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الذال

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the Arabic letter 'dhāl' (ذ). It also extends to the act of writing this letter and refers to something dry or withered, whether plant matter or otherwise.

Derived headwords

الذَّالother
  1. 1.
    the letter Dhālboth

    The Arabic letter 'dhāl' (ذ), the eighteenth letter of the alphabet.

ذُوَيْلَةother
  1. 1.
    diminutive of Dhālclassical

    The diminutive form of the Arabic letter 'dhāl' (ذ).

ذَوَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to write Dhālclassical

    To write the Arabic letter 'dhāl' (ذ).

الذُّوَيْلnoun
  1. 1.
    dryness, witherednessclassical

    That which is dry or withered, applicable to plants or other things.

Parallel reading

الذال: حرف هجاء
Dhāl: a letter of the alphabet.
تصغيرها: ذويلة
Its diminutive is: Dhwaylah.
وذولت ذالا: كتبتها
And he wrote Dhāl: he wrote it.
والذويل، كأمير: اليبيس من النبات وغيره
And al-Dhuwayl, like amir: the dry thing from plants and other than plants.