دلقم
دِلْقِمٌ A she-camel (
S,
K, &c.) whose teeth are consumed by old age; (
S;) aged, and having broken teeth; (
K) having her teeth broken by old age, (
S and
K in art. دلق,) so that she spirts out water [after drinking]; (
S in that art.;) like دَلُوقٌ and دَلْقَآءُ: (
S and
K in that art.:) and also written دِلْقَمٌ: (
TA in that art.:) or whose teeth are broken, and whose saliva flows: (
As,
TA in the present art.:) or having her teeth (أَضْرَاس) fallen out by reason of extreme old age: (
S in art. دلق:) and by some applied to the male: the م,
accord. to
J and some others of the learned, is augmentative: or it may be from الدَّقْمُ, which means “ the breaking of the teeth; ” and the ل may be augmentative. (
TA.) [See also دَلُوقٌ.]
b2: Also (assumed
tropical:) An old woman. (
M,
K.)