د ل و

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”), Classical Syriac ܕܠܳܐ‎ (dəlā, “to drag out”).

Root

د ل و • (d-l-w)

1. related to suspension, hanging down

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), دِلَاء‎ (dilāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُدَالٍ‎ (mudālin)
  • Passive participle: مُدَالًى‎ (mudālan)
• Form IV: أَدْلَى‎ (ʾadlā, “to bring down, to set forth”)
  • Verbal noun: إِدْلَاء‎ (ʾidlāʾ)
  • 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 (idlīlāʾ)
  • Active participle: مُدْلَوْلٍ‎ (mudlawlin)

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

Noun

• 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 (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