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مُدَالِكٌ

Root: دلك

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مُدَالِكٌ Any one who delays, defers, or puts off, by repeated promises.
2 One who does not hold himself above a low, or an ignoble, action. IF says, in the “ Makáyees, ” [but the remark does not universally hold good,] that every word commencing with د and ل denotes motion, coming and going, and removal from place to place.
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