تدلّى
Root: دلو
Form: 5
Full Definition
2 Also He drew near, or approached: (K in art. دلى:) or he drew near, or approached, [from above, or] after being high. Accord. to Fr, ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى [in the Kur liii. 8] means ثَمَّ تَدَلَّى فَدَنَا, i. e. Then he hung down from the highest region of the sky, and so drew near to the Apostle: showing that he took him up without becoming separated from his place: or the meaning of the phrase, as it stands, is, then he drew near to the Prophet, and he clung to him: but accord. to Zj, it means then he drew near, and drew nearer; and is like the phrase دَنَا فُلَانٌ مِنِّى وَقَرُبَ.
3 And He was, or became, lowly, humble, or submissive; or he lowered, humbled, or abased, himself. (IAar, T; and K in art. دلى.)
4 In the saying of a poet,
تدلّت may be quasi-pass. of دَلَا, Verbal.Noun دَلْوٌ, signifying “ he drove, or urged on, gently: ” or it may be for تَدَلَّلَتْ: [so that the meaning may be, As though her rider were a branch of a tree in a place over which the wind was blowing, when she became urged on gently with him, or an intoxicated drinker: or, when she emboldened herself with him, &c.:] [for] تَدَلَّى is also syn. with تَدَلَّلَ: and [J says that] this is its meaning in the saying in the Kur [otherwise explained above] ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلَّى: being like يَتَمَطَّى in the Kur [lxxv. 33], i. e. يَتَمَطَّطُ.كَأَنَ رَاكِبَهَا غُصْنٌ بِمَرْوَحَةٍ إِذَا تَدَلَّتْ بِهِ أَوْ شَارِبٌ ثَمِلٌ
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