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البءيل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes smallness, weakness, and insignificance. It is often used to denote something or someone diminutive and lacking in strength or substance, sometimes in a derogatory sense.

Derived headwords

البَئِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    Small, weakboth

    Describing someone or something as small in size and weak in strength.

  2. 2.
    Insignificant, feebleclassical

    Lacking importance, substance, or power; feeble or frail.

بَؤُلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be small and weakclassical

    The verb form indicating the state of being small and weak.

بُؤُولnoun
  1. 1.
    Smallness and weaknessclassical

    The state or condition of being small and weak; a diminutive or feeble nature.

بَآلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Smallness and weaknessclassical

    Another form denoting the state of being small and weak, similar to بُؤُول.

ضَئِيل بَئِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    Very small and weakclassical

    An emphatic phrase combining two terms to describe something as extremely small and weak.

Parallel reading

البَئِيل، كأمير: الصغير الضعيف
Al-ba'eel, like ameer: the small, the weak.
بَؤُلَ، ككرم
Ba'ula, like karuma.
بآلة وبؤولة
Ba'alah and bu'oolah.
ويقال: ضئيل بئيل
And it is said: dhalil ba'eel.