Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)
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- دلب1 lemmalane_019414
دُولَابٌ دولاب , (S,) or دَوْلَابٌ, (A, Mgh,) or each of these, (M, Msb, K,) of which the latter is the more chaste, (Msb, K,) an arabicized word, (S, M, A, Msb, K,) from the Persian [دُولْ اآبْ dól-áb]; (S, M, Msb;) but some say it is Arabic; (Msb;) [ A kind of water-wheel; ] a machine that is turned by a horse or the like; (Mgh, Msb;) a thing formed like the نَاعُورَة, with which water is drawn, (M, A, K,) for irrigating land [ &c. ]: (A:) or, more correctly, the same as the ناعورة; vulgarly called سَاقِيَة: (TA:) [it mainly consists of a vertical wheel, which raises the water in earthern pots, these being attached to cords, and forming a continuous series; a second vertical wheel, fixed to the same axis as the former, with cogs; and a large, horizontal, cogged wheel, which, being turned by a pair of bulls or cows or by a single beast, puts and keeps in motion the two other wheels and the pots:] pl. دَوَالِيبُ; (S, M, A;) for which دَوَالِى occurs in poetry: (M:) [or rather this (occurring at the end of a verse, and with the article ال,) is pl. of دَالِيَةٌ.] ― -b2- It has also other meanings, not mentioned in the K. (TA.) [Nor are they mentioned in the TA. Among other meanings used in the present day, are the following. ― -b3- A machine: particularly any machine with a rotatory motion. ― -b4- A cupboard. ― -b5- And A machination; an artifice; a trick; or a fraud. ]
دُولَابٌ - دلب1 lemmalane_019415
أَرْضٌ مَدْلَبَةٌ ذ A land containing, (S,) or abounding with, (K,) the kind of trees called دُلْب. (S, K.)
أَرْضٌ مَدْلَبَةٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019416
1 دَلَجَ دلج , (S, L, K,) aor. دَلُجَ (S, L) and دَلِجَ , (L,) inf. n. دُلُوجٌ, He transferred the bucket from the mouth of the well to the watering-trough, to empty it therein: (S, K:) or he took the bucket, when it came forth, and went with it whithersoever he pleased. (TA.) One says also, هُوَ يَدْلُجُ بِالدَّلْوِ and يَدْجُلُ بِهَا: the latter verb being formed by transposition. (Fr, TA in art. دجل.) ― -b2- And He transferred the milk, when the camels had been milked, to the [ large bowls called ] جِفَان. (K.) ― -b3- [See a remark of IF at the end of art. دلك.]
دَلَجَ - دلج1 lemmalane_019417
4 ادلج أدلج ادلج , (inf. n. اـِدْلَاجٌ, Msb, TA,) He journeyed from the beginning of the night: and ↓ اِدَّلَجَ he journeyed from the latter part of the night: (Th, S, K:) or the former signifies he journeyed all the night: and ↓ the latter, he journeyed in the latter part of the night: (A, Msb, TA:) or the former, he journeyed in the night, at any hour from the beginning to the end thereof: (Th, from Aboo-Suleymán ElAarábee:) or, accord. to El-Fárisee, ↓ both these verbs are syn., and each bears the first and second of the significations given above: IDrst contends against the assertions of those who make a difference between them, and affirms them to be syn., and to signify he journeyed in the night, at any time, in the beginning or middle or end thereof: therefore, he says, their signification is restricted, in several examples, by the context; and hence, he adds, the appellation مُدْلِجٌ given to a hedgehog: (TA:) [agreeably with this explanation,] 'Alee says, اِصْبِرْ عَلَى السَّيْرِ وَالاـِدْلَاجِ فِى السَّحَرِ [ Endure thou with patience travelling, and journeying in the night, in the period a little before daybreak ]. (MF.) [See another ex. voce أَصْبَحَ.]
ادلج - دلج1 lemmalane_019418
8 اـِدْتَلَجَ see 4, in three places.
اـِدْتَلَجَ - دلج1 lemmalane_019419
دَلْجٌ دلج : see the next paragraph.
دَلْجٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019420
دَلَجٌ دلج : see the next paragraph.
دَلَجٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019421
دَلْجَةٌ دلجه دلجة : see the next paragraph.
دَلْجَةٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019422
دُلْجَةٌ دلجه دلجة and ↓ دَلْجَةٌ and ↓ دَلَجٌ, (S, K,) all substs., (S,) A journeying from the beginning of the night: (S, K:) and the first and second a journeying from the latter part of the night: (S:) or thus the first: (A:) and the second, (ISd, A,) or the first and second, (TA,) a journeying all the night: (ISd, A, TA: ) and the second, also, a journeying a little before daybreak: (ISd, TA:) or the first and second (TA) and third (IDrst, TA) a journeying in the night; and this seems to be the meaning intended in the trad., عَلَيْكُمْ بِالدُّلْجَةِ فَاـِنَّ الأَرْضَ تُطْوَى بِاللَّيْلِ [ Keep ye to journeying in the night, for the earth is to be traversed by night ]: (TA:) [and ↓ دَلِيجٌ occurs in the L in the sense of دُلْجَةٌ &c.:] the pl. of the first is دُلَجٌ. (Ham p. 521.) One says also, الدُّلْجَةَ قَبْلَ البُلْجَةِ [Keep to the journeying in the night, &c., before the breaking of the dawn ]. (A.) [See another ex. voce بُلْجَةٌ.] ― -b2- Also, the same three words, and ↓ دَلْجٌ and ↓ دَلَجَةٌ, An hour, or a time, or a short portion, (سَاعَةٌ,) of the latter part of the night: (ISd, TA:) or دَلَجٌ signifies the whole of the night, from the beginning to the end. (Th, from Aboo-Suleymán ElAarábee.)
دُلْجَةٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019423
دَلَجَةٌ دلجه دلجة : see the next preceding paragraph.
دَلَجَةٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019424
دَلِيجٌ دليج : see the next preceding paragraph.
دَلِيجٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019425
دَالِجٌ دالج One who takes the bucket and goes with it from the mouth of the well to the wateringtrough, to empty it therein. (S, K.) ― -b2- And One who transfers the milk, when the camels have been milked, to the [ large bowls called ] جِفَان. (K.)
دَالِجٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019426
دَوْلَجٌ دولج (S, K) and ↓ مَدْلَجَةٌ (K) A wild animal's, (S, K,) or gazelle's, (TA,) covert, or hidingplace, among trees: (S, K, TA:) the former word like تَوْلَجٌ: (S:) the د in دولج is held by Sb to be a substitute for ت, and the ت is a substitute for و. (TA.) ― -b2- Also, the former, A hole, or den, of a wild animal; or a subterranean excavation or habitation; syn. سَرَبٌ. (S, K.) ― -b3- And A closet; a small chamber within a large chamber. (TA.)
دَوْلَجٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019427
مَدْلَجٌ مدلج and ↓ مَدْلَجَةٌ The space between the well and the watering-trough. (S, A, K.)
مَدْلَجٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019428
المُدْلِجُ المدلج (K) and أَبُو المُدْلِJ (A, K) The hedgehog; syn. القُنْفُذُ: (A, K:) so called because he goes about all the night: (TA:) or not because he does so in the first part of the night, or in the middle, or in the latter part, or during the whole of it; but because he appears at night at any time when he wants herbage or water &c. (IDrst, TA.)
المُدْلِجُ - دلج1 lemmalane_019429
مَدْلَجَةٌ مدلجه مدلجة : see مَدْلَجٌ: -A2- and see also دَوْلَجٌ.
مَدْلَجَةٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019430
مِدْلَجَةٌ مدلجه مدلجة A large milking-vessel in which milk is transferred [ to the جِفَان, or large bowls: see 1]. (K.)
مِدْلَجَةٌ - دلج1 lemmalane_019431
سَحَابَةٌ مِدْلَاجٌ سحابة مدلاج [ A cloud that comes in the latter part of the night ]. (A voce بَكُورٌ, q. v.)
سَحَابَةٌ مِدْلَاجٌ - دلس1 lemmalane_019432
1 دَلَسَ دلس , inf. n. دَلْسٌ: see the next paragraph, in three places.
