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maṭala

stretch, forge, delay

مَطَلَ

Word

Verb · Form I

Root

م ط ل

Forms

Present
يَمْطُلُ

In the library

قال: لأنك في أخذ مالي بين حالين: إما أن تذهب به، وإما أن تمطلني به.

The Book of Misers, page 259 →
Conjugation
Person PastPresentCommand
he هُوَ مَطَلَيَمْطُلُ—
she هِيَ مَطَلَتتَمْطُلُ—
they two (m.) هُما مَطَلايَمْطُلانِ—
they two (f.) هُما مَطَلَتاتَمْطُلانِ—
they (m.) هُمْ مَطَلُوايَمْطُلُونَ—
they (f.) هُنَّ مَطَلْنَيَمْطُلْنَ—
you (m.) أَنْتَ مَطَلْتَتَمْطُلُاُمْطُلْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ مَطَلْتِتَمْطُلِينَاُمْطُلِي
you two أَنْتُما مَطَلْتُماتَمْطُلانِاُمْطُلَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ مَطَلْتُمتَمْطُلُونَاُمْطُلُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ مَطَلْتُنَّتَمْطُلْنَاُمْطُلْنَ
I أَنا مَطَلْتُأَمْطُلُ—
we نَحْنُ مَطَلْنانَمْطُلُ—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 4 entries
  • مَطَلَهُ بِدَيْنِهِ Form I He delayed, or deferred, with him, or put him off, in the matter of his debt, by promising time after time to pay him
    , inf. n. مَطْلٌ, and ↓ مَا طَلَهُ, inf. n. مَطَالٌ, He delayed, or deferred, with him, or put him off, in the matter of his debt, by promising time after time to pay him. (Msb.) See دَافَعْتُهُ and سَوَّفَهُ.
  • مَاْطَلَ Form III Open entry
    see 1.
  • مَطُولٌ Much given to delaying, or deferring, with a creditor, or putting him off, in the matter of a debt, by promising time...
    Much given to delaying, or deferring, with a creditor, or putting him off, in the matter of a debt, by promising time after time to pay him. (Msb.)
  • مَمْطُولٌ beaten into a long shape
    Iron, or a sword, (Az, TA,) beaten into a long shape: (Az, K:) or anything extended, elongated, or lengthened. (S.)

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