْىَ وَأَوذَمَ العَطِلَةَ

Applied to a دَلْو [or leathern bucket]: having its [thongs called] وَذَم broken, so that it has become exempted from (تَعَطَّلَتْ مِن [that is, unused for]) the drawing of water with it; or left unused for a time, with those thongs and the loop-shaped handles broken.

Hence this saying of ʿĀïsheh, describing her father; meaning that he restored affairs to their state of order, and strengthened the condition of El-Islám after men apostatized.

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[ is an epithet of which only the fem. (with ة ) is mentioned.] عَطِلَةٌ is applied to a she-camel as meaning Goodly, or beautiful: pl. عَطِلَاتٌ : (S, O:) which is expl. by A 'Obeyd in this sense, and not derived by him: held by ISd to be a possessive epithet: (TA:) or the sing., thus applied, goodly, or beautiful, in body: (K:) or thus as applied to a woman: and, applied to a she-camel, perfect in body and tallness. (TA.) Also, applied to a she-camel, i. q. صَفِىٌّ [i. e. Abounding in milk; or whose milk lasts throughout the year]. (K.) And, applied to a ewe or she-goat, Abounding much in milk: (K:) or, accord. to Lth, that is known in [the appearance of] her neck to be one abounding in milk. (O.) And, applied to A دَلْو [or leathern bucket], Having its [thongs called] وَذَم broken, (O, K, TA,) so that it has become exempted from ( تَعَطَّلَتْ مِن [i. e. unused for]) the drawing of water therewith: (TA:) or that has been left for a time unused, and of which the thongs above mentioned, and the loop-shaped handles, have been broken. (IAth, TA.) Hence the saying of 'Áïsheh, describing her father, رَأَبَ التَّأْىَ وَأَوذَمَ العَطِلَةَ [He repaired the rending, and put وَذم to that bucket of which the وَذَم were broken]; meaning that he restored the affairs to their state of order, and strengthened the condition of El-Islám after the apostatizing of men. (O, TA.)

Nounعُطُلٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a woman with no ornaments on her; camels without halters; a bow without a stringgenerated

1having no women's ornaments upon her; applied to a woman—عَاطِلٌ

So also عَطْلَآءُ; or whose neck is bare of necklaces or the like; and so مِعْطَالٌ, or ↓ this last usually means having no women's ornaments upon her.

The plural of عُطُلٌ is أَعْطَالٌ, and of عَاطِلٌ is عَوَاطِلُ and عُطَّلٌ.

1.1having no halters upon them; applied to camels—أَعْطَالٌ

Or having no collars upon them, nor halters; and so as applied to horses; and, applied to camels, having no brands upon them. Singular عُطُلٌ. [See also عُلُطٌ.]

1.2

And, applied to men, having no weapons with them; in this sense also a plural of عُطُلٌ.

1.3having no string upon it; applied to a bow—عُطُلٌ

Plural أَعْطَالٌ.

1.4

عُطُلٌ and عُطْلٌ [or عطل مِنَ المَالِ and مِنَ الأَدَبِ (see form 1)], applied to a man, mean destitute of property and of discipline, or of good qualities and attributes, of the mind, etc.

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and عَاطِلٌ , applied to a woman, (S, O, Msb, K,) Having no women's ornaments upon her; (Msb, K;) [and] so عَطْلَآءُ : (IDrd, O:) or whose neck is destitute of necklaces or the like; as also مِعْطَالٌ : (S, O:) or ↓ this last signifies usually having no women's ornaments upon her: (K:) the pl. (of عُطُلٌ , TA) is أَعْطَالٌ and (of عَاطِلٌ , TA) عَوَاطِلُ and عُطَّلٌ . (K, TA.) [Hence,] أَعْطَالٌ applied to camels, (S, O, K,) Having no halters upon them: (S, O:) or having no collars upon them, nor halters; and so as applied to horses: (K:) and, (Th, K,) applied to camels, (Th, TA,) having upon them no brands: (Th, K:) sing. عُطُلٌ . (K.) [See also عُلُطٌ .] And, applied to men, Having no weapons with them: (S, O, K:) in this sense, also, pl. of عُطُلٌ . (K.) عُطُلٌ applied to a bow, Having no string upon it: (S, O, Msb, K:) pl. أَعْطَالٌ . (TA.) And عُطُلٌ and عُطْلٌ [or عطل مِنَ المَالِ and مِنَ الأَدَبِ (see 1)] signify, applied to a man, Destitute of property and of discipline, or good qualities and attributes, of the mind, &c. (S, O, K.)

Nounعُطْلَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the state of being without work, or occupationgenerated

1[he complains of being without work, or occupation]—هُوَ يَشْكُو العُطْلَةَ

The state of being, or remaining, without work or occupation; a noun from تَعَطَّلَ.

1.1he is one who has no estate upon which to labour, or work—هُوَ ذُو عُطْلَةٍ

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The state of being, or remaining, without work, or occupation; (S, MA, O, K;) a subst. from تَعَطَّلَ . (S, O, K.) One says, هُوَ يَشْكُو العُطْلَةَ [He complains of being without work, or occupation]. (TA.) And هُوَ ذُو عُطْلَةٍ means He is one who has no estate upon which to labour, or work. (TA.)

Nounعَطْلَآءُ1 sense

Core sense — a woman having no ornaments upon hergenerated

See عُطُلٌ, first sentence.

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: see عُطُلٌ , first sentence.

Nounعَطِيلٌ1 sense

Core sense — a stalk of a raceme of a male palm-treegenerated

See عَطَلٌ, latter half, in three places.

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: see عَطَلٌ , latter half, in three places.

Nounعَاطِلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a woman wearing no ornaments; without diacritical pointsgenerated

See عُطُلٌ, first sentence, in two places.

1.1figurative · مجازverses whose words have no diacritical points—أَبْيَاتٌ عَوَاطِلُ

Opposed to أَبْيَاتٌ عَرَائِسُ.

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: see عُطُلٌ , first sentence, in two places. [Hence,] أَبْيَاتٌ عَوَاطِلُ Verses of which the words are without diacritical points: opposed to أَبْيَاتٌ عَرَائِسُ . (Har pp. 608-10.)

Nounعَيْطَلٌ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — long in the neck, with beauty of body; tall; soft treesgenerated

1long in the neck, with beauty of body; applied to a woman—عَطَل

Or long, or tall, in an absolute sense, and so as applied to a she-camel and to a horse; or long in the neck, applied in this sense to a woman, to a she-camel, to a horse, or to any animal; or tall, with beauty of aspect and fatness, so applied to a she-camel.

The ى is augmentative.

It is also a proper name of a certain she-camel.

1.1

Also tall, as applied to a [hill, or mountain, such as is called] هَضْبَة.

1.2soft, or tender, trees—شَجَرٌ عَيْطَلٌ

1.3

See also عَطَلٌ, last sentence.

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Long (K, TA) in the عَطَل , i. e., (TA,) in the neck, with beauty of body; (K, TA;) applied to a woman: (TA:) or long, or tall, in an absolute sense; and thus as applied to a she-camel and to a horse: (TA:) or long in the neck; (S, O, K, TA;) applied in this sense to a woman, and to a she-camel, (S, O,) and to a horse, (S,) or to any animal: (K, TA:) or tall, with beauty of aspect and fatness; thus as applied to a she-camel: the ى is augmentative. (TA.) It is also a proper name of a certain she-camel. (S, O.) Also Tall, as applied to a [hill, or mountain, such as is termed] هَضْبَة . (O.) And شَجَرٌ عَيْطَلٌ Soft, or tender, trees. (TA.) See also عَطَلٌ , last sentence.

Nounمُعْطَلٌ1 sense

Core sense — left untended, unminded, or neglectedgenerated

See the next paragraph, in two places.

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: see the next paragraph, in two places.

Nounمُعَطَّلٌ1 sense

Core sense — left untended, unminded, or neglectedgenerated

1people, or subjects, left with no one to govern them—مُعَطَّلُونَ

[Ism mafʿūl of form 2, which see for some of its meanings.] Applied to anything left untended, unminded, or neglected; and so مُعْطَلٌ.

camels [left] without a pastor—إِبِلٌ مُعَطَّلَةٌ

land that has no owner, is put to no use, and yields no advantage—المُعَطَّلُ

a well from which water is not drawn, and whose water is put to no use—بِئْرٌ مُعَطَّلَةٌ

And مُعْطَلَةٌ, according to one reading [in the Qur 22:44]. Or it is so called because its owners have perished: neglected because its owners have died.

