Arabic

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Root
ذ ل ل (ḏ l l)
10 terms

Etymology 1.1

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Verb

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ذَلَّ (ḏalla) I (non-past يَذِلُّ (yaḏillu), verbal noun ذُلّ (ḏull) or ذِلّ (ḏill) or ذِلَّة (ḏilla) or مَذَلَّة (maḏalla))

  1. to be low, to be humble
Conjugation
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Etymology 1.2

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Verbal noun of ذَلَّ (ḏalla).

Noun

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ذُلّ (ḏullm

  1. lowness, baseness, vileness, abjectness, meanness, paltriness, contemptibleness, despicableness, ignominiousness, ingloriousness, abasement, humiliation, weakness
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Descendants
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  • Ottoman Turkish: ذل (zül)
  • Persian: ذل
  • Urdu: ذل

Etymology 1.3

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Noun

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ذِلّ (ḏillm

  1. easiness, tractableness, submissiveness, manageableness
  2. gentleness, mercy
  3. the beaten track, part of a road that is well-trodden and even
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