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خَامِلٌ خامل A man obscure, unnoted, reputeless, or of no reputation; (S, Msb, K;) unknown, (JK, T,) and unmentioned; (T;) destitute of good fortune: (Msb:) and one says also خَامِنٌ, by substitution [of ن for ل]: (TA:) pl. خَمَلٌ (K) and خَمَلَةٌ, explained as signifying the lower or lowest, or meaner or meanest, sort of mankind. (TA.) You say also قَوْلٌ خَامِلٌ A low, soft, or gentle, saying or speech. (Az, TA.) And it is said in a trad., اُذْكُرُوا ا@للّٰهِ ذِكْرًا خَامِلًا Celebrate ye God with a low, soft, or gentle, voice, in reverence of his greatness, or majesty. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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