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

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

Declension

Declension of noun **كَسَل** (kasal)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	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)

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): (file)

Verb

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

to be too lazy

Conjugation

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

See also

كسلان (kaslān, “lazy”)