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أل1 ذَأَلَ, (T, K,) or ذَأَلَتْ, (S,) aor. ـَ inf. n. ذَأَلَانٌ (T, S, K) and ذَأْلٌ or ذَأَلٌ, (accord. to different copies of the S and K, the latter accord. to the TA,) He, (T, K,) or she, i. e. a camel, (S,) walked, or went, lightly: (Az, T, S:) or quickly: (K:) or lightly, (K,) or quickly, (IF,) and proudly, with an inclining of the body from side to side. (IF, K.) [See also دَأَلَ: and see ذَأَلَانٌ, below.]6 تذآءل He became vile, base, ignominious, abject, or contemptible; syn. تصاغر. (K.) ذَأْلَانٌ, (K,) or ↓ ذَأَلَانٌ, (ISk, S, M,) and ↓ ذُأْلَانٌ, (Ibn- 'Abbád, K,) The jackal (اِبْنُ آوَى): or the wolf: (K:) or the second word has the latter signification: (ISk, S, M:) and the last word, the former signification: (M:) the pl. of the second word, having the latter signification, is ذَآلِيلُ, with ل. (ISk, S.) [See also دَأْلَانٌ and دَأَلَانٌ: and see ذُؤَالَةٌ, below.]ذُوْلَانٌ: see the next preceding paragraph.
ذَأَلَانٌ The walk, or manner of going, of the wolf: pl. ذَآلِيلُ, with ل: (M, K:) [but ISd says,] I know not how this is. (M. [See also دَآلِيلُ.]) Also [as an inf. n. of 1, q. v.,] A quick walk or manner of going: (M:) or, as some say, a moderate running: or an extraordinary manner, or rate, of going, by reason of briskness, liveliness, or sprightliness. (T.) A2: See also ذَأْلَانٌ.
ذَؤُولٌ Anything [or any animal] Quick, or swift. (T.) [See also دَؤُولٌ.]
ذُؤَالَةُ The wolf: (T, S, M, K:) so called because of his light walk or manner of going; (A 'Obeyd, T, S;) or because of a lightness in his running: (M:) it is determinate, (S, M, K, TA,) and imperfectly decl., being a proper name and [grammatically] of the fem. gender: (TA:) pl. ذِئْلَانٌ and ذُؤْلَانٌ. (M, K.) One says, خَشِّ ذُؤَالَةَ بَالحِبَالَةِ [Frighten thou the wolf with the snare]: (S, Meyd, TA:) a prov., applied to him whose threatening is not regarded: meaning threaten thou other than me; for I know thee: (Meyd, TA:) or, accord. to A'Obeyd, said by him who orders one to menace and threaten. (Meyd.) [See also ذَأْلَانٌ.]
مِذْأَلٌ Light and quick. (Ibn-'Abbád, TA.)
