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ضمحل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of something diminishing, fading, or perishing. It describes a process of decline, disappearance, and eventual non-existence.

Derived headwords

اِضْمَحَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to fade awayboth

    To gradually disappear or become less significant, often to the point of vanishing.

  2. 2.
    to perishboth

    To cease to exist; to be destroyed or annihilated.

اِضْمَحَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to fade awayboth

    To gradually disappear or become less significant, often to the point of vanishing.

  2. 2.
    to perishboth

    To cease to exist; to be destroyed or annihilated.

اِمْضَحَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to fade awayclassical

    To gradually disappear or become less significant, often to the point of vanishing. This form is considered a metathesis (قلب) of اضمحل.

  2. 2.
    to perishclassical

    To cease to exist; to be destroyed or annihilated. This form is considered a metathesis (قلب) of اضمحل.

اِضْمِحْلَالnoun
  1. 1.
    fading awayboth

    The act or process of gradually disappearing or diminishing.

  2. 2.
    perishingboth

    The state or act of ceasing to exist; destruction.

Parallel reading

اِضْمَحَلَّ الشيء واضمحن، على البدل؛ عن يعقوب، وامضحل، على القلب؛ كل ذلك: ذهب
The thing faded away and vanished, with substitution; according to Ya'qub, and it became muddled, with metathesis; all of that means: it went away.
والدليل على القلب أن المصدر إنما هو على اضمحل دون امضحل، وهو الاضمحلال، ولا يقولون امضحلال
And the evidence for the metathesis is that the verbal noun is only from 'idmaḥalla' and not from 'imḍaḥalla', which is 'iḍmiḥlāl', and they do not say 'imḍiḥlāl'.