ضءل

ضَئِيلٌ ذ (also pronounced [by some] ضِئِيلٌ, like شِعِيرٌ [for شَعِيرٌ, q. v.], Ham p. 129) Small in body, and lean; (Msb;) or so ضَئِيلُ الجِسْمِ, applied to a man: (S, O:) or small, slender, or thin, and despicable, abject, or ignominious: and also [simply] lean, or spare: and so ↓ مُضْطَئِلٌ, (M, K,) in both senses: (K:) or lean, or spare, and weak: (TA:) or weak, small, and slender, or thin: (Lth, TA:) and ↓ مُتَضَائِلٌ [likewise] signifies thin, or slender; applied to a man; syn. شَخْتٌ: (S, O, TA:) the pl. of ضَئِيلٌ is ضُؤَلَاآءُ and ضِئَالٌ (M, K, TA) and ضَئِيلُونَ: (TA:) and the fem. is ضَئِيلَةٌ. (M, TA.)