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هزبل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something insignificant, trivial, or of little value. It can also refer to extreme poverty or a state of being empty.

Derived headwords

هَزْبَلِيْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Insignificant thingclassical

    Refers to something trivial, insignificant, or of no consequence.

هَزْبَلِيَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    Emptinessclassical

    Indicates a state of being empty or lacking substance.

الهَزْبَلِيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Trivial thingclassical

    Describes something that is insignificant, meager, or of little worth.

هَزْبَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To become destituteclassical

    To become extremely poor or impoverished, to the point of destitution.

Parallel reading

ما في النحي هزبليلة أي شيء، لا يتكلم به إلا في الجحد
There is nothing in the udder, it is not spoken of except in denial.
ما فيه هزبلية إذا لم يكن فيه شيء
It has no substance if it contains nothing.
الهزبليل الشيء التافه اليسير
The hazbalil is the trivial, meager thing.
وهزبل إذا افتقر فقرا مدقعا
And he became destitute if he was extremely poor.