Qur’ān 22:43 approximate — somewhere between 22:36 and 22:78 Lane cites “Kur xxii. 44”

Qur’ān 22:45 located by this root inside the range Lane’s citation allows

فَكَأَيِّن مِّن قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهَا وَهِىَ ظَالِمَةٌ فَهِىَ خَاوِيَةٌ عَلَىٰ عُرُوشِهَا وَبِئْرٍ مُّعَطَّلَةٍ وَقَصْرٍ مَّشِيدٍ

How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to wrong-doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

Qur’ānic occurrences مُّعَطَّلَة

22:45

How many populations have We destroyed, which were given to wrong-doing? They tumbled down on their roofs. And how many wells are lying idle and neglected, and castles lofty and well-built?

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[pass. part. n. of 2 (which see for some of its significations)] is applied to Anything left untended, unminded, or neglected; as also مُعْطَلٌ . (TA.) [Thus] مُعَطَّلُونَ signifies People, or subjects, left without any one to govern them. (TA.) And إِبِلٌ مُعَطَّلَةٌ Camels [left] without a pastor. (S, O, K.) And المُعَطَّلُ What has no owner, of which no use is made, and from which no advantage is derived, of land. (S, O, K.) And بِئْرٌ مُعَطَّلَةٌ , (S, O, TA,) and مُعْطَلَةٌ accord. to one reading [in the Kur xxii. 44], (O, TA,) A well from which water is not drawn, and of the water of which no use is made: (TA:) or it is thus called because [it is one of which] its owners have perished: (S, O, TA:) neglected by reason of the death of its owners. (Jel.)

Nounمُعَطِّلٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who denies that the universe has a makergenerated

Er-Rāghib: one who asserts that the universe has no maker who constructed it skilfully and adorned it.

Esh-Shahristánee: but the مُعَطِّلَة of the Arabs were of different sorts. One sort of them denied the Creator, and the raising and restoring to life, and asserted that nature is what brings to life and time is what brings to nothing. Another sort acknowledged the Creator, and the beginning of creation, but denied the raising and restoring to life. And another sort acknowledged the Creator, the beginning of creation, and a mode of restoration to life, but denied the apostles, worshipped idols, asserted them to be their intercessors with God in the life to come, made pilgrimage to them, sacrificed victims to them, offered offerings, sought to advance themselves in their favour by religious rites and ceremonies, and made some things lawful and others forbidden; and these were most of the Arabs, except a small portion of them.

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One who asserts that the universe is devoid of an artificer who constructed it skilfully and adorned it: (Er-Rághib, TA:) [but] the مُعَطِّلَة of the Arabs were of different sorts: one sort of them disacknowledged the Creator, and the raising and restoring to life, and asserted that nature is that which brings to life and time is that which brings to nought: another sort of them acknowledged the Creator, and the beginning of creation, but disacknowledged the raising and restoring to life: and another sort of them acknowledged the Creator, and the begining of creation, and a mode of restoration to life, but disacknowledged the apostles, and worshipped idols, and asserted them to be their intercessors with God in the life to come, and performed pilgrimage to them, and sacrificed victims to them, and offered offerings, and sought to advance themselves in their favour by means of religious rites and ceremonies, and legalized [certain things] and prohibited [others]; and these were the generality of the Arabs, except a small portion of them. (Esh-Shahristánee.)

Nounمِعْطَالٌ1 sense

Core sense — a woman who wears no ornamentsgenerated

See عُطُلٌ, first sentence, in two places.

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: see عُطُلٌ , first sentence, in two places.

Nounمَعَاطِلُ1 sense

Core sense — the parts of the body where a woman's ornaments are worngenerated

[A plural of which the singular is not mentioned.] The parts which are the places of the ornaments of a woman.

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[a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned] The parts which are the places of the ornaments of a woman. (IDrd, O, K.)

Nounمُعْطَئِلَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a tree with many branches, tangled or very densegenerated

[Ism fāʿil of اِعْطَألَّت, which see: see also Q. Q. 4 in arts. عضل and عظل.]

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[ part. n. of اِعْطَألَّت , q. v.: see also Q. Q. 4 in arts. عضل and عظل .]