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Form 1ذَلَّ5 senses · 1 main
maṣdarذُلٌّ ذِلٌّmuḍāriʿيَذِلُّ

Core sense — he, or it, became low, base, or abject; he became submissivegenerated

1.1

maṣdar ذُلٌّ, ذِلَّةٌ, and مَذَلَّةٌ — or these three are simple nouns, and the maṣdar is ذَلٌّ, ذَلَالَةٌ, and ذُلَالَةٌ.

The opposite of عَزَّ. He, or it, was, or became, low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, abased, humble, and weak. Synonymous with هَانَ and ضَعُفَ.

1.1.1he, or it, was, or became, easy, tractable, submissive, or manageable—ذَلَّ

Also ذَلَّتْ, with the muḍāriʿ as above and. Said of a man, and of a beast such as a horse and the like.

اِذْلَوْلَى [which belongs to art. ذلى] means the same as ذَلَّ in this sense.

he became lowly, humble, or submissive to him—تذلّل لَهُ

Also تَذَلَّى, originally تَذَلَّلَ.

1.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredit became beaten, or trodden, so as to be even and easy to travel, or to walk or ride upon—ذَلَّ

Said of a road. [See ذَلِيلٌ.]

Mentioned in art. تب.

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe rhymes were easy to the poet—ذَلَّتِ القَوَا فِى لِشَّاعِرِ
1.1.4figurative · مجاز — inferredit was, or became, much broken in its edge, and much demolished—ذَلَّ

Said of a watering-trough or tank, or of its upper part.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
20:134
وَلَوْ أَنَّآ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُم بِعَذَابٍ مِّن قَبْلِهِۦ لَقَالُوا۟ رَبَّنَا لَوْلَآ أَرْسَلْتَ إِلَيْنَا رَسُولًا فَنَتَّبِعَ ءَايَـٰتِكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن نَّذِلَّ وَنَخْزَىٰ

And if We had inflicted on them a penalty before this, they would have said: "Our Lord! If only Thou hadst sent us a messenger, we should certainly have followed Thy Signs before we were humbled and put to shame."

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, 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.) 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 تذلّل لَهُ He became lowly, humble, or submissive, [or he lowered, humbled, or submitted, himself,] to him; (S, TA;) as also تَذَلَّى , originally تَذَلَّلَ . (TA.) [Hence,] ذَلَّ is also said of a road [as meaning 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 .) And ذَلَّتِ القَوَا فِى لِشَّاعِرِ The rhymes were easy to the poet. (T.) And ذَلَّ said of a watering-trough or tank, (TA,) or of the upper part thereof, (M,) It was, or became, broken much, or in several places, in its edge, and much demolished. (M, TA.)
Form 2ذلّل5 senses · 1 main
maṣdarتَذْلِيلٌ

Core sense — he made it easy, tractable, or submissive; he subdued, or tamed, itgenerated

2.1

. He made a man, or a beast such as a horse and the like, easy, tractable, submissive, or manageable.

Said of a man, this may be rendered: he brought him into subjection, or he subdued him. Said of a beast: he broke, or trained, it. Said of any animal: he tamed it.

2.1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Hence: he beat, or trod, a road, so as to make it even, or easy to travel, or to walk or ride upon. See ذَلِيلٌ.

2.1.2figurative · مجاز — inferredhe made an affair easy for him—ذلّل لَهُ أَمْرًا

Synonymous with رَوَّضَهُ and سَوَّسَهُ. Mentioned in art. سوس.

2.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredthe bunches of the grape-vine were made to hang down—ذِلِّلَ الكَرْمُ

[So that they might be easily plucked.] Or: they were evenly disposed, for the same purpose; synonymous with سُوِّيَتْ. According to AHn, التَّذْلِيلُ means the disposing of the bunches of the grape-vine evenly, and making them hang down.

the bunches being evenly disposed and made to hang down—وَذُلِّلَتْ قُطُوفُهَا
the putting of the raceme of a palm-tree upon the branch so that it may support it—التَّذْلِيلُ

In the Qur'ān 76:14: exposed to be plucked. Or: being well disposed, and made near. Or, Ibn-'Arafeh: being within the reach of anyone who seeks them. Or: being easy to reach for those who will pluck them, in whatever way they wish. According to Mujáhid, it means that if a man stands the bunch rises to him, and if he sits it hangs down to him.

