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1 دَأَلَ ذ , aor. دَاَ^َ , inf. n. دَأْلٌ (S, M, K) and دَأَلٌ (K [perhaps a mistake for the next, which is well known but not mentioned in the K, but see ذَأَلَ,]) and دَأَلَانٌ (S, M) and دَأَلَى, (M, K,) He walked, or went, in a weak manner, (M, K,) and with haste: (M:) or he ran with short steps: (M, K:) or he walked, or went, in a brisk, or sprightly, manner: (K:) or he walked, or went, as though labouring in his gait, by reason of briskness, or sprightliness: (M:) [or he went along by little and little, stealthily, lest he should make a sound to be heard: for] دَأْلٌ is syn. with خَتْلٌ: or, accord. to AZ, it signifies the walking, or going, in a manner resembling that which is termed خَتْلٌ; and in the manner of him who is heavily burdened, or overburdened: and As, in describing the manner in which horses go, explains دَأَلَانٌ as signifying the walking, or going, with short steps, and in an unusual manner, as though heavily burdened, or overburdened. (S.) [See also ذَأَلَ.] ― -b2- [Hence, app.,] دَأَلَ لَهُ, aor. as above, inf. n. دَأْلٌ and دَأَلَانٌ, He deceived, deluded, beguiled, circumvented, or outwitted, him; syn. خَتَلَهُ: (M, K:) [and ↓ دَاأَلَهُ signifies the same: or he practised with him mutual deceit, delusion, &c.: for] مُدَاأَلَةٌ is syn. with مُخَاتَلَةٌ; and sometimes it is with a quick pace: (AA, T, K:) you say, دَأَلْتُ لَهُ and دَاأَلْتُهُ: (AA, T, TA:) and الذِّئْبُ بَدْأَلُ لِلْغَزَالِ لِيَأْكُلَهُ i. e. يَخْتُلُهُ [The wolf deceives, &c., the gazelle, or young gazelle, that he may eat him]. (AZ, T, TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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