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تله

Root entry · 29 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concepts of throwing down, causing to fall, and prostration. It extends to meanings of pushing, delivering, and also encompasses physical states like being prostrate, sweating, and being wet. Figuratively, it relates to bad fortune, following, and agitation.

Derived headwords

تَلِهَverb
  1. 1.
    to throw downboth

    To cause someone to fall, often by throwing them onto their neck and cheek.

  2. 2.
    to cast uponclassical

    To cast something upon someone, like a bad affair.

  3. 3.
    to deliverboth

    To deliver something into someone's hand, or to throw it.

مَتْلُولadjective
  1. 1.
    thrown downboth

    One who has been thrown down or prostrated.

  2. 2.
    well-formedclassical

    Describing a creature, like a bull, that is compactly formed.

تَلِيلadjective
  1. 1.
    thrown downboth

    One who has been thrown down or prostrated.

تَلَّةُ سُوءٍnoun
  1. 1.
    bad affairclassical

    To cast a bad affair upon someone.

تَلَىnoun
  1. 1.
    prostrate peopleclassical

    A group of people who are prostrate or fallen.

تَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to be prostrateboth

    To be thrown down, to fall.

  2. 2.
    to pourboth

    To pour something out.

  3. 3.
    to sweatboth

    For the forehead to sweat or perspire.

  4. 4.
    to lowerclassical

    To lower a rope into a well.

المُتِلّnoun
  1. 1.
    what is thrownclassical

    That by which something is thrown down.

  2. 2.
    strong oneclassical

    A strong person or camel.

  3. 3.
    upright spearclassical

    An upright spear.

  4. 4.
    upright personclassical

    A person who stands upright, especially in prayer.

التَّلّnoun
  1. 1.
    moundboth

    A mound of earth or sand.

  2. 2.
    hillockboth

    A small hill or rise.

  3. 3.
    pillowboth

    A pillow.

  4. 4.
    types of clothclassical

    Various kinds of cloth.

تِلالnoun
  1. 1.
    moundsboth

    Plural of تلّ (mound).

أتْلالnoun
  1. 1.
    pillowsclassical

    Plural of تلّة (pillow), though rare.

التَّلِّيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Talliboth

    A nisba (attribution) to someone named Al-Tal, like Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Al-Tal Al-Kufi, a hadith narrator.

عُنُقnoun
  1. 1.
    neckboth

    The neck.

أتَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    neckclassical

    A neck.

تَلْتَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    shakingboth

    Agitation, disturbance, or shaking.

  2. 2.
    earthquakeboth

    An earthquake or violent shaking.

  3. 3.
    fast paceboth

    Moving at a fast pace or driving forcefully.

  4. 4.
    hardshipboth

    Hardship or difficulty.

  5. 5.
    drinking vesselclassical

    A drinking vessel made from palm spathe.

تَلْتَلَةُ بَهْرَاءphrase
  1. 1.
    breaking the 'taf'alun' patternclassical

    A specific linguistic phenomenon related to the pronunciation of the 'ta' in the verb form 'tafalun' by the tribe of Bahra'.

ضَالٌّ تَالٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    following astrayclassical

    One who follows or is led astray.

ضَلَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    astraynessclassical

    The state of being led astray or going into error.

تِلَالَةnoun
  1. 1.
    followingclassical

    The act of following or imitation.

ضِلَالُ ابْنِ التَّلَالِphrase
  1. 1.
    following of Ibn Al-Talalclassical

    A specific type of following or imitation associated with Ibn Al-Talal.

تَلَاverb
  1. 1.
    to followboth

    To follow, to come after.

  2. 2.
    to reciteboth

    To recite.

تِلْوٌnoun
  1. 1.
    following sheepclassical

    A slaughtered sheep that follows its mother.

يَتَالُ مَتَالَةًverb phrase
  1. 1.
    to seek a studclassical

    To seek a stud horse for one's mare.

التَّلَّةnoun
  1. 1.
    pourboth

    A pouring or dropping.

  2. 2.
    lying downboth

    A lying down or resting position.

  3. 3.
    wetnessboth

    Wetness or moisture.

