unemployment, idleness, inertia

, [in my copy of the Msb said to be of the class of قتل, perhaps a mistranscription for قَبِلَ, but see what is said below of عَطَلَ as syn. with بَطَلَ, from which it may be inferred that عَطَلَتْ is correct in the sense here following as well as عَطِلَتْ,] said of a woman, [aor. ,] inf. n. عَطَلٌ (S, O, K) and عُطُولٌ; (O, K;) and ↓ تعطّلت; (S, O, K;) She had not upon her any women's ornaments; (K, TA;) and wore not any ornature, or decoration: (TA:) or her neck was destitute of necklaces or the like; (S, O;) as also ↓ استعطلت: (Har p. 268:) accord. to Er-Rághib, العَطَلُ signifies the being destitute of ornature, or decoration. (TA.) ― -b2- And sometimes العَطَلُ is used [for العَطَلُ مِنْ شَىْءِ] as meaning The being destitute of a thing; though primarily relating to women's ornaments. (S, O.) One says, عَطِلَ مِنَ المَالِ He (a man, O) was, or became, destitute [of property], and مِنَ الأَدَبِ [of discipline, or good qualities and attributes, of the mind, &c.]. (O, K.) ― -b3- And it signifies also The being destitute of occupation. (Er-Rághib, TA.) One says, عَطَلَ الأَجِيرُ, aor. , like بَطَلَ, aor. , in measure and in meaning [i. e. The hired man was without occupation: though it seems that in this sense also, accord. to general usage, the verb is عَطِلَ, aor. ]. (Msb. [See also 5.]) And عطلت الإِبِلُ The camels were without a pastor to tend them. (Msb. [The context there app. indicates that the verb in this case, likewise, is with fet-h to the ط; but I believe it to be more correctly عَطِلَت.]) ― -b4- And عَطِلَ, (O, K,) with kesr [to the ط], (O,) [i. e.] like فَرِحَ, (K,) signifies also He was, or became, large in the body. (O, K.)

and ↓ اعطلهُ signify the same [app. in all the senses assigned to the former]. (O.) ― -b2- 'Áïsheh is related, in a trad., to have said respecting a woman who had died, عَطِّلُوهَا, meaning Divest ye her of her ornaments. (S, O.) ― -b3- [Hence,] عطّل القَوْسَ, inf. n. تَعْطِيلٌ, He divested the bow of its string. (TA.) ― -b4- [Hence likewise, the inf. n.] التَّعْطِيلُ signifies [also] The rendering vacant, void, or unoccupied, (K, TA,) a place of abode, and the like. (TA.) And The leaving a thing untended, unminded, or neglected. (K, TA. [ضِياعًا in the CK is a mistake for ضَيَاعًا.]) One says of the frontier of a hostile country, عُطِّلَ, meaning It was left without any to defend it. (TA.) And of subjects one says, عُطِّلُوا, meaning They were left without any one to govern them. (TA.) One says also, عَطَّلْتُ الإِبِلَ, inf. n. as above, I left the camels without a pastor to tend them. (Msb.) وَإِذَا العِشَارُ عُطِّلَتْ, in the Kur lxxxi. 4, means And when the pregnant camels [ten months gone with young] shall be left without a pastor, or without being milked [?]; (Jel;) by reason of the terrors of the hour; (O;) i. e. by men's having their minds occupied by the terrors of the day of resurrection. (TA.) And عُطِّلَتْ is said of lands of seed-produce as meaning They were left uncultivated. (TA.) ― -b5- التَّعْطِيلُ signifies also التَّفْرِيغُ [as meaning The making, or leaving, vacant from any work, occupation, employment, or use; free therefrom; unoccupied; or unemployed]. (S, O, K.) One says, عَطَّلْتُ الأَجِيرَ I made the hired man to be unoccupied. (Msb.) And عطّل الخَيْلَ مِنَ الغَزْوِ (S and K in art. بهو) [He freed the horses from service in warfare;] he did not go to war upon the horses. (TA in that art.) ― -b6- [Also The assertion of the tenet, or tenets, of the مُعَطِّل, q. v.] ― -b7- And تَعْطِيلُ الحُدُودِ means The not inflicting the [punishments termed] حدود upon him to whom they are due. (TA.)

see 2, first sentence.

see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- تعطّل, said of a man, (S, O,) He remained [or became] without work, or occupation. (S, O, K.) [Said of a man, &c., He, or it, was, or became, inactive, or inert. (See غُشِىَ عَلَيْهِ.)] ― -b3- تَعَطَّلَتْ مِنَ الاِسْتِقَآءِ بِهَا is said of a دَلْو [or leathern bucket, meaning It was exempted from, i. e. unused for, the drawing of water therewith]. (TA.) ― -b4- And تعطّل is said of a tent [as meaning It became vacant]. (TA in art. بهو.)

see 1, first sentence.

The tree had many branches, and was much tangled, or very luxuriant or dense: so accord. to Az. (TA.) See also Q. Q. 4 in arts. عضل and عظل.

