عجلة

See also: عجله‎

Arabic

Etymology 1

At least for the abstract senses, verbal noun of عَجِلَ‎ (ʕajila, “to hurry”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒa.la/
  • (file)

Noun

عَجَلَة • (ʕajala) f (plural عَجَلَات‎ (ʕajalāt))

  1. verbal noun of عَجِلَ‎ (ʕajila) (form I)
  2. haste, hurry, speed, speediness, celerity
    ‏أَنَا عَلَى عَجَلَةٍ.‎‎ ― ʔanā ʕalā ʕajalatin. ― I'm in a hurry
    ‏فِي ٱلتَّأَنِّي ٱلسَّلَامَةُ، وَفِي ٱلْعَجَلَةِ ٱلنَّدَامَةُ.‎‎
    fī t-taʔannī s-salāmatu, wafī l-ʕajalati n-nadāmatu.
    Sedateness brings welfare, hurry brings regret.
  3. wheel
  4. precipitation, precipitance
Declension
Descendants
  • Maltese: għaġla
  • → Armenian: աջալա (aǰala)
  • → Turkish: acele

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕi.d͡ʒa.la/

Noun

عِجَلَة • (ʕijala) m pl

  1. plural of عِجْل‎ (ʕijl, “calf”)

Etymology 3

From عِجْل‎ (ʕijl) +‎ ـَة‎ (-a).

Noun

عِجْلَة • (ʕijla) f (plural عِجَل‎ (ʕijal), masculine عِجْل‎ (ʕijl))

  1. female calf; heifer (rare, for female calves are also called عِجْل‎)
  2. Halopyrum mucronatum
Declension

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʕa.d͡ʒi.la/

Adjective

عَجِلَة • (ʕajila) f

  1. feminine singular of عَجِل‎ (ʕajil)

References

  • Mandaville, James Paul (2011) Bedouin Ethnobotany. Plant Concepts and Uses in a Desert Pastoral World, Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, pages 261–262
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