بخل

1 بَخِلَ بخل خل , (JK, S, Msb, K,) aor. بَخَلَ , inf. n. بَخَلٌ; (JK, Msb, K;) and بَخُلَ, aor. بَخُلَ , inf. n. بُخْلٌ; (Msb, K;) He was, or became, niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious: see بُخْلٌ, below. (K, TA.) You say, بَخِلَ بِكَذَا, (S, TA,) and بَخُلَ بِهِ, He was, or became, niggardly, &c., of such a thing. (TA.) And بَخِلَ عَنْهُ [ He withheld, with niggardliness, from him ]: and بَخِلَ عَلَيْهِ [ he was niggardly to him ]. (Bd and Jel in xlvii. last verse.)