ذَائِلٌ
Root: ذيل
Full Definition
ذَائِلٌ
, applied to a horse, Having a
ذَيْل, i. e. tail: and
ذَيَّالٌ
having a long
ذَيْل: or the former word has the latter signification; it means having a long tail: and ↓ the latter word, tall, and having a long
ذَيْل, and that carries himself in an elegant and a proud and self-conceited manner, in his step; and is applied in the same sense to a wild bull: or the former word signifies short, and having a long tail; and its fem. is with ة: or when a horse is of this description, they say الذَّنَبِ, mentioning the ذَنَب.
2 Also, applied to a دِرْع, [i. e. a coat of mail, as is shown in the S and TA,] Long in the ذَيْل [or shirt]; and so ذَائِلَةٌ and . (M, K. [In the CK, the last word is erroneously written مَذَالَةٌ.])
3 And حَلْقَةٌ ذَائِلَةٌ and A ring [app. of a coat of mail] that is slender and elongated.
def.2 ذَيْلٌ ذَائِلٌ [an expression like ذُلٌّ ذَلِيلٌ, the former word an Verbal.Noun,] means [Exceeding] lowness, baseness, vileness, meanness, contemptibleness, or ignominiousness.
2 Also, applied to a دِرْع, [i. e. a coat of mail, as is shown in the S and TA,] Long in the ذَيْل [or shirt]; and so ذَائِلَةٌ and . (M, K. [In the CK, the last word is erroneously written مَذَالَةٌ.])
3 And حَلْقَةٌ ذَائِلَةٌ and A ring [app. of a coat of mail] that is slender and elongated.
def.2 ذَيْلٌ ذَائِلٌ [an expression like ذُلٌّ ذَلِيلٌ, the former word an Verbal.Noun,] means [Exceeding] lowness, baseness, vileness, meanness, contemptibleness, or ignominiousness.
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