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ذَلَّ , 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.) ―
2-b2- 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.)
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2-b3- [Hence,] ذَلَّ is also said of a road [as meaning (assumed tropical:) 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.)
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2-b4- And ذَلَّتِ القَوَا فِى لِشَّاعِرِ (assumed tropical:) The rhymes were
easy to the poet. (T.) ―
2-b5- And ذَلَّ said of a
watering-trough or tank, (TA,) or of the upper
part thereof, (M,) (assumed tropical:) It was, or became, broken
much, or in several places, in its edge, and much
demolished. (M, TA.)