عقل

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عقل¹

  • /ʕaql/

noun عَقْل · ʕaql · عُقُول · الْعَقْل

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to be reasonable”) (form I)
  2. understanding, reason, wisdom, sound judgment, sense حَدِّثِ الْعَاقِلَ بِمَا لَا يَلِيقُ، فَإِنْ صَدَّقَ فَلَا عَقْلَ لَهُ.
  3. mind, intellect
  4. Holy Ghost

عقل²

  • /ʕa.qa.la/

verb عَقَلَ · ʕaqala · يَعْقِلُ · عَقْل · عَاقِل

  1. to be reasonable, to make sense

عقل³

  • /ʕaq.qa.la/

verb عَقَّلَ · ʕaqqala · يُعَقِّلُ · تَعْقِيل · مُعَقِّل

  1. to make reasonable

عقل⁴

  • /ʕaql/

noun عَقْل · ʕaql · عُقُول · الْعَقْل

  1. asylum
  2. fortress

عقل⁵

  • /ʕa.qa.la/

verb عَقَلَ · ʕaqala · يَعْقِلُ · عَقَل · عُقُول

  1. to make oneself inaccessible in a high mountain, to betake oneself for refuge

عقل⁶

  • /ʕa.qal/

noun عَقَل · ʕaqal · الْعَقَل · عَقَلٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to find refuge in a high mountain”) (form I)

عقل⁷

  • /ʕaql/

noun عَقْل · ʕaql · عُقُول · الْعَقْل

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to renounce revenge for wergild”) (form I)
  2. bloodwite, wergild, blood money

عقل⁸

  • /ʕa.qa.la/

verb عَقَلَ · ʕaqala · يَعْقِلُ · عَقْل · عَاقِل

  1. to renounce revenge for wergild, to relinquish retaliation of blood

عقل⁹

  • /ʕa.qa.la/

verb عَقَلَ · ʕaqala · يَعْقِلُ · عَقْل · عَاقِل

  1. to hobble, to tie with the rope عِقَال (ʕiqāl)

عقل10

  • /ʕaql/

noun عَقْل · ʕaql · عُقُول

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to hobble”) (form I)

عقل11

verb عَقِلَ · ʕaqila · يَعْقَلُ · عَقَل · أَعْقَل

  1. to have a twisting in the hind leg

عقل12

  • /ʕa.qal/

noun عَقَل · ʕaqal · الْعَقَل · عَقَلٌ

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَقِلَ (ʕaqila, “to have a twisting in the hind leg”) (form I)

عقل13

verb عَقَلَ · ʕaqala · يَعْقِلُ · عَقْل · عَاقِل

  1. to pasture upon camelthorn (عَاقُول (ʕāqūl))

عقل14

  • /ʕaql/

noun عَقْل · ʕaql · عُقُول

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of عَقَلَ (ʕaqala, “to pasture upon camelthorn”) (form I)

In English

  • mind ability for rational thought
  • reason (the capacity of the human mind for) rational thinking
  • intellect the faculty of knowing and reasoning; understanding
  • intelligence capacity of mind
  • prudence quality or state of being prudent

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {عقل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%B9%D9%82%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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