Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

4 ادلفهُ أدلفه ادلفه ادلفة دلف It (old age) made him to walk, or go, gently, or leisurely; with short steps; [or in the manner of him who is shackled; (see 1;)] at a rate above that which is termed دَبِيبٌ. (IAar, M.) -A2- ادلف لَهُ القَوْلَ i. q. أَضْخَمَ لَهُ, (Ibn-'Abbád, K, *) He spoke to him in a rough, harsh, coarse, rude, uncivil, or ungentle, manner. (TK.)

5 تَدَلَّفَ see 1.

7 اندلف عَلَىَّ اندلف على اندلف علي i. q. اِنْصَبَّ [app. as meaning It poured out, or forth, upon me ]. (Ibn-'Abbád, K.)

دِلْفٌ دلف Courageous; brave; strong-hearted. (AA, T, K.)

دُلُفٌ دلف A she-camel (Ibn-'Abbád, K) that rises [ app. with difficulty (see دَالِفٌ)] with her load. (T, Ibn-'Abbád, K.) ― -b2- It is also a pl. of دَالِفٌ: (K:) and of دَلُوفٌ. (TA.)

دُلْفِينٌ دلفين [The dolphin; ] a certain fish, (T,) or beast, (S, K, [app. thus termed because it is a mammal,]) of the sea, (T, S, K,) that saves him who is drowning; (S, K;) also called دُخَسٌ; and abounding in the Sea of Dimyát [or Damietta ]. (TA.) ― -b2- الدُّلْفِينُ (assumed tropical:) [ The constellation Delphinus; ] one of the northern constellation, which comprises ten stars, and follows النَّسْرُ الطَّائِرُ [ α and β and γ of Aquila ]: the bright star on its tail is called ذَنَبُ الدُّلْفِينِ. (Kzw.)

دَلُوفٌ دلوف (tropical:) A fat camel, that walks, or goes, gently, or leisurely, or with short steps, or in the manner of him who is shackled, by reason of his fatness: pl. دُلُفٌ, with two dammehs. (TA.) ― -b2- And (tropical:) A palm-tree (نَخْلَةٌ) having much fruit. (TA.) ― -b3- Also (assumed tropical:) A swift eagle: (IAar, M, K:) pl. دُلْفٌ [perhaps a contraction of دُلُفٌ, an analogous form of pl. (K.) [Thus it bears two contr. significtions]

دَالِفٌ دالف An old man that walks, or goes, gently, or leisurely, or with short steps, or in the manner of him who is shackled: (TA:) walking with a heavy load, with short steps; (S, K;) like دَالِحٌ: (S:) pl. دُلَّفٌ (S, K) and دُلُفٌ (K) and دُلَّافٌ: (TA:) and دَوَالِفُ [as pl. of دَالِفَةٌ] is applied to old women. (TA.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) Old, and rendered lowly, humble, or submissive, by age. (M.) ― -b3- (tropical:) An arrow that hits a thing in the way to the butt, or object of aim, and then glances off from the place thereof. (S, K, TA.)

مُتَدَلِّفٌ متدلف : see what follows.

مُنْدَلِفٌ مندلف and ↓ مُتَدَلِّفٌ A lion walking at his ease, (K, TA,) without haste, and with short steps, because of his presumptuousness, and lack of fear. (TA.)