دَلَسَ - دلس1 lemmalane_019433
2 دلّس دلس , (M, A, Msb,) inf. n. تَدْلِيسٌ, (S, M, Mgh, Msb, K,) He concealed, or hid, a thing; he did not make it known; as also ↓ تدلّس. (TA.) ― -b2- He concealed a fault, or defect, in an article of merchandize, from the purchaser, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) in selling; (S, Msb;) as also ↓ دَلَسَ, aor. دَلِسَ , inf. n. دَلْسٌ; but the former is the more common: (Msb:) and he did not show a fault, or defect; without restriction to a case of selling. (TA.) You say, دَلَّسَ عَلَى الرَّجُلِ فِى البَيْعِ, (M, A,) and دلّس لَهُ فِى البَيْعِ, (A,) He concealed, disguised, or cloaked, from the man the fault, or defect, of the thing sold; (A;) he did not show the fault, or defect, to the man in selling. (M.) And دلّس فِى البَيْعِ وَغَيْرِهِ He did not show his fault, or defect, in selling, and in other cases. (M.) And دلّس عَلَيْهِ He concealed, disguised, or cloaked, from him his fault, or defect. (A.) And Az heard an Arab of the desert say, لَيْسَ فِى الأَمْرِ ↓ وَلْسٌ وَ لَا دَلْسٌ There is not in the affair treachery nor deceit: (Msb:) or ↓ مَا لِى فِيهِ وَلْسٌ وَلَا دَلْسٌ I have not, with respect to it, treachery nor deceit; (K,* TA;) referring to a thing, or an affair, in which he was accused, or suspected, of evil. (L, TA.) [In the CK, instead of دَلْسٌ, we find دَلَسٌ.] ― -b3- Hence تَدْلِيسٌ in the ascription of a tradition to its relater or relaters; which is, (tropical:) One's relating a tradition as from the earliest sheykh when perhaps he has not seen him, but only heard it from one inferior to him, or from one who had heard it from him, and the like; (K;) or when he has seen him, but has heard what he ascribes to him from another, inferior to him; (Az, TA;) which has been done by several persons in whom confidence is placed: (K:) or one's not mentioning, in his tradition, him from whom he heard it, but mentioning the highest authority, inducing the opinion that he had heard it from him. (A.)
دلّس - دلس1 lemmalane_019434
3 دالس دالس , (M,) inf. n. مُدَالَسَةٌ (S, M) and دِلَاسٌ, (M,) He endeavoured to deceive, beguile, or circumvent; or acted deceitfully with another. (S, M.) You say, فُلَانٌ لَا يُدَالِسُكَ Such a one will not endeavour to deceive thee, or act deceitfully with thee, and conceal from thee the thing, as though he came to thee in the dark. (S.) [See دَلَسٌ.] And فُلَانٌ لَا يُدَالِسُ وَلَا يُوَالِسُ Such a one will not endeavour to deceive, beguile, or circumvent; or will not act deceitfully with another; nor will he act perfidiously: (M, L:) or will not act wrongfully, nor treacherously, (K, TA,) nor practise artifice or fraud. (TA.)
دالس - دلس1 lemmalane_019435
5 تَدَلَّسَ see 2, first signification: -A2- and see also 7, in two places.
تَدَلَّسَ - دلس1 lemmalane_019436
7 اندلس أندلس اندلس It (a thing) was, or became, concealed, or hidden; as also ↓ تدلّس: (TA:) and ↓ the latter, he (a man, TK) concealed, or hid, himself; (TK;) syn. تكتّم. (K.)
اندلس - دلس1 lemmalane_019437
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.)
دَلَسٌ - دلس1 lemmalane_019438
دُلْسَةٌ دلس دلسه دلسة : see دَلَسٌ. ― -b2- Hence, Deceit, guile, or circumvention. (IF, Msb.)
دُلْسَةٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019439
1 دَلَصَ دلص , aor. دَلُصَ , (TK,) inf. n. دَلِيصٌ, (M, K, TK,) It (a thing, TK) shone, or glistened. (M, K, TK.) ― -b2- دَلَصَتِ الدِّرْعُ, (S, K, TA,) with fet-h, (S,) or دَلُصَت, (so in a copy of the M,) aor. دَلُصَ , (S,) inf. n. دَلَاصَةٌ, (S, M, K,) with which دَلَصٌ is syn., (TA,) [the former a reg. inf. n. of دَلُصَت, and the latter of دَلصَت, which is the form given in the TK, and is perhaps a dial. var.,] The coat of mail was, or became, soft, (S, M, K,) and smooth, (M, K,) and shining, or glistening. (S, M, K.) ― -b3- دَلِصَتِ النَّابُ, aor. دَلَصَ , The aged she-camel lost her teeth (K, TA) by reason of extreme age; (TA;) as also دَرِصَت and دَلِقَت. (TA.)
