ضِلِّيلٌ

Root: ضل

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ضِلِّيلٌ A man who errs, strays, goes astray, or deviates from the right way or course, much, or often: or who errs, &c., much, or often, in religion: and مُضَلَّلٌ , which in some of the copies of the S is written thus and also مُضَلِّل, signifies the same; or one who is not disposed, or directed, to good; in the K, الّذى لا يُوَفِّى بِخَيْرٍ, [or يُوفِى بخير, as in the CK,] but correctly الّذى لا يُوَفَّقُ لِخَيْرٍ; or, as some say, a committer of errors, and of false, wrong, or vain, actions: and ضِلِّيلٌ is also expl. as signifying one who will not desist from error. Imra-el-Keys was called المَلِكُ الضِّلِّيلُ [The much-erring king], (S, O, K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, الضَّلِيلُ,]) and الملك .

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