1 بَخِلَ بخل خل , (JK, S, Msb, K,) aor. بَخَلَ , inf. n. بَخَلٌ ; (JK, Msb, K;) and بَخُلَ , aor. بَخُلَ , 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 بخل بخله بخلة خل خلة , (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 ابخله ابخلة He found him to be بَخِيل [or niggardly, &c.]. (S, Msb, K.)

بَخْلٌ بخل خل : see what next follows.

بُخْلٌ بخل خل and , [both of which are properly inf. ns.,] (JK, S, K,) and , (Ks, S, Msb, K,) which is a simple subst., (Msb,) and (K) and and (TA) and , (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.)