  4. 4.
    stateboth

    A condition or state of being.

  5. 5.
    lazinessboth

    Laziness or sluggishness.

أَتَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to dripboth

    For a liquid to drip or be dropped.

التَّلَلnoun
  1. 1.
    wetnessboth

    Wetness or moisture.

تَلُولadjective
  1. 1.
    slow to obeyclassical

    One who is slow to obey or follow instructions.

أَتَلَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to tie upclassical

    To tie something up and lead it.

تَلَاتِلnoun
  1. 1.
    thick and coarseclassical

    Describing something thick and coarse, like a man.

الثَّوْرُ المَتْلُولُphrase
  1. 1.
    compactly built bullclassical

    A bull that is compactly and well-formed in its creation.

Parallel reading

تله فهو متلول وتليل: صرعه، أو ألقاه على عنقه وخده
He threw him down, so he is thrown down and prostrate: he felled him, or threw him onto his neck and cheek.
وفلانا بتلة سوء، بالكسر: رماه بأمر قبيح
And to cast upon someone a 'talla' of evil, with kasra: to throw at him an ugly matter.
والشيء في يده: دفعه إليه، أو ألقاه
And the thing in his hand: to push it to him, or to throw it.
وقوم تلى، كحتى: صرعى
And a people 'tala', like 'hutta': prostrate.
وتل يتل ويتل: تصرع، وسقط
And he fell, he falls, and he falls: he was prostrated, and he fell.
وجبينه: رشح بالعرق
And his forehead: it sweated with perspiration.
وأرخى الحبل في البئر
And he lowered the rope in the well.
والمتل، كمقص: ما تله به، والقوي، والمنتصب من الرماح، والشديد من الناس والإبل، والرجل المنتصب في الصلاة
And 'al-mutl', like 'miqass': what he threw with it, and the strong one, and the upright one of spears, and the strong one among people and camels, and the man standing upright in prayer.
والتل من التراب: م، والكومة ms1331 من الرمل، والرابية، ج: تلال، والوسادة، ج: أتلال نادر، أو هي ضروب من الثياب
And 'al-tall' of earth: a mound, and a heap of sand, and a rise, pl.: 'tilal', and the pillow, pl.: 'atlal' (rare), or they are types of cloth.
وعمر بن محمد بن التل الكوفي: محدث
And Umar ibn Muhammad ibn Al-Tal Al-Kufi: a hadith narrator.
وكأمير: العنق، ج: أتلة وتلل وتلاتل
And like 'ameer': the neck, pl.: 'atlah', 'tilal', and 'tilatel'.
والتلتلة: التحريك، والإقلاق، والزعزعة والزلزلة، والسير الشديد، والسوق العنيف، والشدة، ومشربة من قيقاء الطلع، كالتلة
And 'al-taltalah': shaking, agitation, disturbance and earthquake, fast pace, violent driving, hardship, and a drinking vessel from palm spathe, like 'talla'.
وتلتلة بهراء: كسرهم تاء "تفعلون"
And 'taltalah Bahra': their breaking the 'ta' of 'tafalun'.
وضال تال، والضلالة والتلالة، والضلال ابن التلال: إتباع
And a stray follower, and strayness, and 'tilalah', and the straying of Ibn Al-Talal: following.
وتلى، كحتى ويكسر: ع
And he followed, he follows (with kasra): he followed.
وكربى: الشاة المذبوحة
And like 'kurba': the slaughtered sheep.
وذهب يتال متالة: يطلب لفرسه فحلا
And he went to seek a stud, a 'matalah': seeking a stud for his horse.
والتلة: الصبة، والضجعة، وبالكسر: الضجعة، (بالكسر) ، والبلل، والحالة، والكسل
And 'al-tallah': the pouring, and the lying down, and with kasra: the lying down, and the wetness, and the state, and the laziness.
وأتل المائع: أقطره
And the liquid dripped: he dripped it.
والتلل، محركة: البلل
And 'al-talal', with harakah: wetness.
وكصبور: الذي لا ينقاد إلا بطيئا
And like 'sabur': one who does not obey except slowly.
وأتله: ارتبطه واقتاده
And he tied it up: he tied