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دَلِيل
evidence, proof /daˈliːl/
nounA1#439 most common
Also: guide (person), guidebook, directory, indication, sign
Example sentences
هٰذَا دَلِيلٌ جَيِّدٌ.
This is a good guide.
عِنْدِي دَلِيلٌ لِلسَّفَرِ.
I have a travel guide.
كَانَ دَلِيلُنَا يَعْرِفُ كُلَّ الطُّرُقِ.
Our guide knew all the roads.
لَا يُوجَدُ دَلِيلٌ كَافٍ عَلَى هٰذَا الِادِّعَاءِ.
There is no sufficient evidence for this claim.
قَدَّمَ الْمُحَامِي أَدِلَّةً قَاطِعَةً أَمَامَ الْمَحْكَمَةِ.
The lawyer presented decisive evidence before the court.
تُعَدُّ هٰذِهِ الظَّاهِرَةُ دَلِيلًا دَامِغًا عَلَى صِحَّةِ النَّظَرِيَّةِ.
This phenomenon is considered conclusive proof of the theory's validity.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | دَلِيلٌ | أَدِلَّةٌ |
| Genitive | دَلِيلٍ | أَدِلَّةٍ |
| Accusative | دَلِيلًا | أَدِلَّةً |
| Vocative | يَا دَلِيلُ | يَا أَدِلَّةُ |
Word family
دَلَّto guide, indicate
اِسْتَدَلَّto infer, cite as evidence
دَلَالَةmeaning, signification
مَدْلُولsignified, denotation
دَلَّالbroker, auctioneer (one who shows goods)
Etymology
The word comes from the triliteral root د ل ل (d-l-l), which means to show the way, point out, or indicate. It follows the faʿīl pattern, here with an active sense: one who or that which guides or indicates. The same root gives the verb دَلَّ, to guide, and the noun دَلَالَة, signification.
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