1 دَلَقَ دلق as an intrans. verb: see 7, in three places. -A2- دَلَقَهُ, (S, K,) aor. دَلُقَ , (TA,) inf. n. دَلْقٌ, (S,) He made it (a sword) to slip forth from its scabbard: (S:) or he drew it forth, or made it to come forth; namely, a sword, from its scabbard: (K:) and [in like manner] ↓ ادلقهُ he drew it forth, or made it to come forth; (K;) namely, a sword, &c.; (TA;) as also ↓ استدلقهُ (K) and استذلقهُ. (TA.) Hence, in a trad. of 'Alee, المَطَرُ ↓ جِئْتُ وَقَدْ أَذْلَقَنِى I came, the rain having drawn me forth, or having made me to come forth. (TA.) And الحَشَرَاتِ ↓ المَطَرُ يَسْتَدْلِقُ The rain draws forth the reptiles, or small creeping things, or makes them to come forth, from their holes; as also يستذلقها. (TA.) ― -b2- You say also, جَاآءَ وَقَدْ دَلَقَ لِجَامَهُ, [as to the letter and the meaning like جَاآءَ وَقَدْ لَفَظَ لِجَامَهُ,] i. e. (assumed tropical:) He came harassed, or distressed, by thirst and fatigue. (TA.) ― -b3- And دَلَقُوا عَلَيْهِمُ الغَارَةَ They scattered, or poured forth, upon them the horsemen making a sudden attack and engaging in conflict, or the horsemen urging their horses. (TA.) ― -b4- And دَلَقَ بَابَهُ, inf. n. as above, He opened his door vehemently. (TA.) -A3- دَلِقَتِ النَّابُ The aged she-camel lost her teeth by reason of extreme age; like دَلِصَت. (TA in art. دلص.)

4 أَدْلَقَ see 1, in two places.

5 تَدَلَّقَ see the next paragraph.

7 اندلق أندلق اندلق ٱندلق It (a sword) came forth (S, Msb, K) from its scabbard (Msb) without being drawn: (S, Msb, K:) or became loose, and so came forth, and came forth quickly: (TA:) and in like manner, its scabbard became slit, (S,) or it slit its scabbard, (K,) so that it came forth from it: (S, K:) or it fell from its scabbard, and came forth, without being drawn; (Har p. 386;) and so ↓ دَلَقَ, inf. n. دُلُوقٌ (TA, and Har ubi suprà) and دَلْقٌ: (TA:) which also signifies it (a thing) came forth, or issued, from its place of egress quickly: (TA:) and [in like manner] the former verb signifies it (a thing) came forth, or issued, from its place: (A 'Obeyd, K:) it (anything) came forth, or issued, or fell out. (S.) You say, طَعَنَهُ فَا@نْدَلَقَتْ أَقْتَابُ بَطْنِهِ He pierced him, and the intestines of his belly came forth. (S.) And اندلقت الخَيْلُ (S, TA) The horses, or horsemen, came forth, or issued, and hastened: (TA:) and الخَيْلُ ↓ دَلَقَتِ The horses, or horsemen, came forth, or issued, consecutively, or uninterruptedly. (TA.) ― -b2- It (a torrent) came suddenly, or unawares, عَلَى قَوْمٍ upon a people, or party: (S:) or rushed, or became impelled, or poured forth as though impelled, (K, TA,) عَلَيْهِمٌ upon them; (TA;) as also ↓ تدلّق: (K:) or came, or advanced: (Msb:) and [in like manner] عَلَيْهِمٌ ↓ دَلَقَ. (JK.) ― -b3- He preceded: (S:) or went before and away. (TA.) You say, اِنْدَلَقَ مِنْ بَيْنِ أَصْحَابِهِ He went before and away from among his companions. (TA.) ― -b4- It was, or became, flabby and prominent; said of a belly; (TA in the present art.;) or, accord. to Naseer, said of the belly of a woman, like اندلع, meaning it became large and flabby. (TA in art. دلع.) ― -b5- It (a door) shut again (اِنْصَفَقَ) when opened; would not remain open. (TA.)

10 اـِسْتَدْلَقَ see 1, in two places.

