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ب خ ل

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Computed
Occurrences
12
Distinct forms
7

Meaning

Morphology · Lane's Lexicon · CC BY-SA 3.0

From Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon (1863–1893), under the root بخل. Digitised by the Perseus Project (Tufts); Arabic decoded from Perseus's transliteration.

بَخِلَ بخل خل , (JK, S, Msb, K,) aor. بَخَلَ , inf. n. بَخَلٌ ; (JK, Msb, K;) and بَخُلَ , aor. بَخُلَ , inf. n. بُخْلٌ ; (Msb, K;) He was, or became, niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious: see بُخْلٌ , below. (K, TA.) You say, بَخِلَ بِكَذَا , (S, TA,) and بَخُلَ بِهِ , He was, or became, niggardly, &c., of such a thing. (TA.) And بَخِلَ عَنْهُ [He withheld, with niggardliness, from him]: and بَخِلَ عَلَيْهِ [he was niggardly to him]. (Bd and Jel in xlvii. last verse.)

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بخّلهُ بخل بخله بخلة خل خلة , (S, K,) inf. n. تَبْخِيلٌ , (K,) He attributed, or imputed, to him بُخْل [or niggardliness, &c.]: (S:) or he accused him thereof: (K:) or he called him بَخِيل [or niggardly, &c.]. (TA.)

ابخلهُ ابخله ابخلة He found him to be بَخِيل [or niggardly, &c.]. (S, Msb, K.)

بَخْلٌ بخل خل : see what next follows.

بُخْلٌ بخل خل and ↓ بَخَلٌ , [both of which are properly inf. ns.,] (JK, S, K,) and ↓ بَخْلٌ , (Ks, S, Msb, K,) which is a simple subst., (Msb,) and ↓ بُخُلٌ (K) and ↓ بَخِلٌ and ↓ بِخْلٌ (TA) and ↓ بُخُولٌ , (K,) of all which, the first is that which commonly obtains, (TA,) are syn., (JK, S,) signifying Niggardliness, tenaciousness, stinginess, penuriousness, or avarice; contr. of كَرَمٌ (K, TA) and جُودٌ ; and its definition is the withholding of acquired articles of property from that wherefrom it is not lawful to withhold them: (TA:) or the debarring the asker, or beggar, from what one has that is superabundant: (Msb:) and in the law, the refusal of what is incumbent, or obligatory. (Msb, TA.)

بِخْلٌ بخل خل : see what next precedes.

بَخَلٌ بخل خل : see بُخْلٌ : ― -b2- and see also بَخِيلٌ .

بَخِلٌ بخل خل : see بُخْلٌ .

بُخُلٌ بخل خل : see بُخْلٌ .

بَخْلَةٌ بخل بخله بخلة خل خلة A single act, or instance, of بُخْل [or niggardliness &c.]. (JK, TA.)

بَخَالٌ بخال خال خالي : see what next follows.

بَخِيلٌ أخيل بخيل خيل (JK, S, Msb, K) and ↓ بَاخِلٌ (S, Msb, K) Niggardly, tenacious, stingy, penurious, or avaricious; (K;) i. e. ذُو بُخْلٍ ; (Msb;) epithets from 1: (S, Msb: *) or one from whom niggardliness is experienced much or often: (TA: [appin explanation of the former:]) and so ↓ بَخَلٌ , in inf. n. used as an epithet [and therefore implying more than the possession of the simple attribute of niggardliness &c., being a kind of personification]; (Abu-l-'Omeythil El-Aarábee, K;) and ↓ بَخَّالٌ (S, K) and ↓ بَخَالٌ (K) and ↓ مُبَخَّلٌ (JK, K) i. e. شَدِيدُ البُخْلِ [very, or vehemently, niggardly &c.]: (S, TA:) pl. of the first, بُخَلَا=ءُ ; (Msb, K;) and of the second, بُخَّلٌ (K) and بُخَّالٌ . (TA.)

بُخُولٌ بخول خول : see بُخْلٌ .

بَخَّالٌ بخال خال خالي : see بَخِيلٌ .

بَاخِلٌ باخل : see بَخِيلٌ .

مَبْخَلَةٌ مبخله مبخلة A cause of, or a thing that incites to, بُخْل [or niggardliness &c.]: (K:) a word of the same class as مَجْبَنَةٌ and مَهْلَكَةٌ and مَعْطَشَةٌ and مَفَازَةٌ &c. (TA.) So explained as occurring in the trad., (TA,) الوَلَدُ مَبْخَلَةٌ مَجْبَنَةٌ [Children are a cause of niggardliness and a cause of cowardice]; (S, TA;) because on account of them one loves property, and continuance of life. (S in art. جبن .)

مُبَخَّلٌ مبخل : see بَخِيلٌ .

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Distribution across surahs

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Connected roots

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Occurrences · 7 verses

Quranic text · Tanzil Uthmani 1.1

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وَلَايَحْسَبَنَّٱلَّذِينَيَبْخَلُونَبِمَآءَاتَىٰهُمُٱللَّهُمِنفَضْلِهِۦهُوَخَيْرًالَّهُمبَلْهُوَشَرٌّلَّهُمْسَيُطَوَّقُونَمَابَخِلُوا۟بِهِۦيَوْمَٱلْقِيَٰمَةِوَلِلَّهِمِيرَٰثُٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِوَٱلْأَرْضِوَٱللَّهُبِمَاتَعْمَلُونَخَبِيرٌ

Reference 3:180
Muhammad 47:38Quranic text

هَٰٓأَنتُمْهَٰٓؤُلَآءِتُدْعَوْنَلِتُنفِقُوا۟فِىسَبِيلِٱللَّهِفَمِنكُممَّنيَبْخَلُوَمَنيَبْخَلْفَإِنَّمَايَبْخَلُعَننَّفْسِهِۦوَٱللَّهُٱلْغَنِىُّوَأَنتُمُٱلْفُقَرَآءُوَإِنتَتَوَلَّوْا۟يَسْتَبْدِلْقَوْمًاغَيْرَكُمْثُمَّلَايَكُونُوٓا۟أَمْثَٰلَكُم

Reference 47:38

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