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دءى

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 دَأَى ذ , and دَأَا, aor. يَدْأَى, (T, M, K,) inf. n. دَأْىٌ, (T, M,) of the former verb, (M,) and دَأْوٌ, (T, K,) of the latter verb, (K,) said of a wolf, (M, K,) [and of a man, as shown below,] He deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted, him. (T, M, K.) You say, دَأَيْتُ لَهُ, (S, K,) aor. أَدْأَىْ لَهُ, inf. n. دَأْىٌ, I deceived, deluded, &c., it, namely, a thing, (S, K,) or him, namely, a man; (so in one of my copies of the S;) and so دَأَوْتُ لَهُ. (S, M.) And الذِّئْبُ يَدْأَى لِلْغَزَالِ The wolf deceives, deludes, &c., the gazelle, or the young gazelle: (S, M:) or walks, or goes, in the manner of him who deceives, deludes, &c., to the gazelle, or the young gazelle. (T.)

Derived headwords

دَأَىverb
  1. 1.
دَأَيْتُ لَهُ
أَدْأَىْ لَهُ
دَأَوْتُ لَهُ
الذِّئْبُ يَدْأَى لِلْغَزَالِ