d l l
23 lemmas · 7 languages
geminateSecond and third consonants are identical (ḥ-b-b 'love'). Surface forms often show a doubled consonant (mediae geminatae).T Lev.14.21
Themes:thin·3sign·2dalla·2
POS shape:noun·11verb·8adj·3name·1
This root is attested across 7 Semitic languages in our index. Each section below shows representative lemmas; attested means a Wiktionary editor explicitly tagged the root, inferredmeans we derived it mechanically from the word's consonantal skeleton.
Etymology treehow this root diverged from Proto-Semitic through the family
*d-l-lProto-Semitic
East Semitic
Akkadiandalālumd l l— to praise, sing, proclaim, glorify
West Semitic
Central Semitic
Northwest Semitic
Ugaritic𐎄𐎍𐎍𐎄 𐎍 𐎍— to oppress, subjugate
Canaanite
Hebrewדַּלד ל ל— weak, poor
Aramaic
Syriacܕܘܠܐܕ ܠ ܠ— bucket, pail
Assyrian NAܡܕܲܠܸܠܕ ܠ ܠ— to thin out
Arabic
Arabicدَلَّد ل ل— to show, to indicate, to direct
South Semitic
Ethio-Semitic
Amharicዱላד ל ל— club
Branch structure: Huehnergard (2005), Rubin (2010). The reconstructed Proto-Semitic form is computed on the fly from the cognate set's majority reflex pattern.
Akkadian
akk · 1 lemma- to praise, sing, proclaim, glorifyUnknown
Ugaritic
irregular reflexug · 1 lemma- to oppress, subjugate
Classical Syriac
syc · 2 lemmas- bucket, pailCompare Aramaic דול (daul, “bucket”), Akkadian 𒁕𒇻 (/dalū, dūlu/, “bucket”), Arabic دَلْو (dalw), Hebrew דְּלִי (dəlî), as well as the Old Armenian loanword դոյլ (doyl).
- Aquarius (constellation and zodiac sign)Compare Aramaic דול (daul, “bucket”), Akkadian 𒁕𒇻 (/dalū, dūlu/, “bucket”), Arabic دَلْو (dalw), Hebrew דְּלִי (dəlî), as well as the Old Armenian loanword դոյլ (doyl).
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
aii · 5 lemmas- to thin outCompare Hebrew דִּלֵּל (dilél, “to thin out”).
- thinning out, dissolution, diminishmentVerbal noun of ܡܕܲܠܸܠ (mdallil, “to thin out; to divorce”).
- rare, uncommon, unusual; scarce, scantyOf the adjective pattern 1a22ī3ā; cognate with Hebrew דָּלִיל (dalíl, “thin, sparse; dilute”).
- to describeReduplicated form from the verb ܡܕܲܠܸܠ (mdallil, “to thin out”).
- descriptionVerbal noun of ܡܕܲܠܕܸܠ (mdaldil, “to describe”).
Hebrew
he · 4 lemmas- weak, poor
- to thin out
- thin, sparse
- thinness
Arabic
ar · 8 lemmas- to show, to indicate, to direct
- to pamper, to treat kindly, to caress
- closeness, friendliness, harmony
- verbal noun of دَلَّ (dalla) (form I)
- sign, indication, proof, demonstration, evidence, argumentCompare دَلَّ (dalla, “to show, to indicate”).
- to try to determine, to seek information
- verbal noun of دَلَّلَ (dallala) (form II)
- verbal noun of دَلَّ (dalla) (form I)
Amharic
am · 2 lemmas- club
- broker