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زال
to cease; to disappear; to go away /ˈzaːla/
verbA1#145 most common
Also: to vanish, to come to an end, to decline, to fade away, (in ما زال) still, to continue
Example sentences
زالَ الأَلَمُ.
The pain went away.
زالَ الخَوْفُ بَعْدَما تَكَلَّمْنا.
The fear went away after we talked.
سَيَزولُ هذا الحُزْنُ مَعَ الوَقْتِ.
This sadness will pass with time.
ما زالَتِ المُشْكِلةُ قائِمةً حتى الآنَ.
The problem is still unresolved.
كُلُّ شَيءٍ في الدُّنْيا زائِلٌ، والمَجْدُ يَزولُ كَما تَزولُ الظِّلالُ.
Everything in this world is fleeting, and glory fades as shadows fade.
لَنْ تَزولَ آثارُ الحَرْبِ مِنْ ذاكِرَةِ الشَّعْبِ ما حَيِيَ مَنْ عاصَرَها.
The scars of war will not fade from the people's memory as long as anyone who lived through it remains alive.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَزولُ | زُلْتُ | سَأَزولُ |
| 2sg | تَزولُ | زُلْتَ | سَتَزولُ |
| 3sg | يَزولُ | زالَ | سَيَزولُ |
| 1pl | نَزولُ | زُلْنا | سَنَزولُ |
| 2pl | تَزولونَ | زُلْتُمْ | سَتَزولونَ |
| 3pl | يَزولونَ | زالوا | سَيَزولونَ |
Word family
زَوالdecline, demise, disappearance; (astronomy) noon
زائِلtransient, fleeting, ephemeral
أَزالَto remove, to eliminate, to do away with
إِزالةremoval, elimination
مُزيلremover, as in مُزيل العَرَق, deodorant
Etymology
زال comes from the Semitic root z-w-l, which carries the idea of moving off, declining, and ceasing to be. The noun زَوال means decline or disappearance, and it once marked the sun's passing of its zenith at noon. A separate but related root, z-y-l, gives the negated ما زال, meaning still, literally has not ceased.
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