Or تَذْلِيلُ العُذُوقِ, as practised in the present day, is the trimmer's straightening and fertilizing the racemes of the palm-tree before the usual time, when they come out from the spathes that covered them, these having split open and disclosed them; by this he makes them hang out from among the branches and prickles, so that the fruit is easily plucked when it ripens. [See also مُذَلَّلٌ.]

Hence it is said in the K that ذُلِّلَ النَّخْلُ means وُضِعَ عِذْقُهَا عَلَى الجَرِيدَةِ لِتَحْمِلَهُ; the explanation should be وُضِعَتْ عُذُوقُهَا عَلَى الجَرِيدِ لِتَحْمِلَهَا, that is, the palm-trees had their racemes put upon the branches so that these might support them.

2.1.4

See also what follows.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 2
36:72
وَذَلَّلْنَـٰهَا لَهُمْ فَمِنْهَا رَكُوبُهُمْ وَمِنْهَا يَأْكُلُونَ

And that We have subjected them to their (use)? of them some do carry them and some they eat:

76:14
وَدَانِيَةً عَلَيْهِمْ ظِلَـٰلُهَا وَذُلِّلَتْ قُطُوفُهَا تَذْلِيلًا

And the shades of the (Garden) will come low over them, and the bunches (of fruit), there, will hang low in humility.

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, (M, Msb,) inf. n. تَذْلِيلٌ , (Msb,) He made, or rendered, (M, Msb,) a man, (M,) and a beast, such as a horse and the like, (M, Msb,) easy, tractable, submissive, or manageable: (M, Msb:) [said of the former, it may be rendered he brought under, or into, subjection; or he subdued: and said of the latter, he broke, or trained: and said of any animal, he tamed. Hence, He beat, or trod, a road, so as to render it even, or easy to be travelled, or to walk or ride upon: see ذَلِيلٌ .] And ذلّل لَهُ أَمْرًا He made an affair easy to him; syn. رَوَّضَهُ and سَوَّسَهُ . (TA in art. سوس .) And ذِلِّلَ الكَرْمُ The bunches of the grape-vine were made to hang down [so that they might be easily plucked]: (M, K:) or were evenly disposed [for the same purpose]; syn. سُوِّيَتْ : (K:) or, accord. to AHn, التَّذْلِيلُ signifies the disposing evenly the bunches of the grape-vine, and making them to hang down. (M.) وَذُلِّلَتْ قُطُوفُهَا , in the Kur [lxxvi. 14], means The bunches being evenly disposed, and made to hang down, (S, JM,) exposed to be plucked: (JM:) or being well disposed, and made near: (IAmb, TA:) or being within the reach of the seeker, or desirer: (Ibn-'Arafeh, TA:) or being easy to reach by those who will pluck them, in whatever manner they may desire to do so: (Bd:) accord. to Mujáhid, it means that if one stand, the bunch will rise to him; and if one sit, it will hang down to him. (TA.) [In like manner,] التَّذْلِيلُ also signifies The putting the raceme of the palm-tree upon the branch [near it] in order that it [the branch] may support it: (AHn, M:) or تَذْلِيلُ العُذُوقِ , as practised in the present world, is the trimmer's making straight, and fecundating before the usual time, the racemes of the palm-tree, when they come forth from their spathes that covered them, these having slit open and disclosed them, by which means one makes them to hang out from among the branches and prickles, so that the fruit is easily plucked when it ripens. (T. [See also مُذَلَّلٌ .]) [Hence it is said in the K that ذُلِّلَ النَّخْلُ signifies وُضِعَ عِذْقُهَا عَلَى الجَرِيدَةِ لِتَحْمِلَهُ : the explanation should be وُضِعَتْ عُذُوقُهَا عَلَى الجَرِيدِ لِتَحْمِلَهَا , i. e. The palm-trees had their racemes put upon the branches in order that these might support them.] See also what next follows.
Form 4اذلّهُ4 senses · 2 main
maṣdarإِذْلَالٌ

Core sense — he lowered, abased, or humbled himgenerated

4.1

. He (God) lowered, abased, or humbled him; He made him low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, and weak.

