دلو
Arabic
دَلْو
Etymology 1
From the root د ل و (d-l-w). From Proto-Semitic, compare Classical Syriac ܕܰܘܠܳܐ (dawlā, “pail, bucket”), Hebrew דְּלִי (dəlī, “pail, bucket”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dalw/
Noun
دَلْو • (dalw) m or f (plural دِلَاء (dilāʾ) or أَدْلَاء (ʾadlāʾ) or أَدْلٍ (ʾadlin))
- pail, bucket
Declension
Declension of noun دَلْو (dalw)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَلْو dalw | الدَّلْو ad-dalw | دَلْو dalw |
| Nominative | دَلْوٌ dalwun | الدَّلْوُ ad-dalwu | دَلْوُ dalwu |
| Accusative | دَلْوًا dalwan | الدَّلْوَ ad-dalwa | دَلْوَ dalwa |
| Genitive | دَلْوٍ dalwin | الدَّلْوِ ad-dalwi | دَلْوِ dalwi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | دَلْوَيْن dalwayn | الدَّلْوَيْن ad-dalwayn | دَلْوَيْ dalway |
| Nominative | دَلْوَانِ dalwāni | الدَّلْوَانِ ad-dalwāni | دَلْوَا dalwā |
| Accusative | دَلْوَيْنِ dalwayni | الدَّلْوَيْنِ ad-dalwayni | دَلْوَيْ dalway |
| Genitive | دَلْوَيْنِ dalwayni | الدَّلْوَيْنِ ad-dalwayni | دَلْوَيْ dalway |
| Plural | basic broken plural triptote; broken plural triptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دِلَاء; أَدْلَاء; أَدْلِي dilāʾ; ʾadlāʾ; ʾadlī | الدِّلَاء; الْأَدْلَاء; الْأَدْلِي ad-dilāʾ; al-ʾadlāʾ; al-ʾadlī | دِلَاء; أَدْلَاء; أَدْلِي dilāʾ; ʾadlāʾ; ʾadlī |
| Nominative | دِلَاءٌ; أَدْلَاءٌ; أَدْلٍ dilāʾun; ʾadlāʾun; ʾadlin | الدِّلَاءُ; الْأَدْلَاءُ; الْأَدْلِي ad-dilāʾu; al-ʾadlāʾu; al-ʾadlī | دِلَاءُ; أَدْلَاءُ; أَدْلِي dilāʾu; ʾadlāʾu; ʾadlī |
| Accusative | دِلَاءً; أَدْلَاءً; أَدْلِيًا dilāʾan; ʾadlāʾan; ʾadliyan | الدِّلَاءَ; الْأَدْلَاءَ; الْأَدْلِيَ ad-dilāʾa; al-ʾadlāʾa; al-ʾadliya | دِلَاءَ; أَدْلَاءَ; أَدْلِيَ dilāʾa; ʾadlāʾa; ʾadliya |
| Genitive | دِلَاءٍ; أَدْلَاءٍ; أَدْلٍ dilāʾin; ʾadlāʾin; ʾadlin | الدِّلَاءِ; الْأَدْلَاءِ; الْأَدْلِي ad-dilāʾi; al-ʾadlāʾi; al-ʾadlī | دِلَاءِ; أَدْلَاءِ; أَدْلِي dilāʾi; ʾadlāʾi; ʾadlī |
Derived terms
- الدَلْو (ad-dalw, “Aquarius”)
Descendants
- → Persian: دلو (dalv)
Etymology 2
From the root د ل و (d-l-w).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dalw/
Noun
دَلْو • (dalw) m
- verbal noun of دَلَا (dalā) (form I)
Declension
Declension of noun دَلْو (dalw)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَلْو dalw | الدَّلْو ad-dalw | دَلْو dalw |
| Nominative | دَلْوٌ dalwun | الدَّلْوُ ad-dalwu | دَلْوُ dalwu |
| Accusative | دَلْوًا dalwan | الدَّلْوَ ad-dalwa | دَلْوَ dalwa |
| Genitive | دَلْوٍ dalwin | الدَّلْوِ ad-dalwi | دَلْوِ dalwi |
References
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 63
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “دلو”, 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, page 53
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic دَلْو (dalw, “pail, bucket”).
Noun
دلو • (delv) (plural دلا or ادلا)
- pail, bucket, a container used to carry liquids
- Synonyms: آبریز (abriz), قوغه (koğa)
- (astronomy) Aquarius, a constellation of the zodiac
- (astrology) Aquarius, the zodiac sign for the water carrier
Descendants
- Turkish: delv
Further reading
- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “delv”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1141
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “دلو”, in Dictionnaire turc-français, Constantinople: Mihran, page 580
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Situla”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum, Vienna, column 1563
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “دلو”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum, Vienna, column 2130
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “دلو”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 912