ضَلَّ

Dul~N * : see DalaAlN . ― -b2- [Also, app. as meaning A lost state; a state of perishing, coming to nought, or passing away; ] a subst. from Dal~a signifying DaAEa and halaka . (S, TA.) ― -b3- And hence [its usage, in the manner of a proper name, in] the saying, huwa Dul~u bonu Dul~K , (S,) which means, (S, O, K,) as also ↓ huwa Dil~u bonu Dil~K , (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K,) He is the unknown, the son of the unknown; (S, Z, O, K;) and in like manner, bonu Alt~alaAli ↓ AlD~alaAlu ; (S, O;) and qul~u bonu qul~K : (TA:) or he is one in whom is no good: (K:) or he is one who persists in error. (M, K.) ― -b4- [Hence also, perhaps, it is said that] yaA Dul~a maA tajoriY bihi AlEaSaA [in the CK Dal~a ] means yaA faqodahu and yaA talafahu [i. e., app., O the loss, or O the coming to nought, of that by reason of which the mare El-'Asà is running! ]: (K, TA:) a prov.; said by Kaseer Ibn-Saad to Jedheemeh El-Abrash, when he went with him to Ez-Zebbà; for when they were within her province, he repented, and Kaseer said to him, “ Mount this my horse, and escape upon him, for his dust will not be cloven [by the pursuer, ” i. e. he will not be overtaken]: (TA: [but the mare is thus made a male:]) or it was said by 'Amr Ibn-'Adee, when he saw El-'Asà, the mare of Jedheemeh, with Kaseer upon her: qawomu is suppressed after yA ; and ↓ Dul~a is of the forms [of verbs] denoting wonder, originally Dalula , with damm, like Hub~a in the phrase Hub~a bifulaAnK , originally Habuba ; and the meaning of the prov. is, O people, what a case of perdition is that by reason of which El-'Asà is running! i. e., the death of Jedheemeh. (Meyd.) ― -b5- Dul~N bitaDolaAlK [in CK Dal~N ] means A vain, or futile, thing: (S, O, K:) [or a vain, misleading thing; taDolaAlN being an inf. n. of Dal~ala :] 'Amr Ibn-Shás El-Asadee says, ta*ak~arotu layolaY laAta Hiyna A@dikaArihaA waqado HuniYa AlA^aDolaAEu Dul~N bitaDolaAli [ I remembered Leylà when it was not a time for remembering her, the ribs having become bent by the bending of the back with age: it was a vain, misleading thing ]. (S, O.) ― -b6- Dul~u A^aDolaAlK : see Dil~apN .