مطل

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concepts of delay, procrastination, and stretching or extending something. It extends to the physical act of hammering and shaping metal, as well as the metaphorical stretching of time or resources. It also touches upon the idea of something being long or extended.

Derived headwords

مَطَلَverb

1.
to delay, procrastinateboth
To postpone or put off fulfilling an obligation, especially a debt, by making excuses or promises.
2.
to stretch, extendboth
To lengthen or extend something, such as a rope or metal.

المَطْلnoun

1.
delay, procrastinationboth
The act of delaying or procrastinating, especially in paying a debt or fulfilling a promise.
2.
stretching, extensionclassical
The act of stretching or extending something, particularly metal during the forging process.
3.
lengthclassical
The quality of being long or extended.

المطل: التسويف والمدافعة بالعدة والدين وليانه — Delay: Procrastination and putting off with promises and debt, and its excuses.

مَطَلَ حَقَّهُverb

1.
to withhold someone's rightboth
To unjustly delay or refuse to give someone what is rightfully theirs, especially a debt.

مطله حقه — He delayed him in his right.

مَطَلَverb

1.
to hammer and stretch metalclassical
To heat and hammer metal, stretching and shaping it, particularly in the process of making sword blades.

مطل الحديدة يمطلها مطلا: ضربها ومدها وسبكها وأدارها ثم طبعها فصاغها بيضة — He hammered and stretched the iron, striking it, extending it, casting it, shaping it into an egg-shape.

امْتَطَلَverb

1.
to be stretchedclassical
To become stretched or extended, used for metal that has been worked.

كأن صابا آل حتى امطلا — As if a piece of cloth stretched until it became long.

مَاطَلَverb

1.
to procrastinate, to delayboth
To engage in procrastination or delay, especially concerning debts or obligations.

وماطله به مماطلة ومطالا — And he delayed him with it, with procrastination and delay.

مُمَاطَلَةnoun

1.
procrastination, delayboth
The act of procrastinating or delaying, particularly in fulfilling obligations.

وماطله به مماطلة ومطالا — And he delayed him with it, with procrastination and delay.

مُطَوِّلadjective

1.
one who delaysclassical
A person who habitually delays or procrastinates, especially in paying debts.

ورجل مطول ومطال — And a man who delays and procrastinates.

مُطَالadjective

1.
one who delaysclassical
A person who delays or procrastinates.

ورجل مطول ومطال — And a man who delays and procrastinates.

المُطِيلَةnoun

1.
shaped metal piececlassical
A piece of metal, particularly iron, that has been heated, hammered, and stretched into a specific shape, often for sword making.

وهي المطيلة، وكذلك الحديدة تذاب للسيوف ثم تحمى وتضرب وتمد وتربع ثم تطبع بعد المطل فتجعل صفيحة — And it is the shaped piece, and likewise the iron that is melted for swords, then heated, struck, extended, and squared, then stamped after being worked to become a plate.

المِطَالnoun

1.
metalworker, smithclassical
A craftsman who works with metal, specifically one who hammers and shapes iron.

والمطال: صانع ذلك، وحرفته المطالة — And the metalworker: the maker of that, and his craft is metalworking.

المَطَالَةnoun

1.
metalworkingclassical
The craft or profession of working with metal, especially hammering and shaping it.

وحرفته المطالة — And his craft is metalworking.

المَمْطُولadjective

1.
stretched in lengthclassical
Something that has been physically stretched or extended in length, particularly metal.
2.
prolongedclassical
Something that has been extended or prolonged, metaphorically applied to abstract concepts like names or quantities.

والمم طول: المضروب طولا — And the stretched: that which is struck to be long.

وكل ممدود ممطول — And everything extended is ممطول.

المَطْلَةnoun

1.
remnant of muddy waterclassical
A small amount of muddy or turbid water remaining at the bottom of a basin or pool.

والمطلة: لغة في الطملة، وهي بقية الماء الكدر في أسفل الحوض — And the المطلة: a dialectal variant of الطملة, which is the remainder of turbid water at the bottom of a basin.

امْتَطَلَ النباتverb

1.
plants grew denselyclassical
When plants grow closely together, intertwining and becoming dense.

