دَلَسٌ

The dark; or darkness; (S, M, A, K;) as also ↓ دُلْسَةٌ: (A, Msb, K:) and the confusedness of the darkness, or of the beginning of night; explained by اِخْتِلَاطُ الظَّلَامِ. (A, K.) You say, أَتَانَا دَلَسَ الظَّلَامِ He came to us in the confusedness of the darkness, or of the beginning of night. (TA.) And خَرَجَ فِى الدَّلَسِ وَالْغَلَسِ [He went forth in the confusedness of the darkness, or of the beginning of night, and in the darkness of the last part of the night]. (A, TA.)