دلدل
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دُلْدُل
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| د ل د ل (d l d l) |
| 2 terms |
Etymology 1
Reduplicated from د ل و (d-l-w). Compare Hebrew דלדל.
Verb
دَلْدَلَ • (daldala) Iq (non-past يُدَلْدِلُ (yudaldilu), verbal noun دَلْدَلَة (daldala))
- (transitive) to make pendulate, to let dangle
Conjugation
Conjugation of دَلْدَلَ (Iq, sound, no passive, verbal noun دَلْدَلَة)
| verbal noun الْمَصْدَر |
دَلْدَلَة daldala | |||||||||||
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| active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل |
مُدَلْدِل mudaldil | |||||||||||
| active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم | ||||||||||||
| singular الْمُفْرَد |
dual الْمُثَنَّى |
plural الْجَمْع | ||||||||||
| 1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب |
1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم |
2nd person الْمُخَاطَب |
3rd person الْغَائِب | |||||
| past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي |
m | دَلْدَلْتُ daldaltu |
دَلْدَلْتَ daldalta |
دَلْدَلَ daldala |
دَلْدَلْتُمَا daldaltumā |
دَلْدَلَا daldalā |
دَلْدَلْنَا daldalnā |
دَلْدَلْتُمْ daldaltum |
دَلْدَلُوا daldalū | |||
| f | دَلْدَلْتِ daldalti |
دَلْدَلَتْ daldalat |
دَلْدَلَتَا daldalatā |
دَلْدَلْتُنَّ daldaltunna |
دَلْدَلْنَ daldalna | |||||||
| non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع |
m | أُدَلْدِلُ ʔudaldilu |
تُدَلْدِلُ tudaldilu |
يُدَلْدِلُ yudaldilu |
تُدَلْدِلَانِ tudaldilāni |
يُدَلْدِلَانِ yudaldilāni |
نُدَلْدِلُ nudaldilu |
تُدَلْدِلُونَ tudaldilūna |
يُدَلْدِلُونَ yudaldilūna | |||
| f | تُدَلْدِلِينَ tudaldilīna |
تُدَلْدِلُ tudaldilu |
تُدَلْدِلَانِ tudaldilāni |
تُدَلْدِلْنَ tudaldilna |
يُدَلْدِلْنَ yudaldilna | |||||||
| subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب |
m | أُدَلْدِلَ ʔudaldila |
تُدَلْدِلَ tudaldila |
يُدَلْدِلَ yudaldila |
تُدَلْدِلَا tudaldilā |
يُدَلْدِلَا yudaldilā |
نُدَلْدِلَ nudaldila |
تُدَلْدِلُوا tudaldilū |
يُدَلْدِلُوا yudaldilū | |||
| f | تُدَلْدِلِي tudaldilī |
تُدَلْدِلَ tudaldila |
تُدَلْدِلَا tudaldilā |
تُدَلْدِلْنَ tudaldilna |
يُدَلْدِلْنَ yudaldilna | |||||||
| jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم |
m | أُدَلْدِلْ ʔudaldil |
تُدَلْدِلْ tudaldil |
يُدَلْدِلْ yudaldil |
تُدَلْدِلَا tudaldilā |
يُدَلْدِلَا yudaldilā |
نُدَلْدِلْ nudaldil |
تُدَلْدِلُوا tudaldilū |
يُدَلْدِلُوا yudaldilū | |||
| f | تُدَلْدِلِي tudaldilī |
تُدَلْدِلْ tudaldil |
تُدَلْدِلَا tudaldilā |
تُدَلْدِلْنَ tudaldilna |
يُدَلْدِلْنَ yudaldilna | |||||||
| imperative الْأَمْر |
m | دَلْدِلْ daldil |
دَلْدِلَا daldilā |
دَلْدِلُوا daldilū |
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| f | دَلْدِلِي daldilī |
دَلْدِلْنَ daldilna | ||||||||||
Related terms
- تَدَلْدَلَ (tadaldala, “to pendulate, to dangle”)
Etymology 2
From دَلْدَلَ (daldala, “to let dangle”) as for the porcupine’s form of bearing its spines.
Alternative forms
- دُلْدُول (duldūl)
Noun
دُلْدُل • (duldul) m (plural دَلَادِل (dalādil))
- crested porcupine (Hystrix cristata)
- 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 26:33:
- يَا أَهْلَ الْخِيَامِ هَذَا الدُّلْدُلُ هَذَا الَّذِي يَحْمِلُ أُسَرَاءَكُمْ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ
- yā ʔahla l-ḵiyāmi haḏā d-duldulu haḏā llaḏī yaḥmilu ʔusarāʔakum min makkata ʔilā l-madīnati
- O people of the tents, this porcupine is the one who is taking your captives from Makka to Al-Madīna!
Declension
Declension of noun دُلْدُل (duldul)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دُلْدُل duldul |
الدُّلْدُل ad-duldul |
دُلْدُل duldul |
| Nominative | دُلْدُلٌ duldulun |
الدُّلْدُلُ ad-duldulu |
دُلْدُلُ duldulu |
| Accusative | دُلْدُلًا duldulan |
الدُّلْدُلَ ad-duldula |
دُلْدُلَ duldula |
| Genitive | دُلْدُلٍ duldulin |
الدُّلْدُلِ ad-dulduli |
دُلْدُلِ dulduli |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | دُلْدُلَيْن duldulayn |
الدُّلْدُلَيْن ad-duldulayn |
دُلْدُلَيْ duldulay |
| Nominative | دُلْدُلَانِ duldulāni |
الدُّلْدُلَانِ ad-duldulāni |
دُلْدُلَا duldulā |
| Accusative | دُلْدُلَيْنِ duldulayni |
الدُّلْدُلَيْنِ ad-duldulayni |
دُلْدُلَيْ duldulay |
| Genitive | دُلْدُلَيْنِ duldulayni |
الدُّلْدُلَيْنِ ad-duldulayni |
دُلْدُلَيْ duldulay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | دَلَادِل dalādil |
الدَّلَادِل ad-dalādil |
دَلَادِل dalādil |
| Nominative | دَلَادِلُ dalādilu |
الدَّلَادِلُ ad-dalādilu |
دَلَادِلُ dalādilu |
| Accusative | دَلَادِلَ dalādila |
الدَّلَادِلَ ad-dalādila |
دَلَادِلَ dalādila |
| Genitive | دَلَادِلَ dalādila |
الدَّلَادِلِ ad-dalādili |
دَلَادِلِ dalādili |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “دلدل”, 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 48
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 109–110
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “دلدل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 402