كَسَلٌlaziness

Example sentences

• 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'.

  From: On Sincerity →

• 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.

  From: The Art of Eating Well →