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الخضارع

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to describe a type of stinginess or miserliness, specifically one that is characterized by a pretense of generosity or leniency while still being fundamentally ungenerous.

Derived headwords

الخضارعnoun
  1. 1.
    stingy personclassical

    A person who is stingy or miserly, often with a pretense of being lenient or generous.

كعلابطadjective
  1. 1.
    stingyclassical

    Describing someone as stingy or miserly, similar to the meaning of الخضارع.

المتسمحadjective
  1. 1.
    lenient pretenderclassical

    One who pretends to be lenient or generous but is actually stingy.

المتخضرعadjective
  1. 1.
    stingy pretenderclassical

    One who acts stingy, often with a pretense of leniency or generosity.

Parallel reading

البخيل المتسمح
The stingy person who pretends to be lenient.
كالمتخضرع
Like one who acts stingy.