دليل
See also: دلیل
Arabic
Etymology
From the root د ل ل (d-l-l); compare دَلَّ (dalla, “to show, to indicate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da.liːl/
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Noun
دَلِيل • (dalīl) m (plural أَدِلَّة (ʾadilla))
- sign, indication, proof, demonstration, evidence, argument
- Al-Mutanabbi
- وَلَيْسَ يَصِحُّ فِي الْأَفْهَامِ شَيْءٌ / إِذَا ٱحْتَاجَ النَّهَارُ إِلَى دَلِيلِ
- walaysa yaṣiḥḥu fī l-ʾafhāmi šayʾun / ʾiḏā ḥtāja n-nahāru ʾilā dalīli
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Al-Mutanabbi
- syllogism
- road sign
- road, street
- guidebook
- index (alphabetical listing)
Declension
Declension of noun دَلِيل (dalīl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَلِيل dalīl | الدَّلِيل ad-dalīl | دَلِيل dalīl |
Nominative | دَلِيلٌ dalīlun | الدَّلِيلُ ad-dalīlu | دَلِيلُ dalīlu |
Accusative | دَلِيلًا dalīlan | الدَّلِيلَ ad-dalīla | دَلِيلَ dalīla |
Genitive | دَلِيلٍ dalīlin | الدَّلِيلِ ad-dalīli | دَلِيلِ dalīli |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | دَلِيلَيْن dalīlayn | الدَّلِيلَيْن ad-dalīlayn | دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
Nominative | دَلِيلَانِ dalīlāni | الدَّلِيلَانِ ad-dalīlāni | دَلِيلَا dalīlā |
Accusative | دَلِيلَيْنِ dalīlayni | الدَّلِيلَيْنِ ad-dalīlayni | دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
Genitive | دَلِيلَيْنِ dalīlayni | الدَّلِيلَيْنِ ad-dalīlayni | دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
Plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَدِلَّة ʾadilla | الْأَدِلَّة al-ʾadilla | أَدِلَّة ʾadillat |
Nominative | أَدِلَّةٌ ʾadillatun | الْأَدِلَّةُ al-ʾadillatu | أَدِلَّةُ ʾadillatu |
Accusative | أَدِلَّةً ʾadillatan | الْأَدِلَّةَ al-ʾadillata | أَدِلَّةَ ʾadillata |
Genitive | أَدِلَّةٍ ʾadillatin | الْأَدِلَّةِ al-ʾadillati | أَدِلَّةِ ʾadillati |
Descendants
- → Catalan: adalil
- → Ottoman Turkish: دلیل
- Turkish: delil
- → Persian: دلیل
- → Azerbaijani: dəlil
- → Bengali: দলীল (dôlīl)
- → Bashkir: дәлил (dälil)
- → Hindustani: dalīl
- Hindi: दलील
- Urdu: دلیل
- → Kazakh: дәлел (dälel)
- → Kyrgyz: далил (dalil)
- → Uzbek: dalil
- → Spanish: adalid
- → Swahili: dalili
Noun
دَلِيل • (dalīl) m (plural أَدِلَّاء (ʾadillāʾ) or أَدِلَّة (ʾadilla))
- director
- guide
- indicator (person who indicates)
- discoverer
Declension
Declension of noun دَلِيل (dalīl)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَلِيل dalīl | الدَّلِيل ad-dalīl | دَلِيل dalīl |
Nominative | دَلِيلٌ dalīlun | الدَّلِيلُ ad-dalīlu | دَلِيلُ dalīlu |
Accusative | دَلِيلًا dalīlan | الدَّلِيلَ ad-dalīla | دَلِيلَ dalīla |
Genitive | دَلِيلٍ dalīlin | الدَّلِيلِ ad-dalīli | دَلِيلِ dalīli |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | دَلِيلَيْن dalīlayn | الدَّلِيلَيْن ad-dalīlayn | دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
Nominative | دَلِيلَانِ dalīlāni | الدَّلِيلَانِ ad-dalīlāni | دَلِيلَا dalīlā |
Accusative | دَلِيلَيْنِ dalīlayni | الدَّلِيلَيْنِ ad-dalīlayni | دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
Genitive | دَلِيلَيْنِ dalīlayni | الدَّلِيلَيْنِ ad-dalīlayni | دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَدِلَّاء; أَدِلَّة ʾadillāʾ; ʾadilla | الْأَدِلَّاء; الْأَدِلَّة al-ʾadillāʾ; al-ʾadilla | أَدِلَّاء; أَدِلَّة ʾadillāʾ; ʾadillat |
Nominative | أَدِلَّاءُ; أَدِلَّةٌ ʾadillāʾu; ʾadillatun | الْأَدِلَّاءُ; الْأَدِلَّةُ al-ʾadillāʾu; al-ʾadillatu | أَدِلَّاءُ; أَدِلَّةُ ʾadillāʾu; ʾadillatu |
Accusative | أَدِلَّاءَ; أَدِلَّةً ʾadillāʾa; ʾadillatan | الْأَدِلَّاءَ; الْأَدِلَّةَ al-ʾadillāʾa; al-ʾadillata | أَدِلَّاءَ; أَدِلَّةَ ʾadillāʾa; ʾadillata |
Genitive | أَدِلَّاءَ; أَدِلَّةٍ ʾadillāʾa; ʾadillatin | الْأَدِلَّاءِ; الْأَدِلَّةِ al-ʾadillāʾi; al-ʾadillati | أَدِلَّاءِ; أَدِلَّةِ ʾadillāʾi; ʾadillati |
Synonyms
- مُرْشِدٌ (muršidun)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863), “دليل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “دليل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen