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ضءل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes smallness in size and stature, often implying thinness or weakness. It can also extend to the diminishment of abstract concepts like opinion or intelligence.

Derived headwords

ضَؤُلَverb
  1. 1.
    from the category of 'ẓarufa'both

    from the category of 'ẓarufa'

ضَآلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    what is lost from livestock, for male and femaleboth

    what is lost from livestock, for male and female

ضَئِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    small-bodied, thinboth

    small-bodied, thin

ضَئِيلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    slender snakeclassical

    A thin, delicate snake.

مُتَضَائِلadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciatedclassical

    Describing someone who is thin, gaunt, or shrunken.

ضُؤْلَةadjective
  1. 1.
    thinclassical

    Describing a person who is thin and slender.

Parallel reading

رجل ضئيل الجسم، إذا كان صغير الجسم نحيفا.
A man of small body, meaning he is small in body and thin.
وقد ضؤل ضآلة.
And he became small in stature and thin.
ضؤل رأيه ضآلة، إذا صغر وقال رأيه.
His opinion diminished in significance, meaning his opinion became small and insignificant.
ورجل متضائل، أي شخت.
And a shrunken man, meaning he is gaunt.
فتى قدقد السيف لا متضائل ولا رهل لباته وبآدله
A youth like the sharpened sword, neither shrunken nor with loose dewlaps and shoulders.
ورجل ضؤلة، أي نحيف.
And a thin man, meaning he is slender.
والضئيلة: الحية الدقيقة.
And the 'ḍa'īlah' is the delicate snake.