ذللّٰهُ and استذلّهُ mean the same.

4.1.1

See also Form 10.

4.2he became one whose companions were low, base, vile, and the like—اذلّ

As an intransitive verb, said of a man.

4.2.1

He came to be in a state, or condition, that was low, base, vile, and the like. Mentioned in art. قهر.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
3:26
قُلِ ٱللَّهُمَّ مَـٰلِكَ ٱلْمُلْكِ تُؤْتِى ٱلْمُلْكَ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتَنزِعُ ٱلْمُلْكَ مِمَّن تَشَآءُ وَتُعِزُّ مَن تَشَآءُ وَتُذِلُّ مَن تَشَآءُ ۖ بِيَدِكَ ٱلْخَيْرُ ۖ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍ قَدِيرٌ

Say: "O Allah! Lord of Power (And Rule), Thou givest power to whom Thou pleasest, and Thou strippest off power from whom Thou pleasest: Thou enduest with honour whom Thou pleasest, and Thou bringest low whom Thou pleasest: In Thy hand is all good. Verily, over all things Thou hast power.

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, (M, Msb, K,) inf. n. إِذْلَالٌ , (TA,) He (God, Msb) lowered, abased, or humbled, him; or rendered him low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, inglorious, abased, humbled, and weak; (M, * Msb K, TA;) as also ذللّٰهُ and استذلّهُ : (K, TA:) all these signify the same. (S.) See also 10 اذلّ [as an intrans. verb] He (a man, S, M) became one whose companions were low, base, vile, &c. (S, M, K.) He became in a state, or condition, that was low, base, vile, &c. (S in art. قهر .)
Form 5تَذَلَّلَ1 sense

Core sense — he lowered, or humbled, himself; he became submissivegenerated

5.1

See Form 1.

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see 1.
Form 10استذلّهُ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he saw, or found, him to be low, base, or vilegenerated

10.1

He saw him to be ذَلِيل [that is, low, base, vile, and the like]; or he found him to be so.

اذّلهُ means the same.

10.1.1

See also Form 4.

10.1.2he plucked the ticks off the refractory camel so that it might feel relief—استذلّ البَعِيرَ الصَّعْبَ

In this way the camel becomes at ease, or tranquil, with him.

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He saw him to be ذَلِيل [i. e. low, base, vile, &c.]: (M, K:) or he found him to be so; (TA;) as also اذّلهُ . (K.) See also 4. استذلّ البَعِيرَ الصَّعْبَ He plucked off the ticks from the refractory camel in order that he might experience pleasure [or relief], and so become at ease, or tranquil, (M, K,) with him. (K.)
Form R. Q. 2تَذَلْذَلَ1 sense

Core sense — it shook, and became loose, slack, or danglinggenerated

R. Q. 2.1

Apparently from ذُلْذُلٌ. It was, or became, in a state of commotion, or agitation, and lax, slack, or pendulous.

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[app. from ذُلْذُلٌ ] It was, or became, in a state of commotion, or agitation, and lax, slack, or pendulous. (K.)

Derived nouns 16

Nounاذْلَوْلَى1 sense

Core sense — he became lowly, or submissivegenerated

1

A verb one of whose meanings is mentioned in this article in the K; it belongs to art. ذلى.

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[ , a verb of which one of the significations is mentioned in this art. in the K, belongs to art. ذلى .]
Nounذُلٌّ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lowness, baseness, abjectness, humiliationgenerated

1nor has He taken to Himself any helper because of any lowness of condition in Him—وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِىٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ

Also ذِلَّةٌ and مَذَلَّةٌ, all mentioned as maṣdars: the opposite of عِزٌّ, that is, lowness, baseness, vileness, abjectness, meanness, paltriness, contemptibleness, despicableness, ignominy, abasement, humiliation, and weakness.

In the Qur'ān 17, last verse. Taking a helper in that way is the custom of the Arabs: they used to league one with another, seeking by this to become strong and unassailable. [In the CK, يُخالِفُهُ is erroneously put for يُحَالِفُهُ.]

See also ذَلِيلٌ.

1.1

See also the following paragraph, in five places.

