ذيل

From the root ذ ي ل (ḏ-y-l), an augment of the root ذ ل ل (ḏ-l-l), meaning "to be low", "to be in low-esteem". The sense of "a shelter or protection" stems from the use of this root to describe weaker tribes that needed the support of stronger allies; contrasted with و ل ي (w-l-y).

• IPA^(key): /ðajl/

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ذَيْل • (ḏayl) m (plural ذُيُول (ḏuyūl) or أَذْيُل (ʔaḏyul) or أَذْيَال (ʔaḏyāl))

1. lower part of a thing, touching the ground
2. tail

   Synonym: ذَنَب (ḏanab)

3. skirt, hem, train, trail
4. fringes
5. appendix, supplement, postscript
6. lower margin of a book
7. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:) shelter, protection

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ذيل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ذيل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 990-991
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ذلل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 972-974
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ولي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[4], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 3060-3061, in the supplement

From Arabic ذَيْل (ḏayl).

• IPA^(key): /deːl/, [de̞ːl], /ðeːl/

ذيل • (dēl) m (dual ذيلين (dēlēn), plural ذيول (diyūl))

1. tail
2. lower part of a thing, touching the ground