بخل
1 بَخِلَ, (
JK,
S,
Msb,
K,)
aor. ـَ
inf. n. بَخَلٌ; (
JK,
Msb,
K;) and بَخُلَ,
aor. ـُ
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.) 2 بخّلهُ, (
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.) 4 ابخلهُ He found him to be بَخِيل [or niggardly, &c.]. (
S,
Msb,
K.) بَخْلٌ: see what next follows.
بُخْلٌ 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: see what next precedes.
بَخَلٌ: see بُخْلٌ:
b2: and see also بَخِيلٌ.
بَخِلٌ: see بُخْلٌ.
بُخُلٌ: see بُخْلٌ.
بَخْلَةٌ A single act, or instance, of بُخْل [or niggardliness &c.]. (
JK,
TA.) بَخَالٌ: see what next follows.
بَخِيلٌ (
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, بُخَلَآءُ; (
Msb,
K;) and of the second, بُخَّلٌ (
K) and بُخَّالٌ. (
TA.) بُخُولٌ: see بُخْلٌ.
بَخَّالٌ: see بَخِيلٌ.
بَاخِلٌ: see بَخِيلٌ.
مَبْخَلَةٌ 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: see بَخِيلٌ.
