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دِلْقِمٌ دلقم A she-camel (S, K, &c.) whose teeth are consumed by old age; (S;) aged, and having broken teeth; (K) having her teeth broken by old age, (S and K in art. دلق,) so that she spirts out water [after drinking]; (S in that art.;) like دَلُوقٌ and دَلْقَآءُ: (S and K in that art.:) and also written دِلْقَمٌ: (TA in that art.:) or whose teeth are broken, and whose saliva flows: (As, TA in the present art.:) or having her teeth (أَضْرَاس) fallen out by reason of extreme old age: (S in art. دلق:) and by some applied to the male: the م, accord. to J and some others of the learned, is augmentative: or it may be from الدَّقْمُ, which means “ the breaking of the teeth; ” and the ل may be augmentative. (TA.) [See also دَلُوقٌ.] ― -b2- Also (assumed tropical:) An old woman. (M, K.)

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