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نذل

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root pertains to concepts of baseness, meanness, and lowliness. It describes a person or action characterized by ignobility, pettiness, and a lack of honor or dignity.

Derived headwords

النذالةnoun
  1. 1.
    baseness, meannessboth

    baseness, meanness

نذلverb
  1. 1.
    from the category of 'ẓarufa', so he is 'nadhl' and 'nadhīl': meaning ignobleboth

    from the category of 'ẓarufa', so he is 'nadhl' and 'nadhīl': meaning ignoble

  2. 2.
    meaning ignobleboth

    meaning ignoble

نذلadjective
  1. 1.
    from the category of 'ẓarufa', so he is 'nadhl' and 'nadhīl': meaning ignobleboth

    from the category of 'ẓarufa', so he is 'nadhl' and 'nadhīl': meaning ignoble

  2. 2.
    meaning ignobleboth

    meaning ignoble

نذيلadjective
  1. 1.
    meaning ignobleboth

    meaning ignoble

أقيدر محموز القطاع نذيل — A petty, grasping, and base individual.

Parallel reading

النذالة: السفالة.
Baseness: lowliness.
وقد نذل بالضم فهو نذل ونذيل، أي خسيس.
And he became base (with damma), so he is base and contemptible, meaning ignoble.