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Quranic root

كسل

k · s · l

The root centers on heaviness and sluggishness that make one refrain from an action or fail to complete it.

This core develops into ordinary laziness and indolence, causative rendering of someone heavy or sluggish, and a specialized sexual usage denoting penetration without emission.

  • Maqāyīs · row 3987
  • Mufradāt · row 1249
  • Lane · entry 32858
  • Lane · entry 32859
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Quran-attested forms
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Quran senses
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Quran occurrences

Forms in the Quran

The forms this root actually takes in the Quran. Select one to jump to its senses and examples.

كَسْلَانٌ

kaslānun

Part of speech
Adjective · Quranic plural كُسَالَىٰ
Quran occurrences
2 occurrences

Selected examples are shown with the sense they illustrate — chosen to teach that sense, not the complete list of this form’s Quran occurrences.

  1. Lazy, sluggish, or lacking active willingness in performing an action.

    The Quranic form is the plural كُسَالَىٰ, used of people who come to or stand for prayer in a sluggish, unenergetic manner.

    • Mufradāt · row 1249
    • Lane · entry 32860
    Selected Quran examples

    Quran 4:142word 12

    lazily

    Quran 9:54word 17

    (are) lazy

Occurrences in the Quran

Every place this root appears, in Quran order. The first few are shown here.

  • 4:142كُسَالَىٰlazily
  • 9:54كُسَالَىٰ(are) lazy
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Broader Classical Arabic meanings

Recorded for this root in the Classical lexicons beyond its Quran usage. These are secondary to the Quran senses above.

Show 2 Classical meanings
  • كَسَّلَ

    To make someone heavy, sluggish, lazy, indolent, or torpid.

    Form II; the supplied lexical evidence specifically describes the effect of satiety.

    • Lane · entry 32858
  • أَكْسَلَ

    To penetrate sexually without emitting.

    A specialized Form IV construction, supplied with عَنْهَا in the expression أَكْسَلَ عَنْهَا.

    • Lane · entry 32859