Arabic word sheet
رَجُلٌ
a man
- Type
- noun
- Root
- ر ج ل
Meaning and usage
Man
The male human being, as opposed to the woman; said above all of the adult, past boyhood.
سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ عَنْ مَحَطَّةِ الْقِطَارِ.
A man asked where the railway station was.
Husband
Also said of a woman’s spouse: “her man”.
ذَهَبَتِ الْجَارَةُ مَعَ رَجُلِهَا إِلَى السُّوقِ.
The neighbour went to the market with her husband.
A man in the full sense
Used as a quality: one who has all the strength and firmness expected of a man, “a real man”.
أَثْبَتَ الشَّابُّ أَنَّهُ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ الشِّدَّةِ.
The young man proved he was a man in hardship.
Plural
رِجَالٌ
Word family
What the root means ر ج ل
The basic verb means to go on foot, and the root turns on the leg, the foot and walking. To this family belong the man, “the leg”, “one who goes on foot”, “manliness”, “to dismount” and “to act on one’s own”.
leg, foot
رِجْلٌ
on foot, pedestrian
رَاجِلٌ
manliness, manhood
رُجُولَةٌ
to go on foot
رَجِلَ
to dismount, to go on foot
تَرَجَّلَ
to act on one’s own, to improvise
اِرْتَجَلَ
Synonyms
man, person
اِمْرُؤٌ
It rather names the person in general, any human being, without stressing being an adult male.
Opposites
woman
اِمْرَأَةٌ