ضل

See also: صل‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ض ل ل‎ (ḍ-l-l).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /dˁal.la/

Verb

ضَلَّ • (ḍalla) I, non-past يَضِلُّ‎‎ (yaḍillu)

to go astray, to err, to lose
Antonym: اِهْتَدَى‎ (ihtadā)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 1:7:
  
  ‏صِرٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا ٱلضَّالِّينَ‎‎
  ṣirāṭa llaḏīna ʾanʿamta ʿalayhim ḡayri l-maḡḍūbi ʿalayhim walā ḍ-ḍāllīna
  The path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have evoked [Your] anger or of those who are astray

Conjugation

Conjugation of

ضَلَّ

(form-I geminate, verbal nouns ضَلَال or ضَلَالَة)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal nouns الْمَصَادِر					ضَلَال‎ or ضَلَالَة‎ ḍalāl or ḍalāla
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					ضَالّ‎ ḍāll
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	ضَلَلْتُ‎ ḍalaltu	ضَلَلْتَ‎ ḍalalta	ضَلَّ ḍalla	ضَلَلْتُمَا‎ ḍalaltumā	ضَلَّا‎ ḍallā	ضَلَلْنَا‎ ḍalalnā	ضَلَلْتُمْ‎ ḍalaltum	ضَلُّوا‎ ḍallū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	ضَلَلْتُ‎ ḍalaltu	ضَلَلْتِ‎ ḍalalti	ضَلَّتْ‎ ḍallat	ضَلَلْتُمَا‎ ḍalaltumā	ضَلَّتَا‎ ḍallatā	ضَلَلْنَا‎ ḍalalnā	ضَلَلْتُنَّ‎ ḍalaltunna	ضَلَلْنَ‎ ḍalalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	m	أَضِلُّ‎ ʾaḍillu	تَضِلُّ‎ taḍillu	يَضِلُّ‎ yaḍillu	تَضِلَّانِ‎ taḍillāni	يَضِلَّانِ‎ yaḍillāni	نَضِلُّ‎ naḍillu	تَضِلُّونَ‎ taḍillūna	يَضِلُّونَ‎ yaḍillūna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع	f	أَضِلُّ‎ ʾaḍillu	تَضِلِّينَ‎ taḍillīna	تَضِلُّ‎ taḍillu	تَضِلَّانِ‎ taḍillāni	تَضِلَّانِ‎ taḍillāni	نَضِلُّ‎ naḍillu	تَضْلِلْنَ‎ taḍlilna	يَضْلِلْنَ‎ yaḍlilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَضِلَّ‎ ʾaḍilla	تَضِلَّ‎ taḍilla	يَضِلَّ‎ yaḍilla	تَضِلَّا‎ taḍillā	يَضِلَّا‎ yaḍillā	نَضِلَّ‎ naḍilla	تَضِلُّوا‎ taḍillū	يَضِلُّوا‎ yaḍillū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَضِلَّ‎ ʾaḍilla	تَضِلِّي‎ taḍillī	تَضِلَّ‎ taḍilla	تَضِلَّا‎ taḍillā	تَضِلَّا‎ taḍillā	نَضِلَّ‎ naḍilla	تَضْلِلْنَ‎ taḍlilna	يَضْلِلْنَ‎ yaḍlilna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَضِلَّ‎ or أَضِلِّ‎ or أَضْلِلْ‎ ʾaḍilla or ʾaḍilli or ʾaḍlil	تَضِلَّ‎ or تَضِلِّ‎ or تَضْلِلْ‎ taḍilla or taḍilli or taḍlil	يَضِلَّ‎ or يَضِلِّ‎ or يَضْلِلْ‎ yaḍilla or yaḍilli or yaḍlil	تَضِلَّا‎ taḍillā	يَضِلَّا‎ yaḍillā	نَضِلَّ‎ or نَضِلِّ‎ or نَضْلِلْ‎ naḍilla or naḍilli or naḍlil	تَضِلُّوا‎ taḍillū	يَضِلُّوا‎ yaḍillū
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f		تَضِلِّي‎ taḍillī	تَضِلَّ‎ or تَضِلِّ‎ or تَضْلِلْ‎ taḍilla or taḍilli or taḍlil	تَضِلَّا‎ taḍillā	تَضِلَّا‎ taḍillā		تَضْلِلْنَ‎ taḍlilna	يَضْلِلْنَ‎ yaḍlilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		ضِلَّ or ضِلِّ or اِضْلِلْ‎ ḍilla or ḍilli or iḍlil		ضِلَّا‎ ḍillā			ضِلُّوا‎ ḍillū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		ضِلِّي‎ ḍillī		ضِلَّا‎ ḍillā			اِضْلِلْنَ‎ iḍlilna

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “ضل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

Standard Arabic ظل‎.

Noun

ضل (ḍəll)

shadow

North Levantine Arabic

Verb

ضل (ḍall (non-past: يضل, yiḍall)

(intransitive) to stay, to remain
ḍallet bil-beyt — “I stayed home.”

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