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and ذِلَّةٌ and مَذَلَّةٌ [all mentioned in the M and MA and K as inf. ns.] contr. of عِزٌّ ; (S, M;) [i. e.] Lowness, baseness, vileness, abjectness, meanness, paltriness, contemptibleness, despicableness, ignominiousness, ingloriousness, abasement, humiliation, and weakness. (Msb, K. *) وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ وَلِىٌّ مِنَ الذُّلِّ , in the Kur [xvii. last verse], means Nor hath taken to himself any aider to assist Him and league with Him by reason of any lowness of condition in Him, as is the custom of the Arabs to do: (K, TA: [in the CK, يُخالِفُهُ is erroneously put for يُحَالِفُهُ :]) for they used to league, one with another, seeking thereby to become strong and inaccessible. (TA.) See also ذَلِيلٌ . And see the paragraph here following, in five places.
Nounذِلٌّ4 senses · 2 main

Core sense — easiness, submissiveness; gentleness; the beaten track of a roadgenerated

1[Somewhat of submissiveness is most preservative of the family and the property]—بَعْضُ الذِّلِّ أَبْقَى لِلْأَهْلِ وَالمَالِ

Easiness, tractableness, submissiveness, or manageableness; and so ذُلٌّ.

Or الذُّلُّ أَبْقَى لِلْأَهْلِ وَالمَالِ, as it occurs in a tradition of Ibn-Ez-Zubeyr; meaning that the abjectness that comes upon a man when he bears patiently an injury done to him is most preservative of him, and of his family and his property.

1.1[And make soft to them, your two parents, the side of gentleness; that is, treat them with gentleness]—وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ

Also gentleness; and mercy; and so ذُلٌّ.

Or الذِّلِّ, in the Qur'ān 17:25. The former is the common reading; or the latter means easiness, tractableness, or submissiveness.

Er-Rāghib says that الذُّلُّ is a consequence of subjection, while الذِّلُّ is what comes after refractoriness. So the phrase means, according to the former reading, be gentle like one who is subjected to them; and according to the latter reading, be gentle and tractable, or submissive, to them.

2let events, or affairs, take their course in the ways that are fit for them, and easy—أَجْرِ الأُمُورَعَلَى أَذْلَالِهَا

The beaten track, or the part of a road that is trodden and made even. Its plural أَذْلَال occurs in the saying that follows.

El-Khansà says: [Let fate take its ways after the youth left behind in El-Mahw]

shāhid
لِتَجْرِ المَنِيَّةِ بَعْدَ الفَتَى ٱلْمُغَادَرِ بِٱلْمَحْوِ أَذْلَالَهَا

— meaning, I do not mourn for anything after him. Cited by AA; in the present article and in art. محو. المحو is here the name of a place.

the decrees of God take their appointed courses—أُمُورُ ٱللّٰهِ جَارِيَةُ عَلَى أَذْلَالِهَا

Also جَارِيَةٌ أَذْلَالَهَا, with the same meaning; here too اذلال is the plural of ذِلٌّ.

leave him, or it, in his, or its, present state or condition—دَعْهُ عَلَى أَذْلَالِهِ

In this case it has no singular.

it came in its proper manner—جَآءَ عَلَى أَذْلَالِهِ
2.1

See another use of أَذْلَال as a plural with no singular assigned to it, under ذُلْذُلٌ, last sentence.

