دلس

دَلَسٌ دلس The dark; or darkness; (S, M, A, K;) as also ↓ دُلْسَةٌ: (A, Msb, K:) and the confusedness of the darkness, or of the beginning of night; expl. by اِخْتِلَاطُ الظَّلَامِ. (A, K.) You say, أَتَانَا دَلَسَ الظَّلَامِ He came to us in the confusedness of the darkness, or of the beginning of night. (TA.) And خَرَجَ فِى ا@لدَّلَسِ وَا@لْغَلَسِ [ He went forth in the confusedness of the darkness, or of the beginning of night, and in the darkness of the last part of the night ]. (A, TA.)