: see عُطُلٌ, last sentence.

inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, O, K.) -A2- Also The denuded, or unclad, part, or parts, of the body; syn. جُرْدَةٌ: so in the saying اِمْرَأَةٌ حَسَنَةُ العَطَلِ [A woman beautiful in respect of the denuded, or unclad, part, or parts, of the body]. (TA.) ― -b2- And The body, or person; syn. شَخْصٌ; (S, O, K, TA;) particularly, as some say, of a human being; (TA;) like طَلَلٌ: (S, O, TA:) pl. أَعْطَالٌ. (K.) And one says, مَا أَحْسَنَ عَطَلَهُ, meaning [How beautiful is] his tallness, or justness of stature, and his perfectness [of make]! (S, O.) ― -b3- And The neck. (K.) ― -b4- And Beauty of body. (TA.) -A3- Also A stalk of a raceme of a palmtree; (S, O;) as also ↓ عَطِيلٌ, accord. to IDrd: (O:) or the former, (TA,) and ↓ the latter, accord. to IDrd, and accord. to Az, who says that he heard it from the cultivators of palm-trees (مِنَ النَّخْلِيِّينَ) in El-Ahsà, (O,) the stalk of a raceme of a male palm-tree, (O, TA,) to which Az adds, with which the female palm-tree is fecundated: (O:) or ↓ عَطِيلٌ and ↓ عَيْطَلٌ signify a stalk of a طَلْع [or spadix] of a male palm-tree [with the flowers upon it]. (K, TA.)

[ is an epithet of which only the fem. (with ة) is mentioned.] ― -b2- عَطِلَةٌ is applied to a she-camel as meaning Goodly, or beautiful: pl. عَطِلَاتٌ: (S, O:) which is expl. by A 'Obeyd in this sense, and not derived by him: held by ISd to be a possessive epithet: (TA:) or the sing., thus applied, goodly, or beautiful, in body: (K:) or thus as applied to a woman: and, applied to a she-camel, perfect in body and tallness. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, applied to a she-camel, i. q. صَفِىٌّ [i. e. Abounding in milk; or whose milk lasts throughout the year]. (K.) And, applied to a ewe or she-goat, Abounding much in milk: (K:) or, accord. to Lth, that is known in [the appearance of] her neck to be one abounding in milk. (O.) -A2- And, applied to A دَلْو [or leathern bucket], Having its [thongs called] وَذَم broken, (O, K, TA,) so that it has become exempted from (تَعَطَّلَتْ مِن [i. e. unused for]) the drawing of water therewith: (TA:) or that has been left for a time unused, and of which the thongs above mentioned, and the loop-shaped handles, have been broken. (IAth, TA.) Hence the saying of 'Áïsheh, describing her father, رَأَبَ التَّأْىَ وَأَوذَمَ العَطِلَةَ [He repaired the rending, and put وَذم to that bucket of which the وَذَم were broken]; meaning that he restored the affairs to their state of order, and strengthened the condition of El-Islám after the apostatizing of men. (O, TA.)

and ↓ عَاطِلٌ, applied to a woman, (S, O, Msb, K,) Having no women's ornaments upon her; (Msb, K;) [and] so ↓ عَطْلَآءُ: (IDrd, O:) or whose neck is destitute of necklaces or the like; as also ↓ مِعْطَالٌ: (S, O:) or ↓ this last signifies usually having no women's ornaments upon her: (K:) the pl. (of عُطُلٌ, TA) is أَعْطَالٌ and (of ↓ عَاطِلٌ, TA) عَوَاطِلُ and عُطَّلٌ. (K, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] أَعْطَالٌ applied to camels, (S, O, K,) Having no halters upon them: (S, O:) or having no collars upon them, nor halters; and so as applied to horses: (K:) and, (Th, K,) applied to camels, (Th, TA,) having upon them no brands: (Th, K:) sing. عُطُلٌ. (K.) [See also عُلُطٌ.] ― -b3- And, applied to men, Having no weapons with them: (S, O, K:) in this sense, also, pl. of عُطُلٌ. (K.) ― -b4- عُطُلٌ applied to a bow, Having no string upon it: (S, O, Msb, K:) pl. أَعْطَالٌ. (TA.) ― -b5- And عُطُلٌ and ↓ عُطْلٌ [or عطل مِنَ المَالِ and مِنَ الأَدَبِ (see 1)] signify, applied to a man, Destitute of property and of discipline, or good qualities and attributes, of the mind, &c. (S, O, K.)

The state of being, or remaining, without work, or occupation; (S, MA, O, K;) a subst. from تَعَطَّلَ. (S, O, K.) One says, هُوَ يَشْكُو العُطْلَةَ [He complains of being without work, or occupation]. (TA.) ― -b2- And هُوَ ذُو عُطْلَةٍ means He is one who has no estate upon which to labour, or work. (TA.)

: see عُطُلٌ, first sentence.