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الرذل

Root entry · 15 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of baseness, lowliness, and inferiority. It describes things or people that are inferior, worthless, or morally corrupt, contrasting with nobility and virtue.

Derived headwords

الرَّذْلadjective
  1. 1.
    Base, lowlyboth

    Referring to something or someone that is inferior, ignoble, or of low status.

  2. 2.
    Inferior, poor qualityboth

    Describing anything that is of bad quality or inferior in kind.

الرَّذَالadjective
  1. 1.
    Base, ignobleboth

    Similar to الرذل, denoting something or someone that is base, ignoble, or of low character.

  2. 2.
    Inferior, poor qualityboth

    Describing anything that is of bad quality or inferior in kind.

الرَّذِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    Base, ignobleboth

    Denoting something or someone that is base, ignoble, or of low character.

  2. 2.
    Inferior, poor qualityboth

    Describing anything that is of bad quality or inferior in kind.

الأَرْذَلadjective
  1. 1.
    Most base, most ignobleboth

    The superlative form, referring to the most base, ignoble, or inferior.

  2. 2.
    Worst, most inferiorboth

    Describing the worst or most inferior of anything.

رَذُلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be base, ignobleboth

    To become base, ignoble, or of low character.

  2. 2.
    To be inferior, poor qualityboth

    To become inferior or of poor quality.

رَذَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Baseness, ignobilityboth

    The state or quality of being base, ignoble, or of low character.

  2. 2.
    Inferiority, poor qualityboth

    The state of being inferior or of poor quality.

رُذُولَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Baseness, ignobilityboth

    The state or quality of being base, ignoble, or of low character.

أَرْذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To make base, to debaseboth

    To cause someone or something to become base, ignoble, or inferior.

  2. 2.
    To consider baseboth

    To regard someone or something as base or ignoble.

رَذَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    To make base, to debaseboth

    To cause someone or something to become base, ignoble, or inferior.

  2. 2.
    To consider baseboth

    To regard someone or something as base or ignoble.

الرَّذَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Inferior part, dregsclassical

    The inferior or selected-out part of something, the dregs or refuse.

الرَّذَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Inferior part, dregsclassical

    The inferior or selected-out part of something, the dregs or refuse.

الرَّذِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Viciousness, depravityboth

    The opposite of virtue; a vice, depravity, or immoral act.

اسْتَرْذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To consider base, to disparageboth

    To regard something as base or inferior; the opposite of finding something good.

أَرْذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To become base, to have base companionsclassical

    To become base oneself, or to have companions who are base or ignoble.

أَرْذَلَ العُمْرphrase
  1. 1.
    Worst part of lifeclassical

    The worst, most degraded, or most difficult part of one's life.

Parallel reading

الدون الخسيس، أو الرديء من كل شيء
The base, ignoble, or the inferior of everything.
ج: أرذال ورذول ورذلاء ورذال وأرذلون
Plural: ardhāl, rudhūl, rudhalā', ridhāl, and ardhulūn.
وقد رذل، ككرم وعلم، رذالة ورذولة، بالضم
And it became base, like karuma and 'alima, with the masdar rathālah and ruthūlah, with dammah.
ورذله غيره وأرذله
And another debased it, and debased it.
والرذال والرذالة، بضمهما: ما انتقي جيده
And ar-ridhāl and ar-ridhālah, with both having dammah: what its good was selected out from.
والرذيلة: ضد الفضيلة
And ar-radhīlah: the opposite of virtue.
واسترذله: ضد استجاده
And istardhalahu: the opposite of istajadahu (to find it good).
وأرذل: صار أصحابه رذلاء ورذالى، كحبارى
And ardhala: he became his companions base and ignoble, like hubārā.
وأرذل العمر: أسوأه
And ardhala al-'umr: its worst part.