دليل
See also: دلیل
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| د ل ل (d l l) |
| 9 terms |
Compare دَلَّ (dalla, “to show, to indicate”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /da.liːl/
- Rhymes: -iːl
Noun
دَلِيل • (dalīl) m (plural أَدِلَّة (ʔadilla))
- sign, indication, proof, demonstration, evidence, argument
- Al-Mutanabbi
- وَلَيْسَ يَصِحُّ فِي الْأَفْهَامِ شَيْءٌ / إِذَا ٱحْتَاجَ النَّهَارُ إِلَى دَلِيلِ
- walaysa yaṣiḥḥu fī l-ʔafhāmi šayʔun / ʔiḏā ḥtāja n-nahāru ʔilā dalīli
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- Al-Mutanabbi
- syllogism
- road sign
- road, street
- guidebook
- index (alphabetical listing)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دَلِيل dalīl |
الدَّلِيل ad-dalīl |
دَلِيل dalīl |
| nominative | دَلِيلٌ dalīlun |
الدَّلِيلُ ad-dalīlu |
دَلِيلُ dalīlu |
| accusative | دَلِيلًا dalīlan |
الدَّلِيلَ ad-dalīla |
دَلِيلَ dalīla |
| genitive | دَلِيلٍ dalīlin |
الدَّلِيلِ ad-dalīli |
دَلِيلِ dalīli |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | دَلِيلَيْن dalīlayn |
الدَّلِيلَيْن ad-dalīlayn |
دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
| nominative | دَلِيلَانِ dalīlāni |
الدَّلِيلَانِ ad-dalīlāni |
دَلِيلَا dalīlā |
| accusative | دَلِيلَيْنِ dalīlayni |
الدَّلِيلَيْنِ ad-dalīlayni |
دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
| genitive | دَلِيلَيْنِ dalīlayni |
الدَّلِيلَيْنِ ad-dalīlayni |
دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
| plural | broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَدِلَّة ʔadilla |
الْأَدِلَّة al-ʔadilla |
أَدِلَّة ʔadillat |
| nominative | أَدِلَّةٌ ʔadillatun |
الْأَدِلَّةُ al-ʔadillatu |
أَدِلَّةُ ʔadillatu |
| accusative | أَدِلَّةً ʔadillatan |
الْأَدِلَّةَ al-ʔadillata |
أَدِلَّةَ ʔadillata |
| genitive | أَدِلَّةٍ ʔadillatin |
الْأَدِلَّةِ al-ʔadillati |
أَدِلَّةِ ʔadillati |
Descendants
- → Catalan: adalil
- → Ottoman Turkish: دلیل
- Turkish: delil
- → Persian: دلیل
- → Spanish: adalid
- → Swahili: dalili
Noun
دَلِيل • (dalīl) m (plural أَدِلَّاء (ʔadillāʔ) or أَدِلَّة (ʔadilla))
- director
- guide
- indicator (person who indicates)
- discoverer
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | دَلِيل dalīl |
الدَّلِيل ad-dalīl |
دَلِيل dalīl |
| nominative | دَلِيلٌ dalīlun |
الدَّلِيلُ ad-dalīlu |
دَلِيلُ dalīlu |
| accusative | دَلِيلًا dalīlan |
الدَّلِيلَ ad-dalīla |
دَلِيلَ dalīla |
| genitive | دَلِيلٍ dalīlin |
الدَّلِيلِ ad-dalīli |
دَلِيلِ dalīli |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | دَلِيلَيْن dalīlayn |
الدَّلِيلَيْن ad-dalīlayn |
دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
| nominative | دَلِيلَانِ dalīlāni |
الدَّلِيلَانِ ad-dalīlāni |
دَلِيلَا dalīlā |
| accusative | دَلِيلَيْنِ dalīlayni |
الدَّلِيلَيْنِ ad-dalīlayni |
دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
| genitive | دَلِيلَيْنِ dalīlayni |
الدَّلِيلَيْنِ ad-dalīlayni |
دَلِيلَيْ dalīlay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | أَدِلَّاء; أَدِلَّة ʔadillāʔ; ʔadilla |
الْأَدِلَّاء; الْأَدِلَّة al-ʔadillāʔ; al-ʔadilla |
أَدِلَّاء; أَدِلَّة ʔadillāʔ; ʔadillat |
| nominative | أَدِلَّاءُ; أَدِلَّةٌ ʔadillāʔu; ʔadillatun |
الْأَدِلَّاءُ; الْأَدِلَّةُ al-ʔadillāʔu; al-ʔadillatu |
أَدِلَّاءُ; أَدِلَّةُ ʔadillāʔu; ʔadillatu |
| accusative | أَدِلَّاءَ; أَدِلَّةً ʔadillāʔa; ʔadillatan |
الْأَدِلَّاءَ; الْأَدِلَّةَ al-ʔadillāʔa; al-ʔadillata |
أَدِلَّاءَ; أَدِلَّةَ ʔadillāʔa; ʔadillata |
| genitive | أَدِلَّاءَ; أَدِلَّةٍ ʔadillāʔa; ʔadillatin |
الْأَدِلَّاءِ; الْأَدِلَّةِ al-ʔadillāʔi; al-ʔadillati |
أَدِلَّاءِ; أَدِلَّةِ ʔadillāʔi; ʔadillati |
Synonyms
- مُرْشِد (muršid)
References
- Lane, Edward William (1863-1893) “دليل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate.
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دليل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary[1], London: W.H. Allen