ضلَلهُ

Root: ضل

Form: 2

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ضلَلهُII , Verbal.Noun تَضْلِيلٌ and تَضْلَالٌ, He, or it, made, or caused, him to pursue a course that led to error, or deviation from the right way: he, or it, led him astray; seduced him: [or] he attributed, or imputed, to him error, or deviation from the right way. ضُلِّلَ سَعْيُهُمْ, a phrase used by a poet, means Error, or deviation from the right way, was attributed to their labour; because they did not reach their goal.
2 [Hence,] one says, ضَلِّلْ مَالَكَ Send forth, or set free, thy cattle to pasture, or to pasture where they please, by themselves.
3 See also the next paragraph.

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