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رذل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

رُذَالٌ ذ : see رَذْلٌ [of which it is both a syn. and a pl.]. ― -b2- Also, (S,) or ↓ رُذَالَةٌ, (T,) or both, (M, Msb, K,) The worse or viler, or the worst or vilest, (T,) or the bad, or vile, (S,) of anything: (T, S:) [or the refuse thereof; i. e.] a thing of which the good has been picked out, (M, Msb, K,) and the bad or vile, (M,) or the worse or viler, or worst or vilest, (Msb,) remains. (M, Msb.) You say also, النَّاسِ ↓ هُمْ رُذَالَةُ and رُذَالُهُمْ [ They are the lower or baser &c., or lowest or basest &c., or the refuse, of mankind, or of the people ]. (T.)

Derived headwords

رُذَالٌ
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