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الضحل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes shallowness, specifically of water, but extends to the concept of scarcity or lack of depth in other contexts. It can refer to shallow bodies of water, places where water is scarce, or even a lack of substance or depth in abstract terms.

Derived headwords

الضَّحْلnoun
  1. 1.
    Shallow waterboth

    Water that is shallow and has little depth on the ground.

  2. 2.
    Scarcity of waterboth

    A place where water is scarce or limited.

أَضْحَالnoun
  1. 1.
    Shallow watersboth

    Plural of 'الضحل', referring to multiple instances of shallow water.

ضُحُولnoun
  1. 1.
    Shallow watersboth

    Another plural form of 'الضحل', referring to shallow bodies of water.

ضَحَلَverb
  1. 1.
    To become shallowboth

    Said of water when it becomes shallow or less deep.

  2. 2.
    To be scarceclassical

    Said of a well or water source when its water becomes scarce.

ضَحْلadjective
  1. 1.
    Shallowboth

    Describing water that is shallow and lacks depth.

Parallel reading

الماء القليل على الأرض لا عمق له
Water that is little on the ground and has no depth.
ج: أضحال وضحول وضحال
Plurals: aḍḥāl, ḍuḥūl, and ḍiḥāl.
وأتان الضحل في أت ن
And the she-camel of shallow water is in 'atn.
وكمقعد: المكان يقل فيه الماء
And like a seat: a place where water is scarce.
ضحل الماء: رق
The water became shallow: it became thin/less deep.
و الغدر: قل ماؤها
And the well: its water became scarce.