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خ ر ذ ل

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to the concept of cutting or chopping something into small pieces. It is noted as a variant of another root with the same meaning, and a derived form is mentioned in the context of hadith narration.

Derived headwords

خَرْذَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to chop smallclassical

    To cut meat into small pieces. This is presented as a variant of the root خردل (khardala) with the same meaning.

خَرْذَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    chopping smallclassical

    The act of cutting something, particularly meat, into small pieces. It is mentioned as a masdar (verbal noun) for the verb خرذل.

المُخَرْذِلnoun
  1. 1.
    one who chops smallclassical

    A person who cuts things into small pieces. This term is cited from Al-Nawawi's commentary on Sahih Muslim.

Parallel reading

خرذل اللحم خرذلة
He chopped the meat small.
أهمله الجوهري
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن سيده والصاغاني: هي لغة في خردله أي قطعه صغارا
And Ibn Sidah and Al-Sagani said: It is a dialectal variant of 'khardalah', meaning to cut it into small pieces.
وهذا من رواية بعض المحدثين
And this is from the narration of some hadith scholars.
ومنهم المخرذل
And among them is Al-Mukharzhal.
نقله النووي في شرح مسلم
Al-Nawawi transmitted it in his commentary on Muslim.