كسل

See also: ك س ل

Arabic

Root
ك س ل (k s l)
4 terms

Etymology

Verbal noun of كَسِلَ (kasila).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.sal/

Noun

كَسَل • (kasal) m

1. verbal noun of كَسِلَ (kasila) (form I)
2. laziness, indolence

Declension

Declension of noun كَسَل (kasal)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	كَسَل kasal	الْكَسَل al-kasal	كَسَل kasal
nominative	كَسَلٌ kasalun	الْكَسَلُ al-kasalu	كَسَلُ kasalu
accusative	كَسَلًا kasalan	الْكَسَلَ al-kasala	كَسَلَ kasala
genitive	كَسَلٍ kasalin	الْكَسَلِ al-kasali	كَسَلِ kasali

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: kəsəl
• → Kazakh: кесел (kesel)
• → Ottoman Turkish: كسل (kesel)
  • → Turkish: kesel
• → Persian: کسل
• → Turkmen: kesel
• → Uzbek: kasal
• → Uyghur: كېسەل (kësel)

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic كَسَل (kasal, “laziness, indolence”).

Noun

كسل • (kesel) (definite accusative كسلی (keseli), uncountable)

1. laziness, idleness, indolence, sloth, sluggishness, the property or quality of being lazy or idle

   Synonyms: تنبللك (tembellik), هایلازلق (haylazlık)

Descendants

• Turkish: kesel

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “kesel1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2567
• Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “kesel”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat‎‎^[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 611
• Kélékian, Diran (1911), “كسل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1026
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Ignavia”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎^[3], Vienna, column 724
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “كسل”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎^[4], Vienna, column 3953
• Redhouse, James W. (1890), “كسل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1549

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ك س ل
2 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kas.sal/, [ˈkas.sal]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

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Verb

كسّل • (kassal) II (present بكسل (bikassel))

1. to be too lazy

Conjugation

Conjugation of كسل

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	كسّلت (kassalt)	كسّلت (kassalt)	كسّل (kassal)		كسّلنا (kassalna)	كسّلتو (kassaltu)	كسّلو (kassalu)
	f		كسّلتي (kassalti)	كسّلت (kassalat)
present	m	بكسّل (bakassil)	بتكسّل (bitkassil)	بكسّل (bikassil)		منكسّل (minkassil)	بتكسّلو (bitkasslu)	بكسّلو (bikasslu)
	f		بتكسّلي (bitkassli)	بتكسّل (bitkassil)
subjunctive	m	اكسّل (akassil)	تكسّل (tkassil)	يكسّل (ykassil)		نكسّل (nkassil)	تكسّلو (tkasslu)	يكسّلو (ykasslu)
	f		تكسّلي (tkassli)	تكسّل (tkassil)
imperative	m		كسّل (kassil)				كسّلو (kasslu)
	f		كسّلي (kassli)

See also

• كسلان (kaslān, “lazy”)