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خضرع

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root describes a person characterized by stinginess and an unwillingness to be generous, even when their nature might suggest otherwise. It emphasizes a stubborn adherence to miserly traits.

Derived headwords

الخضارعnoun
  1. 1.
    stingy personboth

    A person who is stingy and miserly, refusing to be generous.

المتخضرعadjective
  1. 1.
    stingyboth

    One who is stingy and miserly, characterized by a lack of generosity.

الخضرعةnoun
  1. 1.
    stinginessboth

    The quality or state of being stingy and miserly; a lack of generosity.

Parallel reading

البخيل المتسمح وتأبى شيمته السماحة
The stingy person who is (supposedly) generous, but his character refuses generosity.
وهي الخضرعة
And that is stinginess.
خضارع رد إلى أخلاقه
A stingy person returned to his (miserly) character.
لما نهته النفس عن أخلاقه
When his soul prevented him from (following) his (generous) character.