ضَؤُلَ
Root: ضأل
Form: 1
Full Definition
ضَؤُلَI
, [Present.T
ـُ] Verbal.Noun ضَآلَةٌ and ضُؤُولَةٌ; and
تَضَآءَلَ ; He, or it, [accord. to the S and O app. said of a man or of a man's body, and accord. to the Msb said of a thing,] was, or became, small in body, or small, and lean: or small, slender, or thin, and despicable, abject, or ignominious: and also [simply] lean, or spare: and in like manner
اِضْطَأَلَ : [or lean, or spare, and weak: or weak, small, and slender, or thin: (see the part. n., ضَئِيلٌ:)] or ضُؤُولَةٌ signifies the being lean, or emaciated; and base, abject, or despicable. Accord. to AZ, ضَؤُلَ, said of a man, or ضَؤُلَ رَأْيُهُ, signifies He was, or became, small, or little, [in estimation,] and weak in judgment.
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