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Easiness, tractableness, submissiveness, or manageableness; (S, M, K, and Ham p. 50; [mentioned in the M and Msb and K as an inf. n.;]) as also ذُلٌّ . (M, K, and Ham ubi suprà.) Hence the saying, بَعْضُ الذِّلِّ أَبْقَى لِلْأَهْلِ وَالمَالِ [Somewhat of submissiveness is most preservative of the family and the property]: (S:) or الذُّلُّ أَبْقَى لِلْأَهْلِ وَالمَالِ , occurring in a trad. of Ibn-Ez-Zubeyr; meaning that abjectness betiding a man when he bears patiently an injury that has befallen him is most preservative of him and of his family and his property. (TA.) Also Gentleness; and mercy; and so ذُلٌّ : thus in the phrase, وَٱخْفِضْ لَهُمَا جَنَاحَ الذُّلِّ or الذِّلِّ , (M, K,) in the Kur [xvii. 25, lit. And make soft to them (thy two parents) the side of gentleness; meaning treat them with gentleness]: the former is the common reading: (TA:) or the latter means easiness, tractableness, or submissiveness: (K:) [and so the former, as has been stated above:] Er-Rághib says that الذُّلُّ is a consequence of subjection; and الذِّلُّ is what is after refractoriness: so that the phrase means, [accord. to the former reading,] be gentle like him who is subjected to them; and accord. to the latter reading, be gentle and tractable, or submissive, to them. (TA.) Also The beaten track, (K,) or part that is trodden and made even, (M,) of a road. (M, K.) Its pl. أَذْلَال occurs in the saying, أَجْرِ الأُمُورَعَلَى أَذْلَالِهَا Let events, or affairs, take their course in the ways, or manners, that are fit, or proper, for them, and easy. (T.) El-Khansà says, 1 [Let fate take its ways after the youth left behind in El-Mahw]; (S, M;) meaning I mourn not for any thing after him: cited by AA: (S in the present art. and in art. محو :) المحو is here the name of a place. (S in the latter art.) And one says, أُمُورُ ٱللّٰهِ جَارِيَةُ عَلَى أَذْلَالِهَا , (S, M, K,) and جَارِيَةٌ أَذْلَالَهَا , (M, K,) The decrees of God take their [appointed] courses: (S, M, K:) here, also, اذلال is pl. of ذِلٌّ . (M, K.) And دَعْهُ عَلَى أَذْلَالِهِ Leave thou him, or it, in his, or its, [present] state, or condition: (S, M, K:) in this case it has no sing. (M, K.) [And so in the saying,] جَآءَ عَلَى أَذْلَالِهِ It came in its [proper] manner. (S, K.) لِتَجْرِ المَنِيَّةِ بَعْدَ الفَتَى ٱلْمُغَادَرِ بِٱلْمَحْوِ أَذْلَالَهَا See also another usage of أَذْلَال , as a pl. having no sing. assigned to it, voce ذُلْذُلٌ , last sentence.
Nounذِلَّةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lowness, baseness, abjectnessgenerated

1

See ذُلٌّ.

1.1

In the following verse: [May my heritage give joy to a man not low, or base; slender arrows, singular of their kind, that have a whizzing sound]

shāhid
لِيَهْنِئْ تُرَاثِى لِٱمْرِئٍ غَيْرِ ذِلَّةٍصَنَابِرُ أُحْدَانٌ لِهُنَّ حَفِيفُ

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The meaning is غَيْرِ ذَلِيلٍ, or غَيْرِ ذِى ذِلَّةٍ; and صنابر is put in the nominative case as a substitute for تراث.

Qur’ānic occurrences ذِلَّة 2 shown of 7
68:43
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ

Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).

70:44
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ ٱلْيَوْمُ ٱلَّذِى كَانُوا۟ يُوعَدُونَ

Their eyes lowered in dejection,- ignominy covering them (all over)! such is the Day the which they are promised!

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: see ذُلٌّ . In the following verse, 1 [May my heritage give joy to a man not low, or base; slender arrows, singular of their kind, that have a whizzing sound], the meaning is, غَيْرِ ذَلِيلٍ , or غَيْرِ ذِى ذِلَّةٍ ; and صنابر is put in the nom. case as a substitute for تراث . (M.) لِيَهْنِئْ تُرَاثِى لِٱمْرِئٍ غَيْرِ ذِلَّةٍ | صَنَابِرُ أُحْدَانٌ لِهُنَّ حَفِيفُ
Nounذَلُولٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — easy, tractable, submissive, manageablegenerated

1

Easy, tractable, submissive, or manageable; applied to a beast, such as a horse and the like, and to a man.

ذَلُولِىٌّ is used in the same way of a man — though it is not found in the M, and the right reading is probably ذَلَوْلًى, belonging to art. ذلى.

The former is alike masculine and feminine; plural ذُلُلٌ and أَذِلَّةٌ.

A poet applies the adjective ذُلُل to spear-heads, meaning made easy [to pierce with] by being sharpened, and made thin and slender.

