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زُمَّلٌ

Root: زمل

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زُمَّلٌ and and زِمْلٌ [said in the CK to be like عِدَةٌ, but correctly like عِدْلٌ,] and زَمِلٌ and زُمَيْلٌ and زُمَّيْلٌ and زُمَّالٌ and زِمْيَلٌّ and and زُمَّيْلَةٌ and زُمَّالَةٌ Cowardly, weak, low, mean, or contemptible; who wraps himself up in his house, or tent; not rising and hastening to engage in warfare; indolently refraining from aspiring to great things. [See also إِزْمِيلٌ. Accord. to J,] زُمَّيْلَةٌ signifies Weak as a fem. epithet.
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