ذل

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Arabic

Root
ذ ل ل (ḏ l l)
10 terms

Etymology 1.1

Verb

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

Etymology 1.2

Verbal noun of ذَلَّ (ḏalla).

Noun

ذُلّ (ḏullm

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

Etymology 1.3

Noun

ذِلّ (ḏillm

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