دَلَقٌ دلق , a Persian word (S, Msb) arabicized, (S, Msb, K,) originally دَلَهٌ; (Msb, K;) [ A species of weasel; accord. to some, app., the common weasel; ] a certain small beast (دُوَيْبَّةٌ, S, Msb, K) like the سَمُّور [or sable ], (K,) or like the cat, having a long back, [ of the coat ] of which are made fur garments: some say that it is the [ animal called ] اِبْن مِقْرَض [q. v.; and this is agreeable with the description of Kzw, who says that it is “ a certain wild animal, an enemy to pigeons, likened to the cat, which, when it enters a pigeonhouse, leaves not in it anything, and abundant in Egypt; ” a description altogether applicable to the common weasel, now generally called اِبْن نِمْس]: some say that it resembles the عِرْس [or ichneumon ]: some, that it is the Greek ichneumon (نِمْس رُومِىّ): (Msb in the present art.:) accord. to IF, the [ common ] نِمْس. (Msb in art. نمس.) ― -b2- [Also, from the same Persian original, in post-classical times, but variously pronounced by moderns, دَلَقٌ and ↓ دَلِقٌ and دَلْقٌ and (now generally by the vulgar) دِلْقٌ; the third being perhaps a contraction of the first, like as شَعْرٌ is of شَعَرٌ, or, as also the fourth, of the second, like as كَتْفٌ and كِتْفٌ are contractions of كَتِفٌ; A certain kind of garment; first probably applied to one made of the fur of the animal so called: then applied to a kind of garment formerly worn by the kádees and other 'ulamà and the khateebs of mosques, (see De Sacy's Chrest. Ar., 2nd ed., vol. ii. pp. 267-269,) and by other persons of religious orders: and lastly, to a kind of patched garment worn by many devotees, reputed saints, and darweeshes; also called مُرَقَّعَةٌ (q. v.) and خِرْقَةٌ. It occurs in a piece of post-classical poetry, quoted in p. 45 of the Arabic text of the vol. of the Chrest. above referred to, necessarily with the ل quiescent; probably by poetic license, or in conformity with the common vulgar pronunciation.]

دَلِقٌ دلق : see دَلُوقٌ: -A2- and see also دَلَقٌ.

دَلْقَاآءُ دلقاآء : see دَلُوقٌ, in four places.

دِلْقَمٌ دلقم : see what next follows, in three places.

دَلُوقٌ دلوق A sword that comes forth easily from its scabbard; as also ↓ دَالِقٌ (S, K) and ↓ دَلِقٌ (IDrd, K) and ↓ دَلْقَاآءُ: (K:) [which last is strange, and requires consideration; being fem., whereas سَيْفٌ (a sword) is masc.:] all, applied to a sword, signify that comes forth from its scabbard without being drawn; and that which does so is the best of swords. (TA.) [For the pl., see what follows.] ― -b2- غَارَةٌ دَلُوقٌ (S, K) and دُلُقٌ, (TA,) and خَيْلٌ دُلُقٌ and ↓ مُنْدَلِقَةٌ, (S,) [ Horsemen making a sudden attack and engaging in conflict, or horsemen urging their horses, and simply horsemen, or horses, ] rushing vehemently: (S, K, TA:) دُلُقٌ is pl. of دَلُوقٌ and of ↓ دَالِقٌ having the same signification. (TA.) -A2- Also, and ↓ دَلْقَاآءُ and ↓ دِلْقِمٌ, with an augmentative م, (S, K,) like as one says دَقْعَاآءُ and دِقْعِمٌ, and دَرْدَاآءُ and دِرْدِمٌ, (S,) and ↓ دِلْقَمٌ, (TA,) A she-camel having her teeth broken by old age (S, K) so that she spirts out water [ after drinking ]. (S, TA.) A poet, cited by Yaakoob, says, لَا سِنَّ لَهَا ↓ شَارِفٌ دَلْقَاآءُ تَحْمِلُ الأَعْبَاآءَ مِنْ عَهْدِ اـِرَمْ [ Old and decrepit, having her teeth broken by old age so that water falls from her mouth when she drinks, having no tooth left, carrying burdens from the time of Irem, i. e. Aram the son of Shem the son of Noah]: and ↓ شَارِفٌ دَلْقَاآءُ occurs in a trad. as meaning having the teeth broken so that water falls from her mouth when she drinks: (TA:) [but] AZ says that one applies to the she-camel, after what is termed بُزُولٌ, the epithet شَارِفٌ; then, عَوْزَمْ; then, لِطْلِطٌ then, جَحْمَرِشٌ; then, جَعْمَاآءُ; and then, ↓دِلْقِمٌ, when having her teeth (أَضْرَاس) fallen out by reason of extreme old age. (S, TA.) [See also art. دلقم.]