1.1

See also the next paragraph, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences ذَلُول
2:71
قَالَ إِنَّهُۥ يَقُولُ إِنَّهَا بَقَرَةٌ لَّا ذَلُولٌ تُثِيرُ ٱلْأَرْضَ وَلَا تَسْقِى ٱلْحَرْثَ مُسَلَّمَةٌ لَّا شِيَةَ فِيهَا ۚ قَالُوا۟ ٱلْـَٔـٰنَ جِئْتَ بِٱلْحَقِّ ۚ فَذَبَحُوهَا وَمَا كَادُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ

He said: "He says: A heifer not trained to till the soil or water the fields; sound and without blemish." They said: "Now hast thou brought the truth." Then they offered her in sacrifice, but not with good-will.

67:15
هُوَ ٱلَّذِى جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ ذَلُولًا فَٱمْشُوا۟ فِى مَنَاكِبِهَا وَكُلُوا۟ مِن رِّزْقِهِۦ ۖ وَإِلَيْهِ ٱلنُّشُورُ

It is He Who has made the earth manageable for you, so traverse ye through its tracts and enjoy of the Sustenance which He furnishes: but unto Him is the Resurrection.

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Easy, tractable, submissive, or manageable; (S, M, Msb, K;) applied to a beast, such as a horse and the like, ( دَابَّة ), (S, M, Msb,) and to a man [&c.]; (M;) and so ذَلُولِىٌّ , applied to a man: (TA, as from the M: [but not found by me in the latter; and I believe that the right reading is ذَلَوْلًى , belonging to art. ذلى , q. v.:]) the former alike masc. and fem.: (M, TA:) pl. ذُلُلٌ (S, M, Msb, K) and أَذِلَّةٌ . (K.) A poet applies the epithet ذُلُل to spear-heads, as meaning Made easy [to pierce with] by being sharpened, and made thin and slender. (M.) See also the next paragraph, in two places.
Nounذَلِيلٌ5 senses · 1 main

Core sense — low, base, abject; gentle and merciful; made even and easy, said of a roadgenerated

1

Low, base, vile, abject, mean, paltry, contemptible, despicable, ignominious, brought low, abased, humbled, and weak; applied to a man.

Ibn-'Abbád: ذُلَّانٌ means the same, as a singular; or it is a plural of the former, as are أَذِلَّآءُ, أَذِلَّةٌ, and ذِلَالٌ.

1.1gentle and merciful to the believers, rough in behaviour and severe to the unbelievers—أَذِلَّةٍ عَلَى المُؤْمِنِينَ أَعِزَّةٍ عَلَى الكَافِرينَ

Also gentle; and merciful. In the Qur'ān 5:59.

1.2figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also applied to a road: made even, or smooth, and easy to travel, or to walk or ride upon.

Also with ة, applied to طَرِيقٌ [which is feminine as well as masculine]; and so ذَلُولٌ, plural of the latter, or of the former, ذُلُلٌ.

مُذَلَّلٌ is applied to a road in the same way: beaten, or trodden, and made even, or easy to walk or ride upon.

ذَلُولٌ is likewise applied to land or ground and the like, meaning easy to travel, or to walk or ride upon. As; and the M under تَرَبُوتٌ.

1.3figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also low: applied to a wall, to a house or chamber, and to a mountain. Or, applied to a wall: low and thin. Applied to a spear: short.

1.4exceeding lowness or baseness; or lowering, abasing lowness or baseness—ذُلٌّ ذَلِيلٌ

Here the second word is used as an intensive adjective, or as meaning مُذِلٌّ.

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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.) [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.) Also applied to a road, meaning 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 .) Also 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 low and thin, applied to a wall: (Mgh:) and short, applied to a spear. (T.) You say also ذُلٌّ ذَلِيلٌ , [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.)
Nounذَلُولِىٌّ1 sense

Core sense — good and easy in natural dispositiongenerated

1

Good and easy in respect of natural disposition; plural ذَلُولِيُّونَ. Ibn-'Abbád. [In the CK, الخَلْقِ is erroneously put for الخُلُقِ.]

See also ذَلُولٌ.

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Good and easy in respect of natural disposition: pl. ذَلُولِيُّونَ . (Ibn-' Abbád, K. [In the CK, الخَلْقِ is erroneously put for الخُلُقِ .]) See also ذَلُولٌ .
Nounذُلَّانٌ1 sense

Core sense — low, base, vilegenerated

1

See ذَلِيلٌ.