امتطل النبات: التف وتداخل — The plants grew densely: they intertwined and overlapped.

مَاِطِلname

1.
stallion camelclassical
A noble and strong male camel, after which certain breeds of camels are named.

وماطل: فحل من كرام فحول الإبل إليه تنسب الإبل الماطلية — And Maṭil: a stallion from the noble male camels, to which the Maṭili camels are attributed.

المُمَطِّلnoun

1.
thiefclassical
A thief, one who stealthily takes things.

وابن الأعرابي: الممطل اللص — And Ibn al-A'rabi: the الممطل is the thief.

المِمْيَقَعَةnoun

1.
smith's anvilclassical
The anvil used by a blacksmith for hammering and shaping metal.

والممطل: ميقعة الحداد — And the الممطل: the smith's anvil.

Parallel reading

المطل: التسويف والمدافعة بالعدة والدين وليانه

Delay: Procrastination and putting off with promises and debt, and its excuses.

مطله حقه وبه يمطله مطلا وامتطله وماطله به مماطلة ومطالا

He delayed him in his right, and he delays him with it, with delay and stretching, and he stretched it, and he procrastinated with him, with procrastination and delay.

ورجل مطول ومطال

And a man who delays and procrastinates.

وفي الحديث: مطل الغني ظلم

And in the Hadith: The delay of the rich is oppression.

مطل الحبل وغيره يمطله مطلا فامطل

He stretched the rope and other things, stretching it, so it became stretched.

كأن صابا آل حتى امطلا

As if a piece of cloth stretched until it became long.

والمطل: مد المطال حديدة البيضة التي تذاب للسيوف ثم تحمى وتضرب وتمد وتربع

And the المطل: the stretching by the metalworker of the egg-shaped iron piece which is melted for swords, then heated, struck, extended, and squared.

مطل الحديدة يمطلها مطلا: ضربها ومدها وسبكها وأدارها ثم طبعها فصاغها بيضة

He hammered and stretched the iron, striking it, extending it, casting it, shaping it into an egg-shape.

وهي المطيلة، وكذلك الحديدة تذاب للسيوف ثم تحمى وتضرب وتمد وتربع ثم تطبع بعد المطل فتجعل صفيحة

And it is the shaped piece, and likewise the iron that is melted for swords, then heated, struck, extended, and squared, then stamped after being worked to become a plate.

مطلت الحديدة أمطلها مطلا إذا ضربتها ومددتها لتطول

I hammered the iron, I hammer it, stretching it, if I strike it and extend it to make it long.

والمطال: صانع ذلك، وحرفته المطالة

And the metalworker: the maker of that, and his craft is metalworking.

يقال: مطلها المطال ثم طبعها بعد المطل

It is said: the metalworker worked it, then stamped it after the working.

والمم طول: المضروب طولا

And the stretched: that which is struck to be long.

والمطل في الحق والدين مأخوذ منه، وهو تطويل العدة التي يضربها الغريم للطالب

And the delay in right and debt is derived from it, and it is the prolonging of the promise given by the debtor to the creditor.

واسـم ممطول: طال بإضافة أو صلة، استعمله سيبويه فيما طال من الأسماء: كعشرين رجلا، وخيرا منك، إذا سمي بهما رجل

And the name 'mumṭūl': means 'long' with an addition or connection; Sibawayh used it for things that are long in terms of names: like 'twenty men', and 'better than you', if a man is named by them.

والمطلة: لغة في الطملة، وهي بقية الماء الكدر في أسفل الحوض

And the المطلة: a dialectal variant of الطملة, which is the remainder of turbid water at the bottom of a basin.

امتطل النبات: التف وتداخل

The plants grew densely: they intertwined and overlapped.

وماطل: فحل من كرام فحول الإبل إليه تنسب الإبل الماطلية

And Maṭil: a stallion from the noble male camels, to which the Maṭili camels are attributed.

وابن الأعرابي: الممطل اللص

And Ibn al-A'rabi: the الممطل is the thief.

والممطل: ميقعة الحداد

And the الممطل: the smith's anvil.