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ذُؤَالَةُ ذ The wolf: (T, S, M, K:) so called because of his light walk or manner of going; (A 'Obeyd, T, S;) or because of a lightness in his running: (M:) it is determinate, (S, M, K, TA,) and imperfectly decl., being a proper name and [grammatically] of the fem. gender: (TA:) pl. ذِئْلَانٌ and ذُؤْلَانٌ. (M, K.) One says, خَشِّ ذُؤَالَةَ بَالحِبَالَةِ [Frighten thou the wolf with the snare]: (S, Meyd, TA:) a prov., applied to him whose threatening is not regarded: meaning threaten thou other than me; for I know thee: (Meyd, TA:) or, accord. to A'Obeyd, said by him who orders one to menace and threaten. (Meyd.) [See also ذَأْلَانٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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