adjective
sparse
virala mf( A )n. (perhaps from vira = vila for bila + la , ‘possessing holes’) having interstices, separated by intervals (whether of space or time), not thick or compact, loose, thin, sparse, wide apart, MBh. ; Kāv. &c.
sparse; rare; thin
Virala and Viraḷa (adjective) [connected with Vedic r̥tē excluding, without, and nirr̥ti perishing; cf. also Greek ἔρημος lonely; Latin rarus = rare] 1. sparse, rare, thin Thig 254 (of hair, explained as vilūna-kāsa Thig-a 210, i.e. almost bald; spelling ḷ); As 238 (ḷ); Dhp-a I 122 (°cchanna thinly covered); Pv-a 4 (in ratta-vaṇṇa-virala-mālā read better with v.l. as ratta-kaṇavīra-mālā, cf. Ja III 59).
【形】 稀疏的，稀罕的，瘦的。
virala a. 1 Having interstices, separated by intervals, thin, not thick or compact; viparyAsaM yAto GanaviralaBAvaH kzitiruhAM U. 2. 27 ; 1. 20 ; Bavati viralaBaktirmlAnapuzpApahAraH R. 5. 74. 2 Fine, delicate. 3 Loose, wide apart. 4 Rare, scarcely found, unfrequent; viralA hi tezAmupadezwAraH K. ; Pt. 1. 29. 5 Few, little ( pb ) (referring to number or quantity); tattvaM kimapi kAvyAnAM jAnAti viralo Buvi Bv. 1. 117 ; viralAtapacCaviH Śi. 9. 3. 6 Remote, distant, long (as time, distance &c.). — laM Curds, coagulated milk. — laM ind. Scarcely, rarely, not frequently. Comp. — jAnuka a. bandy-legged, bowkneed. — dravA a kind of gruel.
(adj, adj, from bila) sparse; scanty; patchy sparse, rare, thin [lit.] with gaps Construction: √bil > vil > vir + ala