ذحل
ذَحْلٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and ↓ ذَحَلٌ (
Msb) Rancour, malevolence, malice, or spite; or concealment of enmity, and violent hatred, in the heart; or retention of enmity in the heart, with watchfulness for an opportunity to indulge it or exercise it;
syn. حِقْدٌ: (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K:) and [simply] enmity: (
S,
K:) or blood-revenge; or retaliation of murder or homicide; or a seeking to revenge, or avenge, or retaliate, blood;
syn. ثَأْرٌ: or a desire, or seeking, for retaliation of a crime or of enmity: (
K:)
pl. (of the former) ذُحُولٌ (
S,
Mgh,
Msb,
K) and (of the latter,
Msb) أَذْحَالٌ. (
Mgh,
Msb,
K.) One says, طَلَبَ بِذَحْلِهِ, meaning بِثَأْرِهِ [i. e. He sought to obtain his bloodrevenge, or retaliation]. (
S,
Msb.) And عِنْدَهُ ذَحْلِى [He owes me my blood-revenge], meaning he is the slayer of my relation. (A in art. ثأر.) [See also a verse of Lebeed cited as an
ex. of the preposition بِ.]
ذَحَلٌ: see the preceding paragraph.
