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دله

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the loss of reason, disorientation, or being bewildered, often due to intense emotion like love or grief. It also extends to a specific condition of a she-camel losing attachment to its young or familiar surroundings.

Derived headwords

دَلِهَverb
  1. 1.
    he guided him on the path, he guides him (yudulluhu) with damma, 'dalāla' with fatḥa and kasra, and 'dalūla' with damma and fatḥa is more commonboth

    he guided him on the path, he guides him (yudulluhu) with damma, 'dalāla' with fatḥa and kasra, and 'dalūla' with damma and fatḥa is more common

  2. 2.
    he was delighted (like the verb 'tariba')both

    he was delighted (like the verb 'tariba')

دَلَهٌnoun
  1. 1.
    he guided him on the path, he guides him (yudulluhu) with damma, 'dalāla' with fatḥa and kasra, and 'dalūla' with damma and fatḥa is more commonboth

    he guided him on the path, he guides him (yudulluhu) with damma, 'dalāla' with fatḥa and kasra, and 'dalūla' with damma and fatḥa is more common

  2. 2.
    he was delighted (like the verb 'tariba')both

    he was delighted (like the verb 'tariba')

أَهْدَرَverb
  1. 1.
    to be rendered voidclassical

    To become null and void, or to be considered worthless, often referring to blood or rights.

التَدْلِيهnoun
  1. 1.
    loss of reason from loveclassical

    The act or state of losing one's mind or senses due to intense love or infatuation.

دَلِهَهُverb
  1. 1.
    love bewildered him and astonished himboth

    love bewildered him and astonished him

يَدْلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    he is bewilderedclassical

    He is in a state of confusion or disorientation.

الدَلْوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    she-camel detached from youngclassical

    A she-camel that shows no attachment or inclination towards its young or its familiar environment.

دَلِهَتْverb
  1. 1.
    she became detachedclassical

    She (a she-camel) became indifferent or detached from her young or familiar surroundings.

تَدْلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    she becomes detachedclassical

    She (a she-camel) becomes indifferent or detached from her young or familiar surroundings.

دُلُوهَاnoun
  1. 1.
    her detachmentclassical

    The state of her (a she-camel's) detachment from her young or familiar surroundings.

Parallel reading

ذهب دمه دلها بالتسكين، أهدرا.
His blood went, its loss of reason rendering it void.
والتدليه: ذهاب العقل من الهوى.
And 'at-tadlih' is the loss of reason from love.
يقال: دلهه الحب، أي حيره وأدهشه.
It is said: Love bewildered him, meaning it confused and astonished him.
ودله هو يدله.
And he was bewildered, he is bewildered.
الدلوه: الناقة التى لا تكاد تجئ إلى إلف ولا ولد.
The 'ad-dalwah': the she-camel that scarcely comes to her familiar companion or her young.
وقد دلهت عن إلفها وعن ولدها تدله دلوها.
And she became detached from her familiar companion and from her young, she becomes detached, her detachment.