دليل

See also: دلیل

Arabic

Etymology

Root
د ل ل (d-l-l)

Compare دَلَّ (dalla, “to show, to indicate”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /da.liːl/
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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)
syllogism
road sign
road, street
guidebook
index (alphabetical listing)

Declension

Declension of noun دَلِيل (dalīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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)
Plural	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
- → Azerbaijani: dəlil
- → Bengali: দলীল (dolil)
- → Bashkir: дәлил (dəlil)
- → Hindustani: dalīl
  Hindi: दलील
  Urdu: دلیل
- → Kazakh: дәлел (dälel)
- → Kyrgyz: далил (dalil)
- → Uzbek: dalil
→ Spanish: adalid
→ Swahili: dalili

Noun

دَلِيل • (dalīl) m (plural أَدِلَّاء (ʔadillāʔ) or أَدِلَّة (ʔadilla))

Declension

Declension of noun دَلِيل (dalīl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	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)
Plural	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

مُرْشِدٌ (muršidun)

References

Lane, Edward William (1863) “دليل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “دليل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen

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