د ل س

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to darkness, obscurity, and deception. It extends to concepts of hiddenness, concealed flaws, and trickery, particularly in trade and in reporting hadith. It also encompasses terms for specific types of vegetation and geographical locations.

Derived headwords

الدُّلْسnoun

1.
darknessboth
The darkness of night or twilight.
2.
obscurityclassical
The state of being unclear or mixed, referring to the blending of darkness.
3.
vegetationclassical
Plants that sprout leaves late in the summer.
4.
remnants of plantsclassical
The leftover parts of plants and herbs, especially after a season.

الدُّلْسَةnoun

1.
darknessclassical
Similar to 'ad-dulus', referring to darkness.

أَدْلاسnoun

1.
remnants of plantsclassical
Plural of 'ad-dulus', referring to the remnants of plants and herbs.
2.
vegetationclassical
A type of plant, possibly related to 'ar-rabab'.

أَدْلَسَverb

1.
to fall intoclassical
To fall into or encounter the remnants of plants ('adlas').
2.
to become greenclassical
The land becoming green with vegetation ('adlas').
3.
to hideclassical
To conceal or hide something.

تَدْلِيسnoun

1.
deceptionboth
Concealing a defect in a commodity from a buyer.
2.
misrepresentationclassical
In hadith, reporting from an elder without explicitly stating the source, implying direct hearing when it was not.
3.
concealmentclassical
The act of hiding or keeping something secret.
4.
taking little by littleclassical
Acquiring something, especially food or money, in small amounts.

مُدَلِّسnoun

1.
deceiverboth
One who practices deception, especially in trade by concealing flaws.
2.
misrepresenter (hadith)classical
A narrator in hadith who does not clearly state their source, implying direct hearing when it was not, and is not accepted.

تَدَلَّسَverb

1.
to hideclassical
To become hidden or concealed.
2.
to take little by littleclassical
To acquire something gradually, like food or money.
3.
to lickclassical
To lick up money or sustenance in small amounts.

ادْلِسَاسnoun

1.
acquiring somethingclassical
The act of acquiring something from the land, similar to 'adlast al-ard'.

يُدَالِسverb

1.
to deceiveclassical
To practice deception, trickery, or dishonesty.
2.
to betrayclassical
To act with treachery or deceit.
3.
to concealclassical
To hide something from someone, as if acting in darkness.

مُدَالَسَةnoun

1.
deceptionclassical
The act of deceiving or tricking someone.

دِلَاسnoun

1.
deceptionclassical
A form of deception or trickery.

دَالَسَverb

1.
to deceiveclassical
To practice deception or trickery with someone.

الدَّوْلَسِيّadjective

1.
pretextclassical
A fabricated pretext or excuse, used to justify an action.

تَدَلَّسَverb

1.
to fall intoclassical
To fall into the remnants of plants ('adlas').

دَلَّسَتْverb

1.
to followclassical
Camels following the remnants of plants ('adlas').

أَدْلَسَ النَّصِيّverb

1.
to appear and become greenclassical
Young shoots appearing and becoming green after a dry spell.

الدُّلْسnoun

1.
land that grewclassical
Land that has sprouted vegetation after a period of drought.

الأَنْدَلُسname

1.
Andalusiaboth
A large region in the Maghreb (North Africa), also referring to a known island.

انْدَلَسَverb

1.
to be hiddenclassical
Something becoming hidden or concealed.

تَدَلَّسَهُverb

1.
to hideclassical
To hide something.

تَدَلَّسْتَهُverb

1.
to hideclassical
To hide something.

Parallel reading

أتانا دلس الظلام

The darkness of night came upon us.

وخرج في الدلس والغلس

And he went out in the darkness and the early morning gloom.

ذا صهوات يرتع الأدلاسا

Possessing high grounds where one grazes on the remnants of plants.

وأدلسنا: وقعنا فيها، أي في الأدلاس

And we fell into them, meaning into the remnants of plants.

وأدلست الأرض، إذا اخضرت بها، أي بالأدلاس

And the land became green with them, meaning with the remnants of plants.

مالي فيه ولس ولا دلس

I have no part in it, neither treachery nor deceit.

التدليس في البيع: كتمان عيب السلعة عن المشتري

Deception in selling: concealing the defect of the commodity from the buyer.

وهو أن يحدث عن الشيخ الأكبر، ولعله ما رآه، وإنما سمعه ممن هو دونه أو ممن سمعه منه

It is that he narrates from an elder, and perhaps he did not see him, but rather heard it from someone younger than him or from whom he heard it.

المدلس في الحديث: من لا يذكر في حديثه من سمعه منه، ويذكر الأعلى موهما أنه سمعه منه، وهو غير مقبول

The 'mudallis' in hadith: one who does not mention from whom he heard in his narration, and mentions a higher authority, making it seem as if he heard it from him, and this is not accepted.

والتدلس: التكتم

And 'tadallus': concealment.

والتدلس أخذ الطعام قليلا قليلا

And 'tadallus' is taking food little by little.

ويقال: فلان: لا يدالس، ولا يوالس

And it is said: So-and-so does not deceive, nor does he betray.

وهو لا يدالسك: لا يخادعك ولا يخفي عليك الشيء، فكأنه يأتيك به في الظلام

And he does not deceive you: he does not trick you nor hide the thing from you, as if he brings it to you in the darkness.

وقد دالس مدالسة ودلاسا

And he practiced deception with [someone], a 'mudalasah' and 'dalasan'.

والدولسي: الذريعة المدلسة

And 'ad-dawlasi': the fabricated pretext.

لو لم ينه عن المتعة لاتخذها الناس دولسيا أي ذريعة للزنا

If he had not forbidden temporary marriage, people would have taken it as a pretext, meaning a pretext for fornication.

ودلست الإبل: اتبعت الأدلاس

And the camels followed, meaning they followed the remnants of plants.

وأدلس النصي: ظهر واخضر

And the young shoots appeared and became green.

والدلس: أرض أنبتت بعدما أمحلت

And 'ad-dulus': land that grew vegetation after being barren.

وأندلس: جزيرة معروفة

And 'Andalus': a known island.

واندلس الشيء، إذا خفي

And the thing became hidden, if it was concealed.

ودلسته فتدلس، وتدلسته

And I hid it, so it became hidden, and I hid it.