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: see ذَلِيلٌ .
Nounذُلْذُلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — the lower, or lowest, part of a long shirt, next the groundgenerated

1

Singular of ذَلَاذِلُ, which means the lower, or lowest, parts of a shirt, or of a long shirt, those next the ground.

IAar says that the singular is ذُلَذِلٌ and ذِلْذِلَةٌ as well; and they are also called ذَنَاذِنُ, plural of ذِنْذِنٌ and دَنَادِنُ.

Or ذُلْذُلٌ, ذِلْذِلٌ, ذِلْذِلَةٌ, ذُلَذِلٌ, and ذُلَذِلَةٌ all mean the lower, or lowest, parts of a long shirt when it dangles and becomes old and worn out; and so ذَلَاذِلُ, or rather this last is the plural of all the foregoing words.

ذَلَذِلُ and ذَلَذِلَةٌ mean the same [in some copies of the K, erroneously, ذَلْذَل, or ذَلْذُل and ذَلْذَلَة]; or rather the first of these two is a contraction of the plural ذَلَاذِلُ, and the second is the same contracted plural with the addition of ة.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthose who are the last of the people, or the last of a few of them—ذَلَاذِلُ النَّاسِ

So in the Moheet.

ذُلْذُلَانُهُمْ and ذُلَيْذِلَانُهُمْ [in the CK, erroneously, ذُلْذُلاتُهُمْ and ذُلِيذَلاتُهُمْ], the latter a diminutive, and أَذْلَالُهُمْ, mean the same; or this last means the lower, baser, viler, or meaner of them.

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is sing. of ذَلَاذِلُ , which signifies The lower, or lowest, parts, (AZ, T, S,) that are next the ground, of a shirt, (S,) or of a long shirt; (AZ, T;) and IAar says that the sing. is ذُلَذِلٌ , and ذِلْذِلَةٌ , also; and they are also called ذَنَاذِنُ , pl. of ذِنْذِنٌ ; (T;) and دَنَادِنُ : (K in art. دن :) or ذُلْذُلٌ and ذِلْذِلٌ and ذِلْذِلَةٌ and ذُلَذِلٌ and ذُلَذِلَةٌ all signify the lower, or lowest, parts of a long shirt (M, K) when it dangles and becomes old and worn out; (M;) as also ذَلَاذِلُ ; (K;) [or rather] this last is pl. of all the foregoing words; (M;) and ذَلَذِلُ and ذَلَذِلَةٌ [in some copies of the K, erroneously, ذَلْذَل , or ذَلْذُل , and ذَلْذَلَة ,] signify the same; (K;) [or rather] the former of these two is a contraction of the pl. ذَلَاذِلُ (S, M) [and the latter of them is the same contracted pl. with the addition of ة ]. [Hence,] ذَلَاذِلُ النَّاسِ Those who are the last of the people; (K;) or the last of a few of the people; so in the Moheet; (TA;) and ذُلْذُلَانُهُمْ and ذُلَيْذِلَانُهُمْ , (K, TA, [in the CK, erroneously, ذُلْذُلاتُهُمْ and ذُلِيذَلاتُهُمْ ,]) the latter a dim., (TA,) and أَذْلَالُهُمْ , signify the same: (K:) or this last signifies the lower, baser, viler, or meaner, of them. (O, TA.)
Nounذِلْذِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — the lower, or lowest, part of a long shirtgenerated

1

Also ذُلَذِلٌ and ذَلَذِلٌ: see ذُلْذُلٌ, in eight places.

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and ذُلَذِلٌ and ذَلَذِلٌ and see ذُلْذُلٌ , in eight places.
Nounذِلْذِلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the lower, or lowest, part of a long shirtgenerated

1

Also ذُلَذِلَةٌ and ذَلَذِلَةٌ: see ذُلْذُلٌ, in eight places.

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and ذُلَذِلَةٌ and ذَلَذِلَةٌ and see ذُلْذُلٌ , in eight places.
Nounذُلْذُلَانُ النَّاسِ1 sense

Core sense — those who are the last of the peoplegenerated

1

Also ذُلَيْذِلَانُهُمْ: see ذُلْذُلٌ.

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and ذُلَيْذِلَانُهُمْ : see ذُلْذُلٌ .
Nounأَذَلٌّ1 sense

Core sense — more, or most, low, base, or vilegenerated

1

More, and most, low, base, vile, and the like. See أَخْنَعُ.