دَالِقٌ دالق : see دَلُوقٌ, in two places. ― -b2- Also Preceding; going before. (TA.)

خَيْلٌ مُنْدَلِقَةٌ خيل مندلقه خيل مندلقة : see دَلُوقٌ.

دِلْقِمٌ دلقم A she-camel (S, K, &c.) whose teeth are consumed by old age; (S;) aged, and having broken teeth; (K) having her teeth broken by old age, (S and K in art. دلق,) so that she spirts out water [ after drinking ]; (S in that art.;) like دَلُوقٌ and دَلْقَاآءُ: (S and K in that art.:) and also written دِلْقَمٌ: (TA in that art.:) or whose teeth are broken, and whose saliva flows: (As, TA in the present art.:) or having her teeth (أَضْرَاس) fallen out by reason of extreme old age : (S in art. دلق:) and by some applied to the male: the م, accord. to J and some others of the learned, is augmentative: or it may be from الدَّقْمُ, which means “ the breaking of the teeth; ” and the ل may be augmentative. (TA.) [See also دَلُوقٌ.] ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) An old woman. (M, K.)

1 دَلَكَهُ دلك دلكه دلكة , (S Msb, K,) aor. دَلُكَ , inf. n. دَلْكٌ, (S, Msb,) He rubbed it, or rubbed it and pressed it, (M, Msb, K,) with his hand: (S, M, Msb, K:) [or he did so well: or he pressed it, or squeezed it, and rubbed it: for] دَلْكٌ signifies the act of rubbing, or rubbing and pressing, well: (KL:) or the act of pressing, or squeezing, and rubbing: (Ham p. 798:) [and in like manner, ↓ دلّكهُ, inf. n. تَدْلِيكٌ, signifies in the present day he rubbed it, or rubbed it and pressed it; and particularly, a person's body and limbs, in the bath: its proper meaning, however, is, he rubbed it, or rubbed it and pressed it, much or well: Golius explains it as signifying he rubbed it much or well on the anthority of the KL; but it is not in my copy of that work.] You say, دَلَكَ الثَّوْبَ He rubbed, or rubbed and pressed, the garment, or piece of cloth, to wash it. (TA.) And دَلَكْتُ السُّنْبُلَ حَتَّى ا@نْفَرَكَ قِشْرُهُ عَنْ حَبِّهِ [ I rubbed the ears of corn until their husks rubbed off from their grain ]; (TA;) and ↓ اِدَّلَكَهُ [signifies the same]. (K in art. رهو, &c.) And دَلَكَ عَيْنَيْهِ [ He rubbed his eyes ]; i. e., a man looking at the setting sun. (Z, TA.) And دَلَكَتِ المَرْأَةُ العَجِينَ [ The woman kneaded the dough ]. (TA.) And دَلَكْتُ النَّعْلَ بِالأَرْضِ I wiped the sandal with [meaning upon ] the ground. (Msb.) ― -b2- [Hence,] دَلَكَهُ الدَّهْرُ (tropical:) Time, or fortune, disciplined him well, tried, or proved, him, rendered him expert, or experienced, or firm or sound in judgment, and taught him. (K,* TA.) And دَلَكَتْهُ الأَسْفَارُ (tropical:) Journeyings inured him to them; namely, a camel. (TA.) And دُلِكَ بِالأَسْفَارِ, said of a camel, (A, O, L, K,) (tropical:) He was inured by journeyings, and habituated thereto: (A, L:) or he was fatigued, or jaded, by journeyings; like [دُكَّ and] كُدَّ. (O, TA.) ― -b3- [Hence also,] دُلِكَتِ الأَرْضُ (assumed tropical:) [ The produce, or herbage, of ] the land was eaten, or consumed. (IAar, TA.) ― -b4- See