# Dal-Lam-Vav — دلو (dlw)

> Occurs in 4 verses of the Quran.

- **Source:** https://quran.so/root/dlw

- **Meaning:** To let down (e.g. a bucket into a well), to lower, a bucket.
- **Derived forms:** أَدْلَىٰ (2) · تَدَلَّىٰ (1) · دَلْو (1)

## Verses containing this root

### 2. Surah Al-Baqarah, Verse 188

- **Form in this verse:** وَتُدْلُوا۟ — watud'lū · "and present"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 2nd person, masculine, plural · present tense

وَلَا تَأْكُلُٓوا اَمْوَالَكُمْ بَيْنَكُمْ بِالْبَاطِلِ وَتُدْلُوا بِهَٓا اِلَى الْحُكَّامِ لِتَأْكُلُوا فَر۪يقاً مِنْ اَمْوَالِ النَّاسِ بِالْاِثْمِ وَاَنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ۟

Wala ta/kuloo amwalakumbaynakum bilbatili watudloo biha ilaalhukkami lita/kuloo fareeqan min amwali annasibil-ithmi waantum taAAlamoon

And consume not your wealth among yourselves in vanity, neither offer it to the authorities that you might consume part of the property of the people through sin, when you know.

_https://quran.so/surah-al-baqarah/verse-188.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** فَأَدْلَىٰ — fa-adlā · "then he let down"
  - **Grammar:** verb · pattern of if'al · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

وَجَٓاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَاَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَاَدْلٰى دَلْوَهُۜ قَالَ يَا بُشْرٰى هٰذَا غُلَامٌۜ وَاَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةًۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wajaat sayyaratun faarsaloo waridahumfaadla dalwahu qala ya bushra hathaghulamun waasarroohu bidaAAatan wallahuAAaleemun bima yaAAmaloon

And there came a caravan; and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his pail. He said: “O glad tidings: here is a lad!” And they hid him as merchandise; and God knows what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-19.md_

### 12. Surah Yusuf, Verse 19

- **Form in this verse:** دَلْوَهُۥ ۖ — dalwahu · "his bucket"
  - **Grammar:** noun · masculine · accusative case

وَجَٓاءَتْ سَيَّارَةٌ فَاَرْسَلُوا وَارِدَهُمْ فَاَدْلٰى دَلْوَهُۜ قَالَ يَا بُشْرٰى هٰذَا غُلَامٌۜ وَاَسَرُّوهُ بِضَاعَةًۜ وَاللّٰهُ عَل۪يمٌ بِمَا يَعْمَلُونَ

Wajaat sayyaratun faarsaloo waridahumfaadla dalwahu qala ya bushra hathaghulamun waasarroohu bidaAAatan wallahuAAaleemun bima yaAAmaloon

And there came a caravan; and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his pail. He said: “O glad tidings: here is a lad!” And they hid him as merchandise; and God knows what they did.

_https://quran.so/surah-yusuf/verse-19.md_

### 53. Surah An-Najm, Verse 8

- **Form in this verse:** فَتَدَلَّىٰ — fatadallā · "and came down"
  - **Grammar:** verb · 3rd person, masculine, singular · past tense

ثُمَّ دَنَا فَتَدَلّٰىۙ

Thumma dana fatadalla

Then he drew nearer, and descended,

_https://quran.so/surah-an-najm/verse-8.md_

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