ذَالٌ
Root: ذول
Full Definition
ذَالٌ
A certain letter of the alphabet, [ذ,] pronounced with the voice, [not with the breath only,] and always a radical, not a substitute for another letter, nor augmentative; its place of utterance is at the roots of the teeth, near the place of utterance of
ت [or ث]; and it may be masc. and fem.; [but generally it is fem.; and therefore] the dim. is
ذُوَيْلَةٌ : the pl. is أَذْوَالٌ and ذَالَاتٌ.
def.2 Also The comb of a cock.
def.2 Also The comb of a cock.
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