Root

د ل ه

3 verbs · 1 noun and adjective

Verbs

Nouns and adjectives

Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 7 entries
  • دَلِهَ Form I became bereft of his heart, or mind, or reason
    , aor. , (TK,) inf. n. دَلَهٌ (JK, K, TK) and دُلُوهٌ, (K, TK,) He (a man, TK) became bereft of his heart, or mind, or reason, in consequence of anxiety and the like; (JK, K, * TK;) as when a man's mind is confounded, or perplexed, so that he cannot see his right course, (يدله, [app. for ↓ يُدَلَّهُ,]) in consequence of excessive love of a woman, or from some other cause; (TA;) or like as is the woman for her child (↓ كَمَا تُدَلَّهُ المَرْأَةُ عَلَى وَلَدِهَا) when she has lost it: (JK:) and ↓ دُلِّهَ, also, (JK,) inf. n. تَدْلِيهٌ; (JK, S;) and ↓ تدلّه; (K;) signify he became bereft of his heart, or mind, or reason, (JK, S, * K,) in consequence of anxiety, (JK,) or love, or desire, (S,) or excessive love of a woman: (K:) [or] دَلِهَ aor. , (S, K,) inf. n. دَلَهٌ; (TA;) and ↓ تدلّه; (TA;) he became confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course, (S, K, TA,) in consequence of love, (S,) or excessive love of a woman, and anxiety: (TA:) or the former of these two verbs signifies he became insane, or bereft of reason, in consequence of excessive love of a woman, or from grief: (K:) and ↓ دُلِّهَ, he (a man) was caused to become confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course. (TA.) ― -b2- دَلَهَ, aor. , (M, K,) inf. n. دُلُوهٌ, (M, TA,) or دَلْهٌ, (TK,) He became free from care, or thought; or became diverted [عَنْ شَىْءٍ from a thing] so as to be free from care [respecting it]. (M, K.) And دَلِهَتْ عَنْ إِلْفِهَا, and عَنْ وَلَدِهَا, (so in three copies of the S,) or دَلَهَتْ, (thus in one of my copies of the S,) aor. , inf. n. دُلُوهٌ, She (a camel) scarcely ever, or never, yearned towards her mate, or fellow, and her young one. (AZ, S.)
  • دلّههُ Form II It bereft him of his heart, or mind, or reason
    , inf. n. تَدْلِيهٌ, (S, K,) said of love, (S,) or of excessive love of a woman, (K,) and of anxiety, (TA,) It bereft him of his heart, or mind, or reason: (K:) or caused him to become confounded, or perplexed, and unable to see his right course. (S, TA.) See also 1, in four places.
  • تَدَلَّهَ Form V Open entry
    see 1, in two places.
  • ذَهَبَ دَمُهُ دَلْهًا His blood went for nothing
    His blood went for nothing; as a thing of no account, unretaliated, and uncompensated by a mulct. (S, K.)
  • دَلُوهٌ that scarcely ever, or never, yearns towards her mate, or fellow, or her young one
    A she-camel that scarcely ever, or never, yearns towards her mate, or fellow, or her young one: so says AZ in the “ Book of Camels. ” (S.)
  • دَالِهٌ Weak-minded
    and دَالِهَةٌ, (K,) each applied to a man, (TA,) [but the latter is of a form denoting intensiveness of signification,] Weak-minded. (K.)
  • مُدَلَّهٌ Bereft of his heart, or mind, or reason
    Bereft of his heart, or mind, or reason, in consequence of anxiety [&c.]: (JK:) or heedless in heart, bereft of reason, in consequence of excessive love of a woman, and the like: or one who will not keep, or retain, in his mind, or memory, (لَا يَحْفَظُ,) what he does or what is done to him: (K:) and one going to and fro in confusion, or perplexity, not knowing his right course. (TA.)

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