Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ذ

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ذَلِيلٌ ذ Low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious, lowered, brought low, abased, humbled, and weak; (T, S, M, Msb, K;) applied to a man; (T, S;) and ↓ ذُلَّانٌ signifies the same, as a sing.; (Ibn- 'Abbád, K:) or this latter is a pl. of the former, (T,) as also أَذِلَّآءُ (S, M, Msb, K) and أَذِلَّةٌ (T, S, Msb, K) and ذِلَالٌ. (M, K.) ― -b2- [Also Gentle; and merciful. Hence,] أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى المُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الكَافِرينَ, in the Kur [v. 59], means Gentle, (Zj, T,) and merciful, (T,) to the believers, rough in behaviour, (Zj, T,) and hard, or severe, (T,) to the unbelievers. (Zj, T.) ― -b3- Also applied to a road, meaning (assumed tropical:) Made even, or smooth, and easy to be travelled, or to walk or ride upon; as also with ة; being applied to طَرِيقٌ [which is fem. as well as masc.] ; (M;) and so ↓ ذَلُولٌ : (T:) pl. of the latter, (T,) or of the former, (M,) ذُلُلٌ: (T, M:) and [in like manner] ↓ مُذَلَّلٌ , so applied, beaten, or trodden, and [made] even, or easy [to walk or ride upon]: (T:) [in like manner also] ↓ ذَلُولٌ is applied to land or ground &c. [as meaning easy to be travelled, or to walk or ride upon, &c.]. (As, M voce تَرَبُوتٌ.) ― -b4- Also (assumed tropical:) Low, applied to a wall, and to a house, or chamber; (T;) and [so] applied to a mountain: (S and K in art. دك:) or (tropical:) low and thin, applied to a wall: (Mgh:) and (assumed tropical:) short, applied to a spear. (T.) ― -b5- You say also ذَلِيلٌ ↓ ذُلٌّ , [meaning Exceeding lowness or baseness &c.; or lowering, or abasing, lowness or baseness &c.; i. e.,] using the latter word as an intensive epithet; or as signifying مُذِلٌّ. (M, K.)