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ز خ ل ط

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to terms of lowliness, baseness, and ignobility, particularly when referring to a person.

Derived headwords

الزَّخْلُوطnoun
  1. 1.
    base personclassical

    A man who is base, ignoble, and from the lowest strata of society.

Parallel reading

الزخلوط، بالضم، أهمله الجماعة
Al-Zakhluṭ, with the dammah, was neglected by the lexicographers.
وقال ابن عباد: هو الرجل الخسيس من السفلة
And Ibn 'Abbad said: He is the base man from the lowest class.
هكذا ذكره في الخاء المعجمة
Thus he mentioned it with the letter Khāʼ (خ).
أو الصواب بالحاء، كما تقدم، عن ابن دريد
Or the correct reading is with the letter Ḥāʼ (ح), as previously mentioned, from Ibn Durayd.
ونبه عليه الصاغاني
And Al-Ṣāghānī drew attention to it.