دخيل

Arabic

Root
د خ ل (d-ḵ-l)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb دَخَلَ (daḵala, “to enter”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /da.xiːl/
  • Rhymes: -iːl

Adjective

دَخِيل • (daḵīl) (feminine دَخِيلَة (daḵīla), masculine plural دَخِيلُون (daḵīlūn), feminine plural دَخِيلَات (daḵīlāt))

  1. alien, extraneous (of foreign origin)
    Antonym: أَصِيل (ʔaṣīl)
  2. exotic, non-native (non-native to the ecosystem)
    أنْوَاع دَخِيلَة ― non-native species
  3. (linguistics) loan, foreign
    لَفْظ دَخِيل ― lafẓ daḵīl ― a loanword

Declension

Descendants

  • → Azerbaijani: dəxil
  • → Ottoman Turkish: دخیل (dahîl)
  • → Persian: دخیل
    • → Urdu: دَخِیل (daxīl)

Noun

دَخِيل • (daḵīl) m (plural دُخَلَاء (duḵalāʔ) or دَخِيلُون (daḵīlūn), feminine دَخِيلَة (daḵīla))

  1. intruder

Declension

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