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):
- meaner; meanest
- 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 | ||
| 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