عطل

[ عَطِلٌ ذ is an epithet of which only the fem. (with ة) is mentioned.] ― -b2- عَطِلَةٌ is applied to a she-camel as meaning Goodly, or beautiful: pl. عَطِلَاتٌ: (S, O:) which is expl. by A 'Obeyd in this sense, and not derived by him: held by ISd to be a possessive epithet: (TA:) or the sing., thus applied, goodly, or beautiful, in body: (K:) or thus as applied to a woman: and, applied to a she-camel, perfect in body and tallness. (TA.) ― -b3- Also, applied to a she-camel, i. q. صَفِىٌّ [i. e. Abounding in milk; or whose milk lasts throughout the year ]. (K.) And, applied to a ewe or she-goat, Abounding much in milk: (K:) or, accord. to Lth, that is known in [ the appearance of ] her neck to be one abounding in milk. (O.) -A2- And, applied to A دَلْو [or leathern bucket], Having its [ thongs called ] وَذَم broken, (O, K, TA,) so that it has become exempted from (تَعَطَّلَتْ مِن [i. e. unused for ]) the drawing of water therewith: (TA:) or that has been left for a time unused, and of which the thongs above mentioned, and the loop-shaped handles, have been broken. (IAth, TA.) Hence the saying of 'Áïsheh, describing her father, رَأَبَ التَّأْىَ وَأَوذَمَ العَطِلَةَ [ He repaired the rending, and put وَذم to that bucket of which the وَذَم were broken ]; meaning that he restored the affairs to their state of order, and strengthened the condition of El-Islám after the apostatizing of men. (O, TA.)