دلى

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See also: دلي and دلی

Arabic

Root
د ل و (d l w)
5 terms

Pronunciation

Verb

دَلَّى (dallā) II (non-past يُدَلِّي (yudallī), verbal noun تَدْلِيَة (tadliya))

  1. to dangle, to drop, to let hang, to loll
    • 1962, Ghassan Kanafani, رجال في الشمس [Men in the Sun]:
      جَلَسَ عَلَى حَافَّةِ ٱلْفُوهَةِ مُدَلِّيًا سَاقَيْهِ دَاخِلَهَا
      jalasa ʕalā ḥāffati l-fūhati mudalliyan sāqayhi dāḵilahā
      He sat on the edge of the opening, dangling his legs inside.

Conjugation