اتصل

The Form VIII verb from the root و ص ل (w-ṣ-l); compare وَصَلَ (waṣala, “to arrive, connect”).

• IPA^(key): /it.ta.sˤa.la/

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اِتَّصَلَ • (ittaṣala) VIII (non-past يَتَّصِلُ (yattaṣilu), verbal noun اِتِّصَال (ittiṣāl))

1. (construed with بِـ (bi-)) to be in contact with; to be connected with, to be associated with
2. (construed with بِـ (bi-)) to make contact with, to communicate with, to call (on the telephone)

   أَتَّصِلُ بِمُدِيرِي ― ʔattaṣilu bimudīrī ― I call my boss; I contact my manager

3. to come to the point that
4. to be united in friendship with
5. to trace one's descent to
6. to confine
7. to abut, be adjacent
8. to cohere, adhere
9. to last without interruption

• اِتِّصَال (ittiṣāl)
• مُتَّصِل (muttaṣil)

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “اتصل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “اتصل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “و ص ل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

From Arabic اِتَّصَلَ (ittaṣala).

• IPA^(key): /at.ta.sˤal/

اتصل • (attaṣal) VIII (non-past يِتَّصِل (yittaṣil))

1. to call [with على]

From Arabic اِتَّصَلَ (ittaṣala).

• IPA^(key): /it.ta.sˤal/, [ɪtˤˈtˤɑ.sˤɑl]

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اتّصل • (ittaṣal) VIII (present بتّصل (bittaṣel))

1. to contact, to get in touch
2. to phone, to call

   Synonyms: تلفن (talfan), ضرب تلفون (ḍarab talefōn, literally “to hit the phone”)