أبخل

See also: ابچل‎

Arabic

Etymology

Elative of بَخِيل‎ (baḵīl, “mean; miserly, stingy, avaricious”), from the root ب خ ل‎ (b-ḵ-l).

Adjective

أَبْخَل • (ʾabḵal) (feminine بُخْلَى‎ (buḵlā), masculine plural أَبَاخِل‎ (ʾabāḵil), feminine plural بُخْلَيَات‎ (buḵlayāt))

elative degree of بَخِيل‎ (baḵīl):
1. meaner; meanest
2. more miserly, stingier, more avaricious; most miserly, stingiest, most avaricious

Declension

Declension of adjective أَبْخَل (ʾabḵal)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَبْخَل ʾabḵal	الْأَبْخَل‎ al-ʾabḵal	بُخْلى‎ buḵlā	الْبُخْلى‎ al-buḵlā
Nominative	أَبْخَلُ ʾabḵalu	الْأَبْخَلُ‎ al-ʾabḵalu	بُخْلى‎ buḵlā	الْبُخْلى‎ al-buḵlā
Accusative	أَبْخَلَ ʾabḵala	الْأَبْخَلَ‎ al-ʾabḵala	بُخْلى‎ buḵlā	الْبُخْلى‎ al-buḵlā
Genitive	أَبْخَلَ ʾabḵala	الْأَبْخَلِ‎ al-ʾabḵali	بُخْلى‎ buḵlā	الْبُخْلى‎ al-buḵlā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَبْخَلَيْن‎ ʾabḵalayn	الْأَبْخَلَيْن‎ al-ʾabḵalayn	بُخْلَيَيْن‎ buḵlayayn	الْبُخْلَيَيْن‎ al-buḵlayayn
Nominative	أَبْخَلَانِ‎ ʾabḵalāni	الْأَبْخَلَانِ‎ al-ʾabḵalāni	بُخْلَيَانِ‎ buḵlayāni	الْبُخْلَيَانِ‎ al-buḵlayāni
Accusative	أَبْخَلَيْنِ‎ ʾabḵalayni	الْأَبْخَلَيْنِ‎ al-ʾabḵalayni	بُخْلَيَيْنِ‎ buḵlayayni	الْبُخْلَيَيْنِ‎ al-buḵlayayni
Genitive	أَبْخَلَيْنِ‎ ʾabḵalayni	الْأَبْخَلَيْنِ‎ al-ʾabḵalayni	بُخْلَيَيْنِ‎ buḵlayayni	الْبُخْلَيَيْنِ‎ al-buḵlayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَبَاخِل‎ ʾabāḵil	الْأَبَاخِل‎ al-ʾabāḵil	بُخْلَيَات‎ buḵlayāt	الْبُخْلَيَات‎ al-buḵlayāt
Nominative	أَبَاخِلُ‎ ʾabāḵilu	الْأَبَاخِلُ‎ al-ʾabāḵilu	بُخْلَيَاتٌ‎ buḵlayātun	الْبُخْلَيَاتُ‎ al-buḵlayātu
Accusative	أَبَاخِلَ‎ ʾabāḵila	الْأَبَاخِلَ‎ al-ʾabāḵila	بُخْلَيَاتٍ‎ buḵlayātin	الْبُخْلَيَاتِ‎ al-buḵlayāti
Genitive	أَبَاخِلَ‎ ʾabāḵila	الْأَبَاخِلِ‎ al-ʾabāḵili	بُخْلَيَاتٍ‎ buḵlayātin	الْبُخْلَيَاتِ‎ al-buḵlayāti

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “أبخل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

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