دَلَصَ - دلص1 lemmalane_019440
2 دلّص دلص , (S, M, A,) inf. n. تَدْلِيصٌ, (S, K,) He made a thing to shine, or glisten: (M:) he, or it, made soft; (so in some copies of the K, and so accord. to the TA;) for التَّلْبِيسٌ in [some of] the copies of the K is a mistake for التَّلْيِينُ: (TA:) he made a coat of mail soft, and shining, or glistening: (S:) it (a torrent) made stone, or rock, smooth: (S, * M, A, K: *) and he gilded a thing, so that it shone, or glistened. (A, TA.*) [Hence,] دلّصت جَبِينَهَا She (a woman) plucked out the hair upon the sides of her forehead [ and so rendered it smooth or glistening ]. (M, TA.) [See also Q. Q. 1.] ― -b2- Coivit circa vulvam; membro in vulvam non immisso: (A:) vel extra vulvam: (K:) the action which it denotes is termed تَزْلِيقٌ as well as تَدْلِيصٌ. (A.)
دلّص - دلص1 lemmalane_019441
7 اندلص اندلص It fell, or dropped: (S, K:) or went forth quickly; as also انملص: (Lth:) or went forth, and fell, or dropped: (M:) or went forth quickly, or slipped out by reason of its smoothness, (انملص) and fell, or dropped: (A:) مِنْ يَدِى [ from my hand ]; (S, A, K;) or مِنَ الشَّىْءِ (Lth) or عَنِ الشى [ from the thing ]: (M:) IF says that the د is app. a substitute for م. (TA.)
اندلص - دلص1 lemmalane_019442
Q. Q. 1 دَلْمَصَ مَتَاعَهُ دلمص متاعه دلمص متاعة , and دَمْلَصَهُ, He adorned, or decorated, and made to shine, or glisten, his household-goods, or utensils and furniture. (M.) [But some hold the م to be a radical letter. See also 2, above.]
دَلْمَصَ مَتَاعَهُ - دلص1 lemmalane_019443
Q. Q. 2 تَدَلْمَصَ تدلمص It (the head) became bald in the fore part. (K. in art. دلمص.)
تَدَلْمَصَ - دلص1 lemmalane_019444
دَلِصٌ دلص : see دِلَاصٌ, in three places.
دَلِصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019445
دِلَاصٌ دلاص Shining, or glistening; as also ↓ دَلِيصٌ, (A,) and ↓ دُلَامِصٌ, (S and M in this art., and K in art. دلمص,) with an augmentative م, (S,) of the measure فُعَامِلٌ accord. to Sb, but فُعَالِلٌ accord. to others, (M,) [see an ex. in a verse cited voce خَمِيصَةٌ,] and ↓ دُلَمِصٌ, (S, M, K,) which is a contraction of that next preceding, (S, M,) and in like manner ↓ دُمَالِصٌ, and ↓ دُمَلِصٌ, (S in this art, and K in art. دملص,) which last two are formed by transposition from the two next preceding: (TA in art. دملص:) or, as also ↓ دَلِيصٌ (S, M, K, TA) and ↓ دَلِصٌ and ↓ دَلَّاصٌ, (M, TA,) shining, or glistening, and smooth; (M;) or soft, and shining, or glistening, (S, K, TA,) and smooth. (TA.) You say, دِرْعٌ دِلَاصٌ (S, M, A, K) and ↓ دُلَامِصٌ (A) A coat of mail smooth, (M, A, K,) soft, (S, M, A, K,) and shining, or glistening: (S, M, A:) pl. دِلَاصٌ, (S, M, A, K,) like the sing., (S,) and دُلُصٌ. (Lth, M, A.) And ↓ ذَهَبٌ دُلَامِصٌ Glittering gold. (K.) And ↓ اِمْرَأَةٌ دُلَمِصَةٌ A shining, or glistening woman. (TA.) And ↓ رَأْسٌ دُلَمِصٌ A head bald in the fore part. (K.) And ↓ دَلِصٌ, (El-Moheet, and so in some copies of the K,) or ↓ دَلِيصٌ, (as in other copies of the K,) and ↓ أَدْلَصٌ, applied to a man, signify i. q. أَزْلَقُ; (K;) i. e., Hairless and glistening in body: (TK:) fem. of the last, دَلْصَاآءُ. (K.) ↓ دَلَّاصٌ, also, applied to a man, signifies Very smooth: (TA:) and applied to a she-camel, and to land (أَرْض), smooth: (K:) but it is not applied to a he-camel. (Ibn-'Abbád.) And ↓ دَلِصٌ and دَلِصَةٌ, applied to land, signify Even, or level: pl. دِلَاصٌ. (K.)
دِلَاصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019446
دَلِيصٌ دليص : see دِلَاصٌ, in three places. ― -b2- Also The water, or lustre, (مَاآء,) of gold: (K:) or, as some say, glistening, or glittering, gold. (TA.)
دَلِيصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019447
دَلَّاصٌ دلاص : see دِلَاصٌ, in two places.
دَلَّاصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019448
دِلَّوْصٌ دلوص That wabbles, or moves to and fro; (S;) or moves about; (K;) as, for instance, a sinew does when chewed by an old woman. (S.)
دِلَّوْصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019449
دُلَمِصٌ دلمص : see دِلَاصٌ, in several places.
دُلَمِصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019450
دُلَامِصٌ دلامص : see دِلَاصٌ, in several places.
دُلَامِصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019451
دُمَلِصٌ دملص : see دِلَاصٌ, in several places.
دُمَلِصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019452
دُمَالِصٌ دمالص : see دِلَاصٌ, in several places.
دُمَالِصٌ - دلص1 lemmalane_019453
أَدْلَصُ ذ ; fem. دَلْصَاآءُ: see دِلَاصٌ, near the end of the paragraph. ― -b2- Applied to an ass, To which new hair has grown; as also ↓ أَدْلَصِىٌّ. (Ibn- 'Abbád, K.) ― -b3- And the fem., applied to an aged she-camel, Whose teeth have fallen out (K TA) by reason of extreme age; (TA;) as also دَرْصَاآءُ and دَلْقَاآءُ. (TA.)
أَدْلَصُ - دلص1 lemmalane_019454
أَدْلَصِىٌّ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.
أَدْلَصِىٌّ - دلص1 lemmalane_019455
صَخْرَةٌ مُدُلَّصَةٌ صخرة مدلصه صخرة مدلصة A rock made smooth (A, TA) by torrents. (A.)
صَخْرَةٌ مُدُلَّصَةٌ - دلع1 lemmalane_019456
1 دَلَعَ لِسَانَهُ دلع لسانه دلع لسانة , (Lth, S, K,) aor. دَلَعَ , (K,) inf. n. دَلْعٌ, (Lth, K, *) He (a man, S, [and a dog,] and a tired wolf, TA) lolled, lolled out, put forth, or protruded, his tongue; (Lth, S, K;) as also ↓ ادلعهُ; (Lth, IAar, S, K;) but the latter is of rare occurrence, though chaste. (Lth.) -A2- And دَلَعَ لِسَانُهُ, (Lth, S, K,) the verb being intrans. as well as trans., (S,) aor. دَلَعَ and دَلُعَ , (K,) inf. n. دُلُوعٌ, (Lth, K,) like as رَجَعَ has رُجُوعٌ for its inf. n. when intrans., but رَجْعٌ when trans., (Lth,) His tongue lolled, or protruded; (Lth, S, K;) as also ↓ اندلع; (S, K;) and ↓ اِدَّلَعَ, [originally اِدْتَلَعَ,] of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) [said of a man,] his tongue protruded from the mouth, and hung down upon the hair between the lower lip and the chin, like the tongue of the dog; (TA;) and [in like manner,] ↓ اندلع, it protruded and hung down, by reason of much grief, or distress of mind, affecting the breath, or respiration, or by reason of thirst, like that of the dog. (TA.)
دَلَعَ لِسَانَهُ - دلع1 lemmalane_019457
4 أَدْلَعَ see 1.
أَدْلَعَ - دلع1 lemmalane_019458
7 اـِنْدَلَعَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- [Hence,] اندلع بَطْنُهُ (assumed tropical:) His belly became prominent, or protuberant: (S:) or became large and flabby: (K:) said of a man: (S:) or, accord. to Naseer, as related by Aboo-Turáb, the verb has the latter signification said of the belly of a woman; as also اندلق. (TA.) ― -b3- And اندلع السَّيْفُ مِنْ غِمْدِهِ (tropical:) The sword became drawn, or it slipped out, from its scabbard; (K, TA;) as also اندلق. (TA.)
