Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ذ

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1 ذَلَّ ذ , aor. يَذِلُّ, (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. ذُلٌّ and ذِلَّةٌ and مَذَلَّةٌ, (S, * M, MA, K,) or these three are simple substs., and the inf. n. is ذَلٌّ, (Msb,) and ذَلَالَةٌ (M, K) and ذُلَالَةٌ, (K,) [contr. of عَزَّ; (see ذُلٌّ below;) i. e.] He, or it, was or became, low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious, abased, humble, and weak; (MA, Msb, K;) syn. هَانَ, (Msb, K,) and ضَعُفَ. (Msb.) ― -b2- ذَلَّ, (M, K,) and ذَلَّتْ, (M, Msb,) aor. as above, (M, K,) inf. n. ذِلٌّ, (M, Msb, K,) said of a man, (M,) and of a beast, such as a horse and the like, (دَابَّة, M, Msb,) He, or it, was, or became, easy, tractable, submissive, or manageable; (M, Msb, K;) and اِذْلَوْلَى [which belongs to art. ذلى] signifies the same as ذَلَّ in this sense. (ISd, TA.) And لَهُ ↓ تذلّل He became lowly, humble, or submissive, [or he lowered, humbled, or submitted, himself,] to him; (S, TA;) as also تَذَلَّى, originally تَذَلَّلَ. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] ذَلَّ is also said of a road [as meaning (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, beaten, or trodden, so as to be rendered even, or easy to be travelled, or to walk or ride upon: see ذَلِيلٌ]. (A in art. تب.) ― -b4- And ذَلَّتِ القَوَا فِى لِشَّاعِرِ (assumed tropical:) The rhymes were easy to the poet. (T.) ― -b5- And ذَلَّ said of a watering-trough or tank, (TA,) or of the upper part thereof, (M,) (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, broken much, or in several places, in its edge, and much demolished. (M, TA.)