ذَلَّ
Root: ذل
Form: 1
Full Definition
ذَلَّI
, Present.T يَذِلُّ, Verbal.Noun ذُلٌّ and ذِلَّةٌ and مَذَلَّةٌ, or these three are simple substs., and the Verbal.Noun is ذَلٌّ, and ذَلَالَةٌ and ذُلَالَةٌ, [contr. of
عَزَّ; (see ذُلٌّ below;) i. e.] He, or it, was or became, low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious, abased, humble, and weak; syn. هَانَ, and ضَعُفَ.
2 ذَلَّ, and ذَلَّتْ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun ذِلٌّ, said of a man, and of a beast, such as a horse and the like, (دَابَّة, M, Msb,) He, or it, was, or became, easy, tractable, submissive, or manageable; and اِذْلَوْلَى [which belongs to art. ذلى] signifies the same as ذَلَّ in this sense. And لَهُ He became lowly, humble, or submissive, [or he lowered, humbled, or submitted, himself,] to him; as also تَذَلَّى, originally تَذَلَّلَ.
3 [Hence,] ذَلَّ is also said of a road [as meaning
4 And ذَلَّتِ القَوَا فِى لِشَّاعِرِ
5 And ذَلَّ said of a watering-trough or tank, or of the upper part thereof,
2 ذَلَّ, and ذَلَّتْ, Present.T as above, Verbal.Noun ذِلٌّ, said of a man, and of a beast, such as a horse and the like, (دَابَّة, M, Msb,) He, or it, was, or became, easy, tractable, submissive, or manageable; and اِذْلَوْلَى [which belongs to art. ذلى] signifies the same as ذَلَّ in this sense. And لَهُ He became lowly, humble, or submissive, [or he lowered, humbled, or submitted, himself,] to him; as also تَذَلَّى, originally تَذَلَّلَ.
3 [Hence,] ذَلَّ is also said of a road [as meaning
4 And ذَلَّتِ القَوَا فِى لِشَّاعِرِ
5 And ذَلَّ said of a watering-trough or tank, or of the upper part thereof,
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