مائل

Arabic

Root
م ي ل (m-y-l)

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb مَال (māl, “to bend”)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maː.ʔil/
  • Rhymes: -il

Adjective

مَائِل • (māʔil) (feminine مَائِلَة (māʔila), masculine plural مُيَّل (muyyal), feminine plural مَائِلَات (māʔilāt))

  1. leaning, inclined, oblique
    بُرْج بِيزَا المَائِل ― burj bīzā l-māʔil ― the leaning tower of Pisa
  2. prone, tending to

Declension

Descendants

  • → Persian: مایل (mâyel)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: مائل (mail)
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