دَلٌّ
Root: دل
Full Definition
دَلٌّ
Amorous gesture or behaviour, of a woman, with coquettish boldness, and feigned coyness or opposition; as also
دَلَالٌ : the former is an Verbal.Noun, [see 1,] and ↓ the latter is a simple subst.; both signifying a woman's boldness of behaviour towards the husband, with amorous gesture, and coquettishness, feigning opposition; as also
دَالُولَآءُ , and
دَالَّةٌ : or دَلٌّ signifies a woman's pleasing talk and jesting and mien or guise; as also
دَلَالٌ : and pleasing talk and jesting of a man with his wife: (TA in art. سمت:) and also, accord. to A'Obeyd and Hr, like هَدْىٌ, or nearly the same as this word, both signifying a certain calm or placid or grave manner of deportment, with pleasingness of mien or guise or aspect, and of the natural dispositions &c., of a man: and boldness [or presumptuousness]; (T in art. دلو;) as also
دَلَالٌ and
دَالَّةٌ : or this last signifies a kind of boldness towards a person in whose estimation one holds a high place, or towards a person beloved, or a beloved and loving relation; and is a subst. from أَدَلَّ; syn. with إِدْلَالٌ; as is also
دِلَّةٌ . One says, هِىَ حَسَنَةُ الدَّلِّ and
[She is pleasing in respect of her amorous gesture &c.].
def.2 It is also an arabicized word, from the Pers. دِلْ signifying The heart, or mind: sometimes used in the speech of the Arabs, and applied by them as a proper name to a woman: with fet-h and teshdeed because there is no such word in their language as دِلٌّ; wherefore they changed it to دَلٌّ, which has the first of the meanings assigned to it above.
def.2 It is also an arabicized word, from the Pers. دِلْ signifying The heart, or mind: sometimes used in the speech of the Arabs, and applied by them as a proper name to a woman: with fet-h and teshdeed because there is no such word in their language as دِلٌّ; wherefore they changed it to دَلٌّ, which has the first of the meanings assigned to it above.
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