Qur’ānic occurrences أَذَلّ 1 shown of 2
58:20
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ يُحَآدُّونَ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥٓ أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ فِى ٱلْأَذَلِّينَ

Those who resist Allah and His Messenger will be among those most humiliated.

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[More, and most, low, base, vile, &c.]: see أَخْنَعُ .
Nounأَذْلَالٌ2 senses

Core sense — the beaten tracks of a road; the courses, or states, of thingsgenerated

1

As a plural without a singular: see ذِلٌّ, of which it is also a plural, in two places.

2

See also ذُلْذُلٌ, last sentence.

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as a pl. without a sing.: see ذِلٌّ (of which it is also a pl.), in two places: and see ذُلْذُلٌ , last sentence.
Nounمَذَلَّةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — lowness, baseness, abasementgenerated

1

See ذُلٌّ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferredthe wooden pin, peg, or stake—غَيْرُالمَذَلَّةِ

So called because its head is broken, or battered by beating. [See عَيْرٌ.]

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: see ذُلٌّ . [Hence,] غَيْرُالمَذَلَّةِ The wooden pin, peg, or stake: (S, K:) because its head is broken [or battered by beating]. (S.) [See عَيْرٌ .]
Nounمُذَلَّلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — made easy, or submissive; having its racemes bent down for easy gatheringgenerated

1

See ذَلِيلٌ.

1.1figurative · مجاز — inferred

Also, applied to palm-trees: having its fruit bent down so that it may be easily gathered. See also its verb, Form 2.

So in the following verse of Imra-el-Keys:

shāhid
وَكَشْحٍ لَطِيفٍ كَالجَدِيلِ مُخَصَّرٍوَسَاقٍ كَأُنْبُوبِ السَّقِىِّ المُذَلَّلِ

— meaning: and a waist slender like a camel's nose-rein of twisted leather, thin; and a shank resembling, in the clearness of its colour, the stalk (literally, the internodal portion) of the papyrus growing among irrigated palm-trees whose racemes are bent down by the abundance of their fruit, so that their branches overshade these papyrus-plants.

Or, according to some: and a shank resembling the stalk of the irrigated papyrus that is bent down by saturation. (EM pages 28 and 29.)

As says that it means سَاقٍ كَأُنْبُوبِ بَرْدِىٍّ بَيْنَ هٰذَا النَّخْلِ المُذَّلَلِ, agreeing with the first explanation.

AO says that سَقِىّ means watered naturally, without anyone having to take trouble to water it.

IAar explained المُذَلَّل as meaning having the way of the water to it made easy.

Some say that by السَّقِىّ is meant the tender, white stalk of the بَرْدِىّ.

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: see ذَلِيلٌ . Also, [applied to palmtrees ( نَخْل ),] Having the fruit thereof bent [down] in order that it may be [easily] gathered: [see also its verb (2):] so in the following verse of Imra-el-Keys: (Sgh, TA:) 1 meaning And a waist slender like the camel's nose-rein of [twisted] leather, thin; and a shank resembling, in the clearness of its colour, the stalk (lit. internodal portion) of the papyrus ( بَرْدِىّ ) growing among irrigated palm-trees having their racemes bent down ( ذُلِّلَتْ ) by reason of the abundance of their fruit; so that their branches overshade these papyrus-plants: or, accord. to some, and a shank resembling the stalk of the irrigated papyrus that is bent down ( مُذَلَّل ) by saturation: (EM pp. 28 and 29:) As says that it means, [agreeably with the former explanation,] سَاقٍ كَأُنْبُوبِ بَرْدِىٍّ بَيْنَ هٰذَا النَّخْلِ المُذَّلَلِ : AO says that سَقِىّ means watered [naturally,] without occasioning one's taking any trouble to water: IAar explained المُذَلَّل as meaning having the way of the water thereto made easy: and some say that by السَّقِىّ is meant the tender, white, stalk of the بَرْدِىّ . (T.) وَكَشْحٍ لَطِيفٍ كَالجَدِيلِ مُخَصَّرٍ | وَسَاقٍ كَأُنْبُوبِ السَّقِىِّ المُذَلَّلِ