ضَئِيلٌ
Root: ضأل
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ضَئِيلٌ
(also pronounced [by some] ضِئِيلٌ, like شِعِيرٌ [for شَعِيرٌ, q. v.], Ham p. 129) Small in body, and lean; or so ضَئِيلُ الجِسْمِ, applied to a man: or small, slender, or thin, and despicable, abject, or ignominious: and also [simply] lean, or spare: and so
مُضْطَئِلٌ , in both senses: or lean, or spare, and weak: or weak, small, and slender, or thin: and
مُتَضَائِلٌ [likewise] signifies thin, or slender; applied to a man; syn. شَخْتٌ: the pl. of ضَئِيلٌ is ضُؤَلَآءُ and ضِئَالٌ and ضَئِيلُونَ: and the fem. is ضَئِيلَةٌ.
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