ذلي

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of being lowly, submissive, or humbled. It extends to meanings of being broken-hearted, weak, or moving quickly out of fear or urgency. It also touches upon the act of picking or gathering fruit and the state of land reaching its full growth.

Derived headwords

اذلولىverb

1.
to move quicklyboth
To move swiftly, often out of fear of missing something or to escape.
2.
to go away rapidlyclassical
To depart quickly, moving away in a scattered or rapid manner.
3.
to become weak/brokenclassical
To have one's heart broken or to become weak and submissive.
4.
to become limp/flaccidclassical
Said of a male organ becoming limp or flaccid.

فاذلوليت حتى رأيت وجهه — So I hurried until I saw his face

تذعلبverb

1.
to move stealthilyclassical
To move about in a stealthy or hidden manner.

ذلverb

1.
to be humble/submissiveboth
To be lowly, submissive, or humbled.
2.
to yield/submitboth
To yield, submit, or be obedient.

حتى ترى الأخدع مذلوليا يلتمس الفضل إلى الجادع — Until you see the jugular vein humbled, seeking favor from the one who strikes

انقادverb

1.
to be submissive/obedientboth
To be submissive, obedient, and yielding.

ذل وانقاد — he was humbled and submissive

مذلولياadjective

1.
humbled/submissiveclassical
In a state of being humbled, submissive, or lowly.

حتى ترى الأخدع مذلوليا يلتمس الفضل إلى الجادع — Until you see the jugular vein humbled, seeking favor from the one who strikes

ذلولىadjective

1.
humbled/submissiveclassical
A man who is humbled, submissive, or lowly.

ورجل ذلولى — and a humbled man

تذلىverb

1.
to humble oneselfclassical
To act humbly or to show humility, originally derived from 'tadhallala'.

وتذلى: تواضع — and tadhalla: to be humble

ذلىverb

1.
to pick/gather fruitclassical
To pick or gather ripe fruit.

ذلى الرطب يذلاه ذليا — he picked the dates, gathering them

انذلىverb

1.
to fall withclassical
To fall or descend along with something, specifically in the context of gathering fruit.

فانذلى معه — and fell with it

يذليverb

1.
to swallow/gulp downclassical
To swallow or gulp down food quickly.

يذلي الطعام — he gulped down the food

مذلولadjective

1.
submissive/lowlyboth
Being in a state of submission, humility, or lowliness.
2.
shaky/unsteadyclassical
Describing a rope that is shaky or unsteady.

ورشاء مذلول — and a shaky rope

منذليةadjective

1.
fully grown/matureclassical
Describing land whose vegetation has reached its maximum growth and maturity.

وأرض منذلية — and land whose pasture is fully grown

متذليةadjective

1.
fully grown/matureclassical
Similar to 'munzaliyah', describing land where the vegetation has reached its full extent.

ومتذلية مثلها — and mutadhalliyah like it

Parallel reading

انطلق في استخفاء

He moved in stealth.

ذل وانقاد

He was humbled and submissive.

حتى ترى الأخدع مذلوليا يلتمس الفضل إلى الجادع

Until you see the jugular vein humbled, seeking favor from the one who strikes.

اذلولى فلان: انكسر قلبه

So-and-so's heart was broken.

اذلولى الذكر: قام مسترخيا

The male organ became limp.

ورجل ذلولى

And a humbled man.

وتذلى: تواضع

And tadhalla: to be humble.

وأصله تذلل، فكثرت اللامات فقلبت إحداهن ياء

And its origin is tadhalala, so the 'lam's became numerous and one was changed to 'ya'.

وذلى الرطب، كسعى يذلاه ذليا: جنا

He picked the dates, gathering them.

ظل يذلي الرطب أي يجنيه

He kept picking the dates, meaning he was gathering them.

اذلولى: أسرع مخافة أن يفوته شيء

He hurried lest he miss something.

فاذلوليت حتى رأيت وجهه

So I hurried until I saw his face.

اذلولى فذهب: إذا ولى متقاذفا

He hurried away: meaning he departed rapidly.

ورشاء مذلول: إذا كان مضطربا

And a shaky rope: meaning it was unsteady.

ظل يذلي الطعام: أي يزدرده

He kept gulping down the food: meaning he was swallowing it quickly.

وأرض منذلية: قد أدرك رعيها أقصى مداه

And land whose pasture has reached its utmost limit.

ومتذلية مثلها

And mutadhalliyah like it.