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كَسَلٌ laziness in Arabic

كَسَلٌ is how you say “laziness” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

لا تُحاور كسلك كما لو كان قدرًا؛ عامله كعضلةٍ تُدرَّب

Do not treat your laziness as if it were destiny; treat it as a muscle to be trained.

كَسَلَكَ your laziness

'kasal' = 'laziness'; '-ka' = 'your', so 'your laziness'.

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More example sentences

تسقط الشهوة وتوجب الكسل،

It diminishes appetite and induces laziness.

الكَسَلَ laziness

The al- marks this definite, 'the laziness', and it is the direct object of the verb before it, sitting in the object ending. Arabic shows the object role by the word's ending rather than by position alone, so this noun is marked as the thing brought about.

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