اـِنْدَلَعَ - دلع1 lemmalane_019459
8 اِدَّلَعَ أدلع ادلع دلع : see 1.
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أَحْمَقُ دَالِعٌ ذ Stupid in the utmost degree; (ElHujeymee, K;) who ceases not to loll out his tongue. (El-Hujeymee, TA.) ― -b2- أَمْرٌ دَالِعٌ (assumed tropical:) An affair in the way to the attainment of which there is nothing intervening as an obstacle; expl. by لَيْسَ دُونَهُ شَىْءٌ. (K.)
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فَرَسٌ أَدْلَعُ ذ A horse that lolls out his tongue in running. (Ibn-'Abbád.)
فَرَسٌ أَدْلَعُ - دلع1 lemmalane_019462
مُدْلَعٌ مدلع [pass. part. n. of 4]. It is said in a trad., يُبْعَثُ شَاهِدُ الزُّورِ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ مُدْلَعًا لِسَانُهُ فِى النَّارِ [ The false witness will be raised to life on the day of resurrection with his tongue lolled out in the fire ]. (TA.)
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1 دَلَفَ دلف , (T, S, M, K,) aor. دَلِفَ , (T, M, K,) inf. n. دَلِيفٌ (T, S, M, K) and دَلَفٌ (T, M, K) and دَلْفٌ (K) and دَلَفَانٌ (M, K) and دُلُوفٌ, (M, TA,) He walked, or went, gently, or leisurely: (S, M:) said of an old man, (As, T, S, K,) he walked, or went, (As, T, S, M, K,) with short steps, (S, M,) or in the manner of him who is shackled, (K,) as some say, (M,) at a rate above that which is termed دَبِيبٌ, (As, T, M, K,) like as does the army, or body of troops, to the [ other ] army, or body of troops. (As, T.) You say, دَلَفَتِ الكَتِيبَةُ اـِلَى الكَتِيبَةِ فِى الحَرْبِ (T, S, * M, K *) meaning The army, or body of troops, went gently, or leisurely, to the [other] army, or body of troops, in war: (M:) or advanced, or went forward; syn. تَقَدَّمَت: (S, K:) [for] دَلَفٌ (T, M) accord. to A'Obeyd, or دَلْفٌ accord. to AA, (T,) signifies the act of advancing, or going forward; syn. تَقَدُّمٌ: (T, M:) and one says دَلَفْنَاهُمْ, (S, K,) or دَلَفْنَا لَهُمْ, (M, and so in one place in the TA,) meaning [as is implied in the S and K] we advanced to them; syn. تَقَدَّمْنَا: (M:) and دَلَفَ اـِلَيْهِ he drew near to him, or it. (TA.) دَلَفْتُ also signifies مَشَيْتُ [i.e. I walked; or went on foot, whether quickly or slowly ]: (Ham p. 678:) and [in like manner,] اـِلَيْهِ ↓ تدلّف signifies مَشَى [ he walked, &c., to him, or it ]: (O, TA:) or this latter signifies تَمَشَّى [said in the TA, in art. مشى, to be syn. with مَشَى; but it rather signifies he walked with slow steps to him, or it ]; and approached, or drew near: (S, K:) but A'Obeyd says that تَزَلَّفَ is more common. (M.) ― -b2- Hence, the saying of a poet, دَلَفْتُ اـِلَى صَمِيمِكَ بِالقَوَافِى meaning (assumed tropical:) I have wounded thy heart with rhymes. (Ham ubi suprá.) ― -b3- [The verb seems to bear two contr. significations; for it is said that] دَلَفَ لِا@لْتِزَامِى means He hastened to take me by the hand and embrace me. (Har p. 368.) ― -b4- دَلَفَ بِحِمْلِهِ, aor. دَلِفَ , inf. n. دَلِيفٌ, He (one carrying a thing) was heavily burdened, or overburdened, by his load [ so that he went slowly ]. (M.) ― -b5- You say of a she-camel, تَدْلِفُ بِحَمْلِهَا, meaning She rises [app. with difficulty (see دَالِفٌ)] with her load. (T,* Ibn-'Abbád, K.) ― -b6- And دَلَفَ المَالُ, aor. دَلِفَ , inf. n. دَلِيفٌ, The camels, or cattle, clave to the ground by reason of emaciation. (M, TA.)
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