دخيل

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Arabic

Root
د خ ل (d-ḵ-l)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb دَخَلَ (daḵala, to enter).

Pronunciation

Adjective

دَخِيل (daḵīl) (feminine دَخِيلَة (daḵīla), masculine plural دَخِيلُون (daḵīlūn), feminine plural دَخِيلَات (daḵīlāt))

  1. alien, extraneous (of foreign origin)
    Antonym: أَصِيل (ʔaṣīl)
  2. exotic, non-native (non-native to the ecosystem)
    أنْوَاع دَخِيلَةnon-native species
  3. (linguistics) loan, foreign
    لَفْظ دَخِيلlafẓ daḵīla loanword

Declension

Descendants

  • Azerbaijani: dəxil
  • Ottoman Turkish: دخیل (dahîl)
  • Persian: دخیل

Noun

دَخِيل (daḵīlm (plural دُخَلَاء (duḵalāʔ) or دَخِيلُون (daḵīlūn), feminine دَخِيلَة (daḵīla))

  1. intruder

Declension