mumāṭala
delaying, procrastination, postponement
مُماطَلَة
Word
Noun · pattern فُماعَلَةRoot
م ط لIn the library
وقالوا: أعظم من الذنب اليأس من الرحمة، وأشد من الذنب المماطلة بالتوبة.
Eloquence and Exposition, page 670 →From the same root
All words from م ط ل →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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