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آجِل
deferred (payment); the future one /ˈʔaː.dʒil/
nounB1#2904 most common
Also: postponed term, future, long-term (as opposed to immediate)
Example sentences
سأدفع الثمن آجلاً.
I will pay the price later.
عاجلاً أم آجلاً سنعرف الحقيقة.
Sooner or later we will know the truth.
اشتريت السيارة بنظام الدفع الآجل.
I bought the car under a deferred payment plan.
وقّعنا عقد بيع آجل مع الشركة.
We signed a deferred sale contract with the company.
الفرق بين العاجل والآجل هو مسألة وقت لا غير.
The difference between the immediate and the deferred is only a matter of time.
تُصنَّف الديون إلى عاجلة وآجلة بحسب تاريخ الاستحقاق.
Debts are classified as immediate or deferred according to their due date.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | آجِلٌ | آجِلُونَ |
| Genitive | آجِلٍ | آجِلِينَ |
| Accusative | آجِلاً | آجِلِينَ |
| Vocative | يا آجِلُ | يا آجِلُونَ |
Word family
أجلterm, deadline, appointed time
أجّلto postpone, defer
تأجيلpostponement
مؤجلpostponed, deferred
عاجلurgent, immediate (antonym)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ء-ج-ل, which also gives أجل (ajal, a fixed term or deadline) and أجّل (to postpone). آجِل is the active-participle form, so it literally names the thing that is put off or that arrives later. It stands as the fixed counterpart to عاجل (immediate, urgent) in everyday and legal Arabic.
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