أبخل
See also: ابچل
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ب خ ل (b ḵ l) |
| 3 terms |
Elative of بَخِيل (baḵīl, “mean; miserly, stingy, avaricious”).
Adjective
أَبْخَل • (ʔabḵal) (feminine بُخْلَى (buḵlā), masculine plural أَبَاخِل (ʔabāḵil), feminine plural بُخْلَيَات (buḵlayāt))
- elative degree of بَخِيل (baḵīl):
- meaner; meanest
- more miserly, stingier, more avaricious; most miserly, stingiest, most avaricious
Declension
| singular | masculine | feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | أَبْخَل ʔabḵal |
الْأَبْخَل al-ʔabḵal |
بُخْلى buḵlā |
الْبُخْلى al-buḵlā |
| nominative | أَبْخَلُ ʔabḵalu |
الْأَبْخَلُ al-ʔabḵalu |
بُخْلى buḵlā |
الْبُخْلى al-buḵlā |
| accusative | أَبْخَلَ ʔabḵala |
الْأَبْخَلَ al-ʔabḵala |
بُخْلى buḵlā |
الْبُخْلى al-buḵlā |
| genitive | أَبْخَلَ ʔabḵala |
الْأَبْخَلِ al-ʔabḵali |
بُخْلى buḵlā |
الْبُخْلى al-buḵlā |
| dual | masculine | feminine | ||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | أَبْخَلَيْن ʔabḵalayn |
الْأَبْخَلَيْن al-ʔabḵalayn |
بُخْلَيَيْن buḵlayayn |
الْبُخْلَيَيْن al-buḵlayayn |
| nominative | أَبْخَلَانِ ʔabḵalāni |
الْأَبْخَلَانِ al-ʔabḵalāni |
بُخْلَيَانِ buḵlayāni |
الْبُخْلَيَانِ al-buḵlayāni |
| accusative | أَبْخَلَيْنِ ʔabḵalayni |
الْأَبْخَلَيْنِ al-ʔabḵalayni |
بُخْلَيَيْنِ buḵlayayni |
الْبُخْلَيَيْنِ al-buḵlayayni |
| genitive | أَبْخَلَيْنِ ʔabḵalayni |
الْأَبْخَلَيْنِ al-ʔabḵalayni |
بُخْلَيَيْنِ buḵlayayni |
الْبُخْلَيَيْنِ al-buḵlayayni |
| plural | masculine | feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| informal | أَبَاخِل ʔabāḵil |
الْأَبَاخِل al-ʔabāḵil |
بُخْلَيَات buḵlayāt |
الْبُخْلَيَات al-buḵlayāt |
| nominative | أَبَاخِلُ ʔabāḵilu |
الْأَبَاخِلُ al-ʔabāḵilu |
بُخْلَيَاتٌ buḵlayātun |
الْبُخْلَيَاتُ al-buḵlayātu |
| accusative | أَبَاخِلَ ʔabāḵila |
الْأَبَاخِلَ al-ʔabāḵila |
بُخْلَيَاتٍ buḵlayātin |
الْبُخْلَيَاتِ al-buḵlayāti |
| genitive | أَبَاخِلَ ʔabāḵila |
الْأَبَاخِلِ al-ʔabāḵili |
بُخْلَيَاتٍ buḵlayātin |
الْبُخْلَيَاتِ al-buḵlayāti |
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “أبخل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen