ادلّ
Root: دل
Form: 4
Full Definition
ادلّIV
: see 1.
def.2 ادلّ عَلَيْهِ He acted, or behaved, with boldness, or presumptuousness, towards him; syn. اِنْبَسَطَ عَلَيْهِ; as also : and هِىَ تُدِلُّ عَلَيْهِ [and ] She emboldens herself against him. Imrael-Keys says,
2 Also He confided in his love, and therefore acted presumptuously towards him. In the copies of the K, أَوْثَقَ is here put in the place of وَثِقَ. [And in the CK, أَوْثَقَ بِحَبَّتِه is put for وَثِقَ بِمُحَبِّتِهِ.] Hence, one says, أَدَلَّ فَأَمَلَّ [He acted presumptuously, confiding in another's love, and disgusted]: a prov.
3 One says also, هُوَ يُدِلُّ بِفُلَانٍ, meaning [simply] He confides in such a one.
4 And ادلّ عَلَى أَقْرَانِهِ, meaning أَخَذَهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقٍ [i. e. He overcame, or overpowered, his adversaries], in war, or battle: and so البَازِى عَلَى صَيْدِهِ [the hawk, his prey, or quarry].
def.3 ادلّ said of a wolf, He became mangy, or
def.2 ادلّ عَلَيْهِ He acted, or behaved, with boldness, or presumptuousness, towards him; syn. اِنْبَسَطَ عَلَيْهِ; as also : and هِىَ تُدِلُّ عَلَيْهِ [and ] She emboldens herself against him. Imrael-Keys says,
[O Fátimeh (فاطم being a contraction of فَاطِمَةُ), act thou gently: relinquish somewhat of this boldness; and if thou have determined upon cutting me, act with goodness, or moderation].أَفَاطِمَ مَهْلًا بَعْضَ هٰذاَ فَإِنْ كُنْتِ قَدْ أَزْمَعْتِ صَرْمِى فَأَجْمِلِى
2 Also He confided in his love, and therefore acted presumptuously towards him. In the copies of the K, أَوْثَقَ is here put in the place of وَثِقَ. [And in the CK, أَوْثَقَ بِحَبَّتِه is put for وَثِقَ بِمُحَبِّتِهِ.] Hence, one says, أَدَلَّ فَأَمَلَّ [He acted presumptuously, confiding in another's love, and disgusted]: a prov.
3 One says also, هُوَ يُدِلُّ بِفُلَانٍ, meaning [simply] He confides in such a one.
4 And ادلّ عَلَى أَقْرَانِهِ, meaning أَخَذَهُمْ مِنْ فَوْقٍ [i. e. He overcame, or overpowered, his adversaries], in war, or battle: and so البَازِى عَلَى صَيْدِهِ [the hawk, his prey, or quarry].
def.3 ادلّ said of a wolf, He became mangy, or
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