also 3. -A2- دَلَكَتِ الشَّمْسُ, (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.,) aor. دَلُكَ , (Msb,) inf. n. دُلُوكٌ, (S, Mgh, &c.,) (tropical:) The sun set; (S, Mgh, Msb, K, &c.;) accord. to Z, because he who looks at it rubs (يَدْلُكُ) his eyes, so that it is as though it were the rubber; (TA;) and in like manner, النُّجُومُ the stars: (Msb:) or became yellow, (K, TA,) and inclined to setting: (TA:) or declined (K, * TA) so that the beholder almost required, when looking at it, to contract the rays from his eyes with the palm of his hand: (TA:) or declined after midday: (Ibn-'Omar, TA:) or it signifies (or signifies also, Msb) the sun declined from the meridian, or midheaven, (I'Ab, Fr, Zj, Az, S, * Mgh, * Msb, K, &c.,) at noon; (I'Ab, Fr, Zj, Az;) and in like manner, النُّجُومُ the stars. (Msb.) Az says that, in his opinion, the words of the Kur [xvii. 80] أَقِمَ ا@لصَّلَاةَ لِدُلُوكِ الشَّمْسِ (TA) mean Perform thou prayer from the declining of the sun at noon: so that the command expressed by these words with what follows them includes the five prayers: (Mgh, * TA:) for by the دلوك are included the first prayer [of noon] and that of the عَصْر; and by the غَسَق of night, the two prayers [of sunset and nightfall] of which each is called عِشَاآء; and by the قُرْاآن of the فَجْر, the prayer of daybreak: if you make the دلوك to be the setting, the command is restricted to three prayers: in the language of the Arabs, دُلُوكٌ is said to be syn. with زَوَالٌ; and therefore the sun is said to be دَالِكَةٌ when it is declining at noon and when it is setting. (TA.) [Respecting the phrase دَلَكَتْ بَرَاحِ or بِرَاحِ, accord. to different readings, occurring at the end of a verse, see بَرَاحِ, and see also رَاحَةٌ in art. روح.] It is said in [one of the works entitled] the “ Nawádir el-Aaráb, ” that دَلَكَتِ الشَّمْسُ signifies The sun became high; like دَمَكَت and عَلَت and اِعْتَلَت. (TA.)

2 دَلَّكَ see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- Accord. to AA, دَلَّكَهَا, inf. n. تَدْلِيكٌ, signifies غَذَّاهَا [ He fed, nourished, or reared, her (if relating to a woman or female), or them (if relating to irrational creatures)]. (TA.)

3 دالكهُ دالكه دالكة , (S, K,) inf. n. مُدَالَكَةٌ, (TA,) He delayed, or deferred, with him, or put him off, (namely, his creditor, S, TA,) promising him payment time after time; (S, K, TA;) as also دَاعَكَهُ. (TA.) El-Hasan (El-Basree, TA) was asked, أَيُدَالِكُ الرَّجُلُ ا@مْرَأَتَهُ [ May the man delay, or defer, with his wife? ], meaning, in the matter of the dowry; and he answered, “ Yes, if he be in a state of bankruptcy, ” or “ poor. ” (A 'Obeyd, S, TA.) And you say likewise, الرَّجُلَ حَقَّهُ ↓ دَلَكَ He deferred, or put off, by repeated promises, giving the man his right, or due. (TA.) ― -b2- The inf. n. also signifies The vying in patience: or, as some say, the importuning, pressing hard, or urging, in demanding the giving, or payment, of a due or debt. (TA.)

