دلدل
Arabic
Etymology 1
Reduplicated from د ل و (d-l-w). Compare Hebrew דלדל.
Verb
دَلْدَلَ • (daldala) Iq (non-past يُدَلْدِلُ (yudaldilu), verbal noun دَلْدَلَة (daldala))
Conjugation
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Related terms
- تَدَلْدَلَ (tadaldala, “to pendulate, to dangle”)
Etymology 2
From دَلْدَلَ (daldala, “to let dangle”) as for the porcupine’s form of bearing its spines.
Alternative forms
- دُلْدُول (duldūl)
Noun
دُلْدُل • (duldul) m (plural دَلَادِل (dalādil))
- crested porcupine(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
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with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) (Hystrix cristata)- 7th century CE, Sunan an-Nasāʾiyy, 26:33:
- يَا أَهْلَ الْخِيَامِ هَذَا الدُّلْدُلُ هَذَا الَّذِي يَحْمِلُ أُسَرَاءَكُمْ مِنْ مَكَّةَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ
- yā ʔahla l-ḵiyāmi haḏā d-duldulu haḏā allaḏī yaḥmilu ʔusarāʔakum min makkata ʔilā l-madīnati
- O people of the tents, this porcupine is the one who is taking your captives from Makka to Al-Madīna!
Declension
Declension of noun دُلْدُل (duldul)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دُلْدُل duldul |
الدُّلْدُل ad-duldul |
دُلْدُل duldul |
Nominative | دُلْدُلٌ duldulun |
الدُّلْدُلُ ad-duldulu |
دُلْدُلُ duldulu |
Accusative | دُلْدُلًا duldulan |
الدُّلْدُلَ ad-duldula |
دُلْدُلَ duldula |
Genitive | دُلْدُلٍ duldulin |
الدُّلْدُلِ ad-dulduli |
دُلْدُلِ dulduli |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | دُلْدُلَيْن duldulayn |
الدُّلْدُلَيْن ad-duldulayn |
دُلْدُلَيْ duldulay |
Nominative | دُلْدُلَانِ duldulāni |
الدُّلْدُلَانِ ad-duldulāni |
دُلْدُلَا duldulā |
Accusative | دُلْدُلَيْنِ duldulayni |
الدُّلْدُلَيْنِ ad-duldulayni |
دُلْدُلَيْ duldulay |
Genitive | دُلْدُلَيْنِ duldulayni |
الدُّلْدُلَيْنِ ad-duldulayni |
دُلْدُلَيْ duldulay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | دَلَادِل dalādil |
الدَّلَادِل ad-dalādil |
دَلَادِل dalādil |
Nominative | دَلَادِلُ dalādilu |
الدَّلَادِلُ ad-dalādilu |
دَلَادِلُ dalādilu |
Accusative | دَلَادِلَ dalādila |
الدَّلَادِلَ ad-dalādila |
دَلَادِلَ dalādila |
Genitive | دَلَادِلَ dalādila |
الدَّلَادِلِ ad-dalādili |
دَلَادِلِ dalādili |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833) “دلدل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 48
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[2] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, pages 109–110
- Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “دلدل”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 402