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دلهم

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

دَلْهَمٌ دل دلهم Dark. (K.) You say لَيْلٌ دَلْهَمٌ Dark night: (TA:) and ↓ لَيْلَةٌ مُدْلَهِمَّةٌ A dark night. (S, TA.) ― -b2- And Deprived of his reason by love: (K:) a signification which shows the م to be augmentative; for it is from الدَّلَهُ: or, accord. to IKtt and others, the ل in ↓ ادلهمّ is augmentative; for, they say, it is from الدُّهْمَةُ: either opinion is allowable. (TA.) ― -b3- Also The wolf. (K.) ― -b4- And The male of [ the bird called ] the قَطَا [like دَيْلَمٌ]. (K.)

Derived headwords

دَلْهَمٌ
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لَيْلٌ دَلْهَمٌ