5 تدلّك أدال أدلى دال دل دلى دلك تدلك He rubbed, or rubbed and pressed, his body in washing himself: (S:) or he rubbed, or rubbed and pressed, himself well in the hot bath. (MA.) And تدلّك بِهِ He rubbed himself over (تَخَلَّقَ) with it; i. e., with دَلُوك [q. v.]. (K, TA.)

8 اـِدْتَلَكَ see 1, third sentence.

دَلَكٌ دل دلك The time of the setting of the sun: or of its declining from the meridian: one says, أَتَيْتُكَ عِنْدَالدَّلَكِ, meaning I came to thee in the evening, or afternoon. (TA.) -A2- Also A looseness, or laxness, in-the knees of a camel. (Sgh, K.)

دُلَكَةٌ دلك دلكه دلكة A certain little beast or animal or creeping thing or an insect (دُوَيْبَّةٌ): (K:) mentioned by IDrd: but he says “ I am not certain of it. ” (TA.)

دَلُوكٌ دل دلى دلو دلوك A thing with which one rubs himself over, (K, TA,) in washing himself; (TA;) meaning perfume, or some other thing, (S, TA,) of what are termed غَسُولَات, such as [ meal of ] lentils, and kali, or potash, (TA,) with which one is rubbed. (S, TA. *) Also applied to [The depilatory called ] نُورَة [q. v.]; because the body is rubbed with it in the hot bath. (A, TA.) And The foot-stone [or foot-rasp ] that is used for rubbing in the hot bath. (MA.)

دَلِيكٌ دليك Dust which the wind carries away [as though it were rubbed from the ground]. (S, K.) ― -b2- A certain food, prepared of butter and dates, [app. kneaded, or mashed, together, ] (S, K,) like ثَرِيد [q. v.]: I think [says J] that it is what is called in Persian Jَنْكَال خُسْت [or JَنْGَال خِشْت?]: (S, TA:) accord. to Z, تَمْرٌ دَلِيكٌ signifies مَرِيس [i. e. dates macerated, and mashed with the hand, or moistened, and rubbed and pressed with the fingers till soft, in water or in milk ]. (TA.) [See also دَلِيكَةٌ.] -A2- (tropical:) A man (K, TA) rendered firm, or sound, in judgment, by experience; (TA;) one who has exercised himself diligently in the management of affairs, (K, TA,) and known them: (TA:) pl. دُلُكٌ, (K,) which is explained by IAar as signifying intelligent men. (TA.) -A3- A certain plant: (K:) n. un. with ة. (TA.) ― -b2- And The [ hip, or] fruit of the [ wild ] red rose, that comes after it, [i. e. after the flower, ] (K, TA,) becoming red, like wheat, and ripening, (TA,) and becoming sweet, like the fresh ripe date; called in Syria صُرْمُ الدِّيْكِ: (K, TA:) n. un. with ة: (TA:) or [the fruit of ] the mountainrose الوَرْد الجَبَلِىّ [a name now given to the wild rose, or sweet brier ], like wheat بُرّ [in the CK بُسْر]) in size and redness, and like the fresh ripe date in sweetness: in El-Yemen it is sent from one to another as a present: (K, TA:) Az says, so I have heard from an Arab of the desert, of the people of El-Yemen; and it grows with us [app. meaning in El-'Irák] so as to form thickets. (TA.)

دُلَاكَةٌ دلاكه دلاكة What is drawn from the udder before the first فِيقَة [or milk that collects in the udder between two milkings ], (K,) and before the second فيقة collects. (TA.)

دَلِيكَةٌ دليكه دليكة i. q. حَيْسٌ [which is generally described as Dates mixed with clarified butter and the preparation of dried curd called أَقِط, kneaded, or rubbed and pressed with the hand until they mingle together, whereupon their stones come forth ]. (A, TA.) [See also دَلِيكٌ.]

دَلَّاكٌ دل دلاك دلى One who rubs, or rubs and presses, the body in the hot bath. (TA.)

