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النذل

Root entry · 9 derived lemmas

This root describes someone who is base, vile, contemptible, and lowly. It encompasses a person's character and social standing, denoting a lack of honor and worth.

Derived headwords

النذلnoun
  1. 1.
    Vile personboth

    A base, contemptible, and lowly person, held in low esteem in all circumstances.

النذيلnoun
  1. 1.
    Vile personboth

    A base, contemptible, and lowly person, held in low esteem in all circumstances.

أنذالnoun
  1. 1.
    Vile peopleboth

    Plural of النذل, referring to base, contemptible, and lowly people.

نذولnoun
  1. 1.
    Vile peopleboth

    Plural of النذل, referring to base, contemptible, and lowly people.

نذلاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Vile peopleboth

    Plural of النذل, referring to base, contemptible, and lowly people.

نذالnoun
  1. 1.
    Vile peopleboth

    Plural of النذل, referring to base, contemptible, and lowly people.

نَذُلَverb
  1. 1.
    To be baseboth

    To be base, vile, contemptible, or lowly.

نَذَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Basenessboth

    The state or quality of being base, vile, contemptible, or lowly.

نَذُولَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Basenessboth

    The state or quality of being base, vile, contemptible, or lowly.

Parallel reading

النذل والنذيل: الخسيس من الناس، والمحتقر في جميع أحواله
The base and the vile: the ignoble among people, and the despised in all his conditions.
ج: أنذال ونذول ونذلاء ونذال
Plural: anthal, nudhul, nudhalā', and nidhal.
وقد نذل، ككرم، نذالة ونذولة
And he became base, like karuma (to be noble), becoming baseness (nadhālah) and baseness (nudhūlah).