# زعل
## Arabic

* Root
* ز ع ل (z ʕ l)
* 3 terms

### Verb

زَعِلَ • (zaʕila) I (non-past يَزْعَلُ (yazʕalu), verbal noun زَعَل (zaʕal))
* (obsolete) to prance, to leap, to spring
* (obsolete) to exult, to become lively, to become brisk, to behave agilely
* (informal) to be miffed, to be mad, to be surly, to huff

#### Conjugation
### Verb

زَعَّلَ • (zaʕʕala) II (non-past يُزَعِّلُ (yuzaʕʕilu), verbal noun تَزْعِيل (tazʕīl))
* (informal) to madden, to make surly

#### Conjugation
### Noun

زَعَل • (zaʕal) m
* verbal noun of زَعِلَ (zaʕila) (form I)

#### Declension
### Adjective

زَعِل • (zaʕil)
* (obsolete) lively, brisk
* (informal) miffed, mad, surly

#### Declension
### References

* Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “زعل”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎ (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 593
* Freytag, Georg (1833) “زعل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎ (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 238–239
* Lane, Edward William (1863) “زعل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1232
* Wehr, Hans (1979) “زعل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 438
* Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زعل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 524

## South Levantine Arabic

* Root
* ز ع ل
* 2 terms

### Etymology 1

From Arabic زَعِلَ (zaʕila).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zi.ʕil/, [ˈzi.ʕɪl]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

زعل • (ziʕil) I (present بزعل (bizʕal))
* to get upset
* to get angry
    Synonyms: عصّب (ʕaṣṣab), حمق (ḥimiʔ)

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of زعل (ziʕil) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | زعلت (zʕilt) | زعلت (zʕilt) | زعل (ziʕil) | زعلنا (zʕilna) | زعلتو (zʕiltu) | زعلو (ziʕlu) |
| past | f | زعلت (zʕilt) | زعلتي (zʕilti) | زعلت (ziʕlat) | زعلنا (zʕilna) | زعلتو (zʕiltu) | زعلو (ziʕlu) |
| present | m | بزعل (bazʕal) | بتزعل (btizʕal) | بزعل (bizʕal) | منزعل (mnizʕal) | بتزعلو (btizʕalu) | بزعلو (bizʕalu) |
| present | f | بزعل (bazʕal) | بتزعلي (btizʕali) | بتزعل (btizʕal) | منزعل (mnizʕal) | بتزعلو (btizʕalu) | بزعلو (bizʕalu) |
| subjunctive | m | أزعل (ʔazʕal) | تزعل (tizʕal) | يزعل (yizʕal) | نزعل (nizʕal) | تزعلو (tizʕalu) | يزعلو (yizʕalu) |
| subjunctive | f | أزعل (ʔazʕal) | تزعلي (tizʕali) | تزعل (tizʕal) | نزعل (nizʕal) | تزعلو (tizʕalu) | يزعلو (yizʕalu) |
| imperative | m | | ازعل (izʕal) | | | ازعلو (izʕalu) | |
| imperative | f | | ازعلي (izʕali) | | | ازعلو (izʕalu) | |

##### See also

* زعلان (zaʕlān, “upset; angry”)

### Etymology 2

From Arabic زَعَّل (zaʕʕal).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /zaʕ.ʕal/, [ˈzaʕ.ʕal]
* Audio (al-Lidd):(file)

#### Verb

زعّل • (zaʕʕal) II (present بزعّل (bizaʕʕel))
* (transitive) to upset
* to annoy, to make someone angry

##### Conjugation

Conjugation of زعّل (zaʕʕal) :
| | | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| | | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person |
| past | m | زعّلت (zaʕʕalt) | زعّلت (zaʕʕalt) | زعّل (zaʕʕal) | زعّلنا (zaʕʕalna) | زعّلتو (zaʕʕaltu) | زعّلو (zaʕʕalu) |
| past | f | زعّلت (zaʕʕalt) | زعّلتي (zaʕʕalti) | زعّلت (zaʕʕalat) | زعّلنا (zaʕʕalna) | زعّلتو (zaʕʕaltu) | زعّلو (zaʕʕalu) |
| present | m | بزعّل (bazaʕʕel) | بتزعّل (bitzaʕʕel) | بزعّل (bizaʕʕel) | منزعّل (minzaʕʕel) | بتزعّلو (bitzaʕʕlu) | بزعّلو (bizaʕʕlu) |
| present | f | بزعّل (bazaʕʕel) | بتزعّلي (bitzaʕʕli) | بتزعّل (bitzaʕʕel) | منزعّل (minzaʕʕel) | بتزعّلو (bitzaʕʕlu) | بزعّلو (bizaʕʕlu) |
| subjunctive | m | ازعّل (azaʕʕel) | تزعّل (tzaʕʕel) | يزعّل (yzaʕʕel) | نزعّل (nzaʕʕel) | تزعّلو (tzaʕʕlu) | يزعّلو (yzaʕʕlu) |
| subjunctive | f | ازعّل (azaʕʕel) | تزعّلي (tzaʕʕli) | تزعّل (tzaʕʕel) | نزعّل (nzaʕʕel) | تزعّلو (tzaʕʕlu) | يزعّلو (yzaʕʕlu) |
| imperative | m | | زعّل (zaʕʕel) | | | زعّلو (zaʕʕlu) | |
| imperative | f | | زعّلي (zaʕʕli) | | | زعّلو (zaʕʕlu) | |

### Etymology 3

From Arabic زَعَل (zaʕal).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /za.ʕal/, [ˈza.ʕal]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Noun

زعل • (zaʕal) m
* anger, irritation, annoyance
* distress, upset