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دلع

1 دَلَعَ لِسَانَهُ دلع لسانه دلع لسانة , (Lth, S, K,) aor. دَلَعَ , (K,) inf. n. دَلْعٌ, (Lth, K, *) He (a man, S, [and a dog,] and a tired wolf, TA) lolled, lolled out, put forth, or protruded, his tongue; (Lth, S, K;) as also ↓ ادلعهُ ; (Lth, IAar, S, K;) but the latter is of rare occurrence, though chaste. (Lth.) -A2- And دَلَعَ لِسَانُهُ, (Lth, S, K,) the verb being intrans. as well as trans., (S,) aor. دَلَعَ and دَلُعَ , (K,) inf. n. دُلُوعٌ, (Lth, K,) like as رَجَعَ has رُجُوعٌ for its inf. n. when intrans., but رَجْعٌ when trans., (Lth,) His tongue lolled, or protruded; (Lth, S, K;) as also ↓ اندلع ; (S, K;) and ↓ اِدَّلَعَ , [originally اِدْتَلَعَ,] of the measure اِفْتَعَلَ: (Ibn-'Abbád, K:) [said of a man,] his tongue protruded from the mouth, and hung down upon the hair between the lower lip and the chin, like the tongue of the dog; (TA;) and [in like manner,] ↓ اندلع , it protruded and hung down, by reason of much grief, or distress of mind, affecting the breath, or respiration, or by reason of thirst, like that of the dog. (TA.) 4 أَدْلَعَ see 1. 7 إِِنْدَلَعَ see 1, in two places. ― -b2- [Hence,] اندلع بَطْنُهُ (assumed tropical:) His belly became prominent, or protuberant: (S:) or became large and flabby: (K:) said of a man: (S:) or, accord. to Naseer, as related by Aboo-Turáb, the verb has the latter signification said of the belly of a woman; as also اندلق. (TA.) ― -b3- And اندلع السَّيْفُ مِنْ غِمْدِهِ (tropical:) The sword became drawn, or it slipped out, from its scabbard; (K, TA;) as also اندلق. (TA.) 8 اِدَّلَعَ أدلع ادلع دلع : see 1. أَحْمَقُ دَالِعٌ ذ Stupid in the utmost degree; (ElHujeymee, K;) who ceases not to loll out his tongue. (El-Hujeymee, TA.) ― -b2- أَمْرٌ دَالِعٌ (assumed tropical:) An affair in the way to the attainment of which there is nothing intervening as an obstacle; expl. by لَيْسَ دُونَهُ شَىْءٌ. (K.) فَرَسٌ أَدْلَعُ ذ A horse that lolls out his tongue in running. (Ibn-'Abbád.) مُدْلَعٌ مدلع [pass. part. n. of 4]. It is said in a trad., يُبْعَثُ شَاهِدُ الزُّورِ يَوْمَ القِيَامَةِ مُدْلَعًا لِسَانُهُ فِى النَّارِ [The false witness will be raised to life on the day of resurrection with his tongue lolled out in the fire]. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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