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رذل

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of baseness, lowliness, and inferiority. It describes something or someone as being of poor quality, degraded, or contemptible, encompassing both inherent lowliness and a state of being brought low.

Derived headwords

الرَّذْلadjective
  1. 1.
    The low, the mean.both

    The low, the mean.

رَذُلَverb
  1. 1.
    So he is despicable and contemptible, from a people who are despicable and contemptible.both

    So he is despicable and contemptible, from a people who are despicable and contemptible.

رَذَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    baseness, vilenessboth

    The state or quality of being base, vile, ignoble, or contemptible. It refers to the inherent lowliness or moral degradation.

رَذُولَةnoun
  1. 1.
    baseness, vilenessclassical

    Similar to رذالة, this noun denotes the quality or state of being base, vile, or ignoble.

رَذْلadjective
  1. 1.
    So he is despicable and contemptible, from a people who are despicable and contemptible.both

    So he is despicable and contemptible, from a people who are despicable and contemptible.

رَذَّالadjective
  1. 1.
    The worst part of everything.both

    The worst part of everything.

رَذُولadjective
  1. 1.
    base, vile (plural)both

    A plural form of adjective describing people or things as base, vile, or ignoble.

أَرْذَالadjective
  1. 1.
    base, vile (plural)both

    A plural form of adjective describing people or things as base, vile, or ignoble.

رَذَلَاءadjective
  1. 1.
    base, vile (plural)classical

    Another plural form of adjective describing people or things as base, vile, or ignoble.

أَرْذَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    Someone else made him despicable.both

    Someone else made him despicable.

رَذَّلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    Also, he made him despicable, so he is despised.both

    Also, he made him despicable, so he is despised.

مَرْذُولadjective
  1. 1.
    degraded, debasedboth

    Describes someone or something that has been made base, vile, or degraded; one who has been lowered in status or quality.

رِذَالnoun
  1. 1.
    The worst part of everything.both

    The worst part of everything.

Parallel reading

الدون الخسيس
The base, the ignoble.
وقد رذل فلان بالضم يرذل رذالة ورذولة
And so-and-so became base (with damma on the 'dh'), he becomes base, with baseness and vileness.
فهو رذل ورذال بالضم
So he is base and very base (with damma on the 'dh').
من قوم رذول وأرذال ورذلاء
From a people who are base, ignoble, and vile.
وأرذله غيره ورذله أيضا
And another person made him base, and also degraded him.
فهو مرذول
So he is degraded.
ورذال كل شئ: رديئه
And the worst part of everything: its inferior part.