د ل و

Arabic

Etymology

Related to Ge'ez ደለወ (däläwä, “to weigh”) and its derivative stems, Old South Arabian 𐩣𐩵𐩡𐩥 (mdlw, “weight”), Hebrew דָּלָה (dālā, “to draw from a well”), Akkadian 𒁕𒇻𒌑 (/⁠dalû⁠/, “to draw water from a well”), Classical Syriac ܕܠܳܐ (dəlā, “to drag out”).

Root

د ل و • (d-l-w)

1. related to suspension, hanging down

Derived terms

Verbs

• Form I: دَلَا (dalā, “to dangle, to droop; to suspend, to let down”)
  • Verbal noun: دَلْو (dalw)
  • Active participle: دَالٍ (dālin)
  • Passive participle: مَدْلُوّ (madluww)
• Form II: دَلَّى (dallā, “to hang down”)
  • Verbal noun: تَدْلِيَة (tadliya)
  • Active participle: مُدَلٍّ (mudallin)
  • Passive participle: مُدَلًّى (mudallan)
• Form III: دَالَى (dālā)
  • Verbal noun: مُدَالَاة (mudālāh)
  • Active participle: مُدَالٍ (mudālin)
  • Passive participle: مُدَالًى (mudālan)
• Form IV: أَدْلَى (ʔadlā, “to bring down, to set forth”)
  • Verbal noun: إِدْلَاء (ʔidlāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُدْلٍ (mudlin)
  • Passive participle: مُدْلًى (mudlan)
• Form V: تَدَلَّى (tadallā, “to dangle, to hang”)
  • Verbal noun: تَدَلٍّ (tadallin)
  • Active participle: مُتَدَلٍّ (mutadallin)
• Form XII: اِدْلَوْلَى (idlawlā)
  • Verbal noun: اِدْلِيلَاء (idlīlāʔ)
  • Active participle: مُدْلَوْلٍ (mudlawlin)

• Form Iq: دَلْدَلَ (daldala, “to make dangle”)

Nouns

• دَلْو (dalw, “pail, bucket”)
• دَلّايَة (dallāya, “pendant, hanging stuff”)
• دَالِيَة (dāliya, “waterwheel; vine”); pl. دَوَالٍ (dawālin)
• دُلْدُل (duldul, “porcupine”)

References

• Dillmann, August (1865) Lexicon linguae aethiopicae cum indice latino (in Latin), Leipzig: T. O. Weigel, column 1078
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “د ل و”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 52–53
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 132