ذول

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses the letter 'dhāl' (ذ) as a phoneme in Arabic. It touches upon its nature as a voiced consonant and its potential origin from other letters, as well as a related term for something dry or withered.

Derived headwords

الذالnoun

1.
the letter Dhālboth
The letter 'dhāl' (ذ) in the Arabic alphabet. It is described as a voiced consonant.

ذُوَيْلَةnoun

1.
diminutive of Dhālclassical
The diminutive form of the letter 'dhāl' (ذ), used in a linguistic context.

ذَوَّلَتْverb

1.
to form the letter Dhālclassical
To form or produce the letter 'dhāl' (ذ). This is used in the context of linguistic analysis.

الذُّوَيْلnoun

1.
dryness, witherednessclassical
That which is dry or withered, referring to plants or other things. This is noted as a variant reading.

الدُّوَيْلnoun

1.
dryness, witherednessclassical
That which is dry or withered, referring to plants or other things. This is presented as the correct reading, as opposed to 'al-dhawil'.

Parallel reading

وهو حرف مجهور

and it is a voiced consonant.

يكون أصلا لا بدلا ولا زائدا

it is an original letter, not a substitute nor an addition.

وإنما حكمت على ألفها أنها منقلبة عن واو لأن عينها ألف مجهولة الانقلاب

And I only ruled that its alif is a transformation from a waw because its 'ayn' is an alif of unknown transformation.

وتصغيرها ذويلة

and its diminutive is 'duwaylah'.

وقد ذولت ذالا

And he formed the letter Dhāl.

والذويل: اليابس من النبات وغيره

And 'al-dhawil': the dry part of plants and other things.

This is the narration of Ibn Durayd.

والصحيح الدويل، بالدال المهملة

And the correct reading is 'al-duwayl', with the unpointed Dāl.