تنبل

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From Persian تنبل (tambal).

Adjective

تَنْبَل (tanbal) (masculine plural تَنَابِلَة (tanābila))

  1. lazy
Declension

Verb

تَنْبَلَ (tanbala) Iq (non-past يُتَنْبِلُ (yutanbilu), verbal noun تَنْبَلَة (tanbala))

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Conjugation

Etymology 2

From the root ن ب ل (n-b-l).

Verb

تَنَبَّلَ (tanabbala) V (non-past يَتَنَبَّلُ (yatanabbalu), verbal noun تَنَبُّل (tanabbul))

  1. to be noble, to be of high rank or talent, to excel
    • a. 525, Aš-Šanfara, أقيموا بني أمي صدور مطيكم (first line)[1]:
      وَلَيْلَةِ نَحْسٍ يَصْطَلِيَ القَوْسَ رَبُّهَا … وَأَقْطُعَهُ ٱللَّاتِي بِهَا يَتَنَبَّلُ
      دَعَسْتُ عَلَى غَطَشٍ وَبَغْشٍ وَصُحْبَتِي … سُعَارٌ وَإِرْزِيزٌ وَوَجْرٌ وَأَفْكُلُ
      wa-laylati naḥsin yaṣṭaliya l-qawsa rabbu-hā … wa-ʔaqṭuʕa-hū l-lātī bi-hā yatanabbalu
      daʕastu ʕalā ḡaṭašin wabaḡšin wa-ṣuḥbatī … suʕārun wa-ʔirzīzun wa-wajrun wa-ʔafkulu
      And the ill-fated night when the master warmed up his bow, … and his arrowtips, in the handling of which he had trow
      I trod upon darkness and rain-shower and my following … was the heat of night and snowy hail and timid gulps and shivering
Conjugation

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Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

From Persian تنبل (tambal).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [tɛm.ˈbɛl]
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Adjective

تنبل (tembel)

  1. lazy

Descendants


Persian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Adjective

تنبل (tanbal) (comparative تنبل‌تَر (tanbal-tar), superlative تنبل‌تَرین (tanbal-tarin))

  1. lazy
  2. sluggish

Inflection

    Predicative forms of تنبل (tanbal)
singular plural
1st person
(“I am, we are”)
تنبلم
(tanbalam)
تنبلیم
(tanbalim)
2nd person
(“you are”)
تنبلی
(tanbali)
تنبلید
(tanbalid)
تنبلین
(tanbalin)
3rd person
(“he/she/it is, they are”)
تنبل است
(tanbal ast)
تنبله
(tanbale)
تنبلند
(tanbaland)
تنبلن
(tanbalan)
Colloquial.

Descendants


South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Persian تنبل (tambal).

Adjective

تنبل (tanbal) (common plural تنابل (tanābel))

  1. lazy
    Synonym: كسلان (kaslān)

See also