دَلَفَ
1.
, (T, S, M, K,) aorist
دَلِفَ
, (T, M, K,) verbal noun دَلِيفٌ (T, S, M, K) and دَلَفٌ (T, M, K) and دَلْفٌ (K) and دَلَفَانٌ (M, K) and دُلُوفٌ, (M, TA,) He walked, or went, gently, or leisurely: (S, M:) said of an old man, (As, T, S, K,) he walked, or went, (As, T, S, M, K,) with short steps, (S, M,) or in the manner of him who is shackled, (K,) as some say, (M,) at a rate above that which is termed
دَبِيبٌ, (As, T, M, K,) like as does the army, or body of troops, to the [other] army, or body of troops. (As, T.) You say, دَلَفَتِ الكَتِيبَةُ
إِلَى الكَتِيبَةِ فِى الحَرْبِ (T, S, * M, K *) meaning The army, or body of troops, went gently, or leisurely, to the [other] army, or body of troops,
in war: (M:) or advanced, or went forward; synonym تَقَدَّمَت: (S, K:) [for] دَلَفٌ (T, M) according to A'Obeyd, or دَلْفٌ according to AA, (T,) signifies the act of advancing, or going forward; synonym تَقَدُّمٌ: (T, M:) and one says دَلَفْنَاهُمْ, (S, K,) or دَلَفْنَا لَهُمْ, (M, and so in one place in the TA,) meaning [as is implied in the S and K] we advanced to them; synonym تَقَدَّمْنَا: (M:) and دَلَفَ
إِلَيْهِ
he drew near to him, or it. (TA.) دَلَفْتُ also signifies مَشَيْتُ [i.e. I walked; or went on foot, whether quickly or slowly]: (Ham p. 678:) and [in like manner,] إِلَيْهِ
تدلّف signifies مَشَى [he walked, &c., to him, or it]: (O, TA:) or this latter signifies تَمَشَّى [said in the TA, in article مشى, to be synonym with مَشَى; but it rather signifies he walked with slow steps to him, or it]; and approached, or drew near: (S, K:) but A'Obeyd says that تَزَلَّفَ is more common. (M.)
2.
Hence, the saying of a poet,
meaning (assumed tropical:) I have wounded thy heart with rhymes. (Ham ubi suprá.)دَلَفْتُ إِلَى صَمِيمِكَ بِالقَوَافِى
3.
[The verb seems to bear two contr. significations; for it is said that] دَلَفَ لِالْتِزَامِى means He hastened to take me by the hand and embrace me. (Har p. 368.)
4.
دَلَفَ بِحِمْلِهِ, aorist
دَلِفَ
, verbal noun دَلِيفٌ, He (one carrying a thing) was heavily burdened, or overburdened, by his load [so that he went slowly]. (M.)
5.
You say of a she-camel, تَدْلِفُ بِحَمْلِهَا, meaning She rises [apparently with difficulty (see دَالِفٌ)] with her load. (T,* Ibn-'Abbád, K.)