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Root ع ج ل ʿ-j-l

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ع ج لʿ-j-l

(س) عَجِلَ يَعْجَلُ عَجَلًا وَعَجَلَةًʿajila yaʿjalu ʿajalan wa-ʿajalatan: to be hasty; to hurry. ﴿وَعَجِلْتُ اِلَيْكَ رَبِّ لِتَرْضٰى﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:84)

عَجَلٌʿajal (verbal noun (maṣdar), also a noun, ism dhāt): haste, hurry. ﴿خُلِقَ الْاِنْسَانُ مِنْ عَجَلٍ﴾ (Al-Anbiyāʾ 21:37)

عَجُوْلٌʿajūl (intensive form (ṣīghat al-mubālaghah) on the pattern of فَعُوْلٌfaʿūl): very hasty. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَكَانَ الْاِنْسَانُ عَجُوْلًا﴾ (Al-Isrāʾ 17:11)

عَاجِلَةٌʿājilah (active participle (ism fāʿil), feminine): that which comes ahead of its time (فوراًfwran), i.e. this world. ﴿مَنْ كَانَ يُرِيْدُ الْعَاجِلَةَ عَجَّلْنَا لَهُۥ فِيْهَا مَا نَشَآءُ﴾ (Al-Isrāʾ 17:18)

عِجْلٌʿijl (noun, ism dhāt): calf (a calf is far more nimble than an ox). ﴿ثُمَّ اتَّخَذْتُمُ الْعِجْلَ مِنْۢ بَعْدِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:51)

Form IV (ifʿāl) اَعْجَلَ يُعْجِلُ اِعْجَالًاaʿjala yuʿjilu iʿjālan: to urge someone to haste; to push forward. Only once in the Quran: ﴿وَمَآ اَعْجَلَكَ عَنْ قَوْمِكَ يٰمُوْسٰى﴾ (Ṭā Hā 20:83)

Form II (tafʿīl) عَجَّلَ يُعَجِّلُ تَعْجِيْلًاʿajjala yuʿajjilu taʿjīlan: to do something before (its time); to give promptly. ﴿فَعَجَّلَ لَكُمْ هٰذِهِۦ﴾ (Al-Fatḥ 48:20)

Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَعَجَّلَ يَتَعَجَّلُ تَعَجُّلًاtaʿajjala yataʿajjalu taʿajjulan: to hasten (for oneself). Only once in the Quran: ﴿فَمَنْ تَعَجَّلَ فِيْ يَوْمَيْنِ فَلَآ اِثْمَ عَلَيْهِ﴾ (Al-Baqarah 2:203)

Form X (istifʿāl) اِسْتَعْجَلَ يَسْتَعْجِلُ اِسْتِعْجَالًاistaʿjala yastaʿjilu istiʿjālan: to clamour for haste; to demand something quickly. ﴿اَتٰٓى اَمْرُ اللّٰهِ فَلَا تَسْتَعْجِلُوْهُ﴾ (An-Naḥl 16:1)

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