ب ءل

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes something small, weak, and insignificant. It can refer to a person, an object, or a general state of being diminished or feeble.

Derived headwords

البَئِيلadjective

1.
small, thin, weakclassical
Describing someone or something as small, slender, and lacking strength or substance.

بَؤُلَverb

1.
to be small and weakclassical
The verb form indicating the state of being small, thin, and weak.

بَآلَةnoun

1.
smallness, weaknessclassical
The state or quality of being small, thin, and weak.

بُؤْلَةnoun

1.
smallness, weaknessclassical
Another form denoting the state or quality of being small, thin, and weak.

ضَئِيلadjective

1.
small, insignificantmodern
Describing something as very small, meager, or of little importance.

ضَئِيل بَئِيلadjective

1.
ugly, repulsiveclassical
A compound adjective used to describe someone or something as ugly or repulsive.
2.
small and weakclassical
Used as an emphatic repetition to mean very small and weak.

Parallel reading

هو الصغير النحيف الضعيف

He is the small, slender, weak one.

حليلة فاحش وان بئيل

A wife of foul character, and a feeble one...

مزونكة لها حسب لئيم

...a pampered one with a base lineage.

بآلة

with smallness/weakness

وبؤلة

and with smallness/weakness

فهو حينئذ إتباع

So it is then an emphatic repetition.

ضئيل بئيل: أي قبيح

Dha'eel ba'eel: meaning ugly.