Learn Arabic › A2 › نَزَل
نَزَل
to go down, descend /ˈna.za.la/
verbA2#980 most common
Also: to get off or dismount (a vehicle), to stay or lodge (somewhere), to fall, come down (rain, prices)
Example sentences
نَزَلَ المَطَرُ.
The rain came down.
نَزَلْتُ مِنَ الحافِلَةِ أَمامَ المَدرَسَةِ.
I got off the bus in front of the school.
نَزَلَ سِعْرُ الخُبزِ بَعدَ العيدِ فَاشْتَرَينا الكَثيرَ.
The price of bread went down after the holiday, so we bought a lot.
حينَ وَصَلْنا إلى المَدينَةِ نَزَلْنا في فُندُقٍ صَغيرٍ قُربَ البَحرِ.
When we reached the city, we stayed at a small hotel near the sea.
نَزَلَ اللاعِبُ إلى أَرضِ المَلعَبِ وَسَطَ تَصفيقِ الجَماهيرِ.
The player came down onto the pitch amid the crowd's applause.
يُروى أَنَّ القُرآنَ نَزَلَ عَلى النَّبِيِّ في شَهرِ رَمَضانَ، وَفي ذلِكَ مَعانٍ عَميقَةٌ لِلمُؤمِنينَ.
It is related that the Quran was revealed to the Prophet in the month of Ramadan, and in that there are deep meanings for believers.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أَنْزِلُ | نَزَلْتُ | سَأَنْزِلُ |
| 2sg | تَنْزِلُ | نَزَلْتَ | سَتَنْزِلُ |
| 3sg | يَنْزِلُ | نَزَلَ | سَيَنْزِلُ |
| 1pl | نَنْزِلُ | نَزَلْنَا | سَنَنْزِلُ |
| 2pl | تَنْزِلُونَ | نَزَلْتُمْ | سَتَنْزِلُونَ |
| 3pl | يَنْزِلُونَ | نَزَلُوا | سَيَنْزِلُونَ |
Word family
نُزول (nuzūl)descent, landing, getting off
مَنزِل (manzil)house, dwelling, abode
نَزيل (nazīl)lodger, guest, resident
أَنزَلَ (anzala)to bring down, send down, lower
تَنزيل (tanzīl)lowering; download; revelation
Etymology
نَزَل comes from the Semitic triliteral root n-z-l, which carries the sense of moving downward. In Arabic it settled into the meanings of descending, dismounting, and alighting to stay somewhere. Cognate roots in Hebrew and Aramaic shifted toward the idea of flowing or dripping down. The same root gives Arabic its everyday word for house, مَنزِل, the place where a traveler alights.
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