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ضلو

Root entry · 2 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of going astray, being lost, or perishing. It extends to the idea of deliberately choosing a path of misguidance or error.

Derived headwords

ضَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to go astrayboth

    To deviate from the right path, to err, or to be misguided.

  2. 2.
    to be lostboth

    To be unable to find one's way or to be in a state of perdition.

  3. 3.
    to perishclassical

    To be destroyed or to die, often as a consequence of going astray.

تَضَلَّىverb
  1. 1.
    to choose misguidanceclassical

    To deliberately adhere to and select a path of error or straying.

Parallel reading

أهمله الجوهري.
Al-Jawhari neglected it.
وقال ابن الأعرابي: (هلك.
And Ibn al-A'rabi said: 'to perish.'
وتضلى الرجل: (لزم الضلال واختارهم)
And the man chose misguidance: (he adhered to straying and chose it).
أصله تضلل قلبت إحدى اللامين ألفا، فهو مثل تظنى وتقضى البازي؛ ذكره ابن الأعرابي.
Its origin is 'tadlala', where one of the 'lam' letters was changed to an 'alif', making it like 'tazanna' and 'taqadda al-bazi'; Ibn al-A'rabi mentioned this.