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مَعْقُول
reasonable /maʕˈquːl/
adjectiveB1#1652 most common
Also: sensible, logical, plausible
Example sentences
هٰذا كَلامٌ مَعْقُول.
This is reasonable talk.
السِّعْرُ مَعْقُول جِدًّا.
The price is very reasonable.
أَعْطانِي سَبَبًا مَعْقُولًا لِلتَّأَخُّر.
He gave me a reasonable reason for the delay.
مِنْ غَيْرِ المَعْقُولِ أَنْ نَنْتَظِرَ كُلَّ هٰذا الوَقْت.
It is unreasonable for us to wait all this time.
قَدَّمَ الباحِثُ تَفْسِيرًا مَعْقُولًا يَتَّفِقُ مَعَ البَياناتِ المُتاحَة.
The researcher offered a plausible explanation consistent with the available data.
رَغْمَ أَنَّ الفَرَضِيَّةَ تَبْدو مَعْقُولَةً ظاهِرِيًّا، إِلّا أَنَّها تَنْهارُ عِنْدَ التَّدْقيقِ النَّقْدِيِّ الصّارِم.
Although the hypothesis seems reasonable on the surface, it collapses under rigorous critical scrutiny.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَعْقُولٌ | مَعْقُولُونَ |
| Genitive | مَعْقُولٍ | مَعْقُولِينَ |
| Accusative | مَعْقُولًا | مَعْقُولِينَ |
| Vocative | يا مَعْقُولُ | يا مَعْقُولُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
The word is the passive participle of the verb عَقَلَ, meaning to comprehend or to tie down. The Semitic root ع-ق-ل carries the idea of binding, and from it the sense of the mind that restrains and grasps. So مَعْقُول first means what is grasped by the mind, and from there what is sensible or reasonable.
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