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 • (ʔabḵal) (feminine بُخْلَى (buḵlā), masculine plural أَبَاخِل (ʔabāḵil), feminine plural بُخْلَيَات (buḵlayāt))

1. Template:elative of:
   1. meaner; meanest
   2. more miserly, stingier, more avaricious; most miserly, stingiest, most avaricious

Declension

Declension of adjective أَبْخَل (ʔabḵal)

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