دُؤْلُوكٌ ذ A case, or an affair, of great magnitude, or gravity, or moment: pl. دَاآلِيكُ. (Ibn- 'Abbád, K.) You say, تَرَكْتُهُمْ فِى دُؤْلُوكٍ [ I left them in, or engaged in, a case, or an affair, of great magnitude, &c.]. (TA.) -A2- See also what next follows.

الدَّوَالِيكُ الدواليك The act of urging, or pressing forward, and striving, (تَحَفُّزٌ,) in gait, or pace, (Ibn- ' Abbád, K,) and parting the legs widely (تَحَيُّكٌ) [ therein ]; (Ibn-' Abbád, TA;) as also ↓ الدَّاآلِيكُ. (Ibn- ' Abbád, K.) A poet uses the phrase يَمْشِى الدَّوَالِيكَ [ Walking, or going, with urging, &c.]. (TA.) [See also دَوَالَيْكَ, in art. دول.]

مُدْلِكٌ مدل مدلك [so in the TA, but probably it should be مِدْلَكٌ, agreeably with analogy,] Much given to delaying, or deferring, with a creditor, or putting him off, in the matter of a debt, by promising payment time after time. (Fr, TA.)

مَدْلُوكٌ مدل مدلوك [ Rubbed, or rubbed and pressed, with the hand: &c.: see its verb, 1: ― -b2- and] polished. (TA.) ― -b3- [Hence,] applied to a horse, i. q. مَدْكُوكٌ; (K, TA;) i. e. (tropical:) Having no prominence of his حَجَبَة: (TA:) or so مَدْلُوكُ الحَجَبَةِ: (S:) and [so] مَدْلُوكُ الحَرْقَفَةِ. (TA.) ― -b4- Applied to a camel, it means دُلِكَ بِالأَسْفَارِ, (K,) i. e. (tropical:) Inured by journeyings, and habituated thereto: (A, L:) or fatigued, or jaded, by journeyings: (O, TA:) or having a looseness, or laxness, in his knees. (Sgh, K.) ― -b5- أَرْضٌ مَدْلُوكَةٌ (assumed tropical:) Land [ of which the produce, or herbage, is ] eaten, or consumed. (IAar, TA.)

مُدَالِكٌ مدالك Any one who delays, defers, or puts off, by repeated promises. (TA.) ― -b2- One who does not hold himself above a low, or an ignoble, action. (Fr, TA.) IF says, in the “ Makáyees, ” [but the remark does not universally hold good,] that every word commencing with د and ل denotes motion, coming and going, and removal from place to place. (TA.)

1 دَلِمَ دلم , (M, K,) aor. دَلَمَ , (K,) inf. n. دَلَمٌ, (M,) He, or it, was, or became, intensely black, and smooth; (M, K;) said of a man and a lion (M, TA) and an ass (TA) and a mountain and a rock; (M, TA;) as also ↓ ادلامّ: (K:) or the latter, inf. n. اِدْلِيمَامٌ he, or it, was, or became, black; said of a man and an ass [&c.]. (S. [Golius erroneously assigns this signification to ادلّم as on the authority of the S.]) And اللَّيْلُ ↓ اِدْلَأَمَّ [so in the TA and in my MS. copy of the K, but in the CK ↓ ادْلامَّ,] i. q. اِدْلَهَمَّ [i. e. The night was, or became, black; or intensely dark ]; (K;) the ه being a substitute for ه. (TA.) -A2- دَلِمَتْ شِفَاهُهُ, inf. n. دَلَمٌ, His lips were, or became, flaccid and pendulous. (K, * TA. [Golius assigns this signification also to ↓ ادلمّ, but without indicating any authority.]) [See also دًلَمٌ below.]

9 اـِدْلَمَّ see 1. [Also mistaken by Golius for ادلامّ.]

11 اـِدْلَاْمَّ see 1, in two places.

