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دالس

Root: دلس

Form: 3

Full Definition

دالسIII , Verbal.Noun مُدَالَسَةٌ and دِلَاسٌ, He endeavoured to deceive, beguile, or circumvent; or acted deceitfully with another. You say, فُلَانٌ لَا يُدَالِسُكَ Such a one will not endeavour to deceive thee, or act deceitfully with thee, and conceal from thee the thing, as though he came to thee in the dark. [See دَلَسٌ.] And فُلَانٌ لَا يُدَالِسُ وَلَا يُوَالِسُ Such a one will not endeavour to deceive, beguile, or circumvent; or will not act deceitfully with another; nor will he act perfidiously: or will not act wrongfully, nor treacherously, nor practise artifice or fraud.
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