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ذءل

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns swift movement and the animals associated with it, specifically the jackal and the wolf. It also extends to concepts of humility and diminishment.

Derived headwords

ذَأَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to hastenboth

    To move quickly or with great speed.

  2. 2.
    to move lightlyboth

    To walk with lightness and agility.

ذَأْلاًnoun
  1. 1.
    hasteningboth

    The act of moving quickly or with great speed.

ذَأَلَاناًnoun
  1. 1.
    lightness of movementboth

    The act of walking with lightness and agility.

الذَّأَلانnoun
  1. 1.
    jackalboth

    A wild animal, specifically a jackal.

  2. 2.
    wolfboth

    A wild canine animal, specifically a wolf.

الذَّأَلانnoun
  1. 1.
    swift gaitboth

    The manner of walking with lightness and agility.

الذُّؤَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    jackalboth

    A wild animal, specifically a jackal.

الذِّئْبnoun
  1. 1.
    wolfboth

    A wild canine animal, specifically a wolf.

ذِئْلانnoun
  1. 1.
    wolvesboth

    Plural of wolf.

ذُؤْلانnoun
  1. 1.
    wolvesboth

    Plural of wolf.

تَذَاءَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to become smallboth

    To make oneself appear small or insignificant; to humble oneself.

Parallel reading

ذَأَلَ، كَمَنَعَ، ذَأْلاً وَذَأَلَاناً: أَسْرَعَ، أَوْ مَشَى فِي خِفَّةٍ وَمَيْسٍ.
He hastened, like 'mana'a', with hastening and with lightness of movement: he moved quickly, or walked with lightness and agility.
وَالذَّأَلانُ، وَيُضَمُّ: ابْنُ آوَى، أَوْ الذِّئْبُ، وَبِالتَّحْرِيكِ: مَشْيُهُ، ج: ذَآلِيلُ، بِاللَّامِ، نَادِرٌ.
And Al-Dha'alan, and it is pronounced with dammah: the jackal, or the wolf, and with harakah: his gait, plural: Dha'aleel, with lam, rare.
وَذُؤَالَةٌ، كَثُمَامَةٍ: (اسْمٌ وَالذِّئْبُ، مَعْرِفَةٌ، ج: ذِئْلانٌ وَذُؤْلانٌ.
And Dhu'alah, like 'thumamah': (a name) and the wolf, definite, plural: Dhi'lan and Dhu'lan.
وَتَذَاءَلَ: تَصَاغَرَ.
And Tataza'ala: to become small.