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زمل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زُمَّلٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ زُمَلٌ and ↓ زِمْلٌ [said in the CK to be like عِدَةٌ, but correctly like عِدْلٌ,] and ↓ زَمِلٌ and ↓ زُمَيْلٌ (K) and ↓ زُمَّيْلٌ and ↓ زُمَّالٌ (S, K) and ↓ زِمْيَلٌّ and ↓ زُمَيْلَةٌ and ↓ زُمَّيْلَةٌ (K, or this is fem., S) and ↓ زُمَّالَةٌ (K) Cowardly, weak, (S, K, TA,) low, mean, or contemptible; who wraps himself up in his house, or tent; not rising and hastening to engage in warfare; indolently refraining from aspiring to great things. (TA.) [See also اـِزْمِيلٌ. Accord. to J,] ↓ زُمَّيْلَةٌ signifies Weak as a fem. epithet. (S.)

Derived headwords

زُمَّلٌ
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