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دلو

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

1 دَلَا الدَّلْوَ دلا الدلو , (Mgh, K, [in the CK, دَلّاها is erroneously put for دَلَاهَا,]) [and دَلَا بِالدَّلْوِ,] first pers. دَلَوْتُ الدَّلْوَ, (T, S, Msb,) and دَلَوْتُ بِالدَّلْوِ, (Msb,) aor., first pers., أَدْلُو, inf. n. دَلْوٌ; (T;) and الدَّلْوَ ↓ ادلى; (Mgh; [the only authority that I find for the latter verb in the sense here explained;]) He pulled the دَلْو [or bucket ] up, or out, (T, S, Mgh, Msb,) from the well, (T, Mgh,) full: (T, Mgh:) or he pulled the دلو to make it come forth. (K.) Hence, i. e. from ادلى الدلو as explained above, the saying, in a trad., if it be correct, عَنِ المَاآءَ ↓ وَرَدُوا مَاآءٍ فَسَأَلُوا أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يُدْلُوهُمْ [ They came to water, and they asked its owners to draw for them from the water ]; for يُدْلُوا لَهُمْ, or يُدْلُوا دَلْوَهُمْ. (Mgh.) And أَدْلُو حَاجَتِى, from دَلَوْتُ الدَّلْوَ explained above, means (assumed tropical:) I seek, or demand, the accomplishment of my want: (Ham p. 500:) or دَلَا حَاجَتَهُ means (assumed tropical:) He sought, or demanded, the object of his want. (TA.) And دَلَوْتُ بِفُلَانٍ اـِلَيْكَ, (S, TA,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) I begged, or beg, such a one to make intercession for me to thee. (S, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence also,] دَلَا (assumed tropical:) He drove, or urged on: (IAar, T:) or did so gently; for دَلْوٌ [the inf. n.] means the driving, or urging on, gently. (M.) You say, دَلَوْتُ النَّاقَةَ, (S, K,) aor. أَدْلُو, (TA,) inf. n. دَلْوٌ, (S, TA,) (tropical:) I made the she-camel to go gently, or leisurely. (S, K, TA.) ― -b3- And دَلَوْتُهُ and ↓ دَالَيْتُهُ (tropical:) I was gentle with him; namely, a man; (S, K, TA;) treated him with gentleness or blandishment, soothed him, coaxed him, or wheedled him; (S, TA; and K in art. دلى [in which, as is said in the TK, دَاوَيْتُهُ is erroneously put, in some copies, for دَارَيْتُهُ];) endeavoured to conciliate him. (TA.) ― -b4- See also 4, in three places.

Derived headwords

دَلَا الدَّلْوَverb
  1. 1.
دَلَا بِالدَّلْوِ
دَلَوْتُ الدَّلْوَ
دَلَوْتُ بِالدَّلْوِ
ادلى الدلو
عَنِ المَاآءَ
يُدْلُوا لَهُمْ
يُدْلُوا دَلْوَهُمْ
أَدْلُو حَاجَتِى
دَلَا حَاجَتَهُ
دَلَوْتُ بِفُلَانٍ اـِلَيْكَ
دَلَوْتُ النَّاقَةَ