Q. Q. 4 اِدْلَأَمَّ ذ : see 1.

دَلَمٌ دلم A certain thing resembling the serpent, found in El-Hijáz: (K:) or resembling what is termed the طَبُّوع; not a serpent: (TA:) or it signifies, (TA,) or thus ↓ دُلَمٌ, (so in the T accord. to the TT,) the young one of a serpent: and the pl. is أَدْلَامٌ. (T, TA.) Hence the prov., هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الدَّلَمِ [ He is more distressing than the دلم]: (K:) and one says also, هُوَ أَشَدُّ مِنَ الدَّلَمِ فِى الشَّفَةِ, meaning [ He is more distressing ] than flaccidity and pendulousness in the lip. (This, as well as the former saying, being mentioned in the TA, as from the K.)

دُلَمٌ دلم The elephant; (K;) because of his blackness. (TA.) ― -b2- See also دَلَمٌ.

دُلْمَةٌ دلمه دلمة Intense blackness, with smoothness; like غُبْشَةٌ; in the colours of beasts or horses and the like [&c.: see 1]. (TA in art. غبش.)

دَلَامٌ دلام Blackness. (Seer, M, K.) ― -b2- And the same, (K,) or ↓ دُلَامٌ, (M, accord. to the TT, in two places,) Black: (M, K:) mentioned by Sb. (M.) [See also أَدْلَمُ.]

دُلَامٌ دلام : see what next precedes.

دَيْلَمٌ ديلم The blacks, or negroes. (T, TA. [But الدَّيْلَمُ is more commonly known as the name of a certain people to be mentioned in what follows.]) ― -b2- The Abyssinian, i. e. black, ant: (M:) or, as some say, (M,) a place where ants and ticks collect, at the places where the camels stand when they come to drink at the watering-troughs, and where they lie down at the watering-places: (S, M, K:) [or] ants [themselves]; (T, TA;) and ticks; both said by Z to be so called because they are enemies to the camels [from a signification of the same word to be mentioned below]: (TA:) or numerous ants. (Har p. 586.) ― -b3- (assumed tropical:) An army; likened to ants in respect of its numerousness: (TA:) or a numerous army. (T.) ― -b4- (assumed tropical:) An assembly, or assemblage, (S, M, K,) or a numerous assembly or assemblage, (TA,) of men, (S, TA,) and of things of any kind. (M, TA.) ― -b5- Camels [collectively]. (TA.) ― -b6- (assumed tropical:) Enemies: (ISk, T, S, M, K:) and an enemy: pl. دَيَالِمَةٌ: so called because the people named الدَّيْلَمُ are notorious for evil and enmity: (Z, TA:) because the دَيْلَم are enemies to the Arabs: (M:) they are a certain people, (T, S, M, K,) well known; (M, K;) [ inhabitants of a mountainous tract, a part of the ancient Media, on the south of the Caspian Sea; ] called by Kr the تُرْك [or Turks ]; (M;) but accord. to the opinion commonly held by the genealogists, (TA,) they are said to be of the descendants of Dabbeh Ibn-Udd, whom some of the kings of the 'Ajam [or Persians ] placed in those mountains [ which their posterity inhabit ], and who there multiplied: (T, TA:) or الدَّيْلَمُ is a surname of the Benoo-Dabbeh, (S, * K,) because of their blackness, (K,) or because they, or the generality of them, are دُلْم [pl. of أَدْلَمُ]. (S.) ― -b7- [Hence, perhaps,] دَيْلَمٌ also signifies (assumed tropical:) A calamity, or misfortune. (S, K.) -A2- Also The male of the دُرَّاج [i. e. attagen, francolin, heath-cock, or rail ]. (Ktr, Kr, S, M, K.) ― -b2- And A species of [ the bird called ] the قَطَا: or the male thereof [like دَلْهَمٌ]. (K.) -A3- Also The tree called سَلَام, (T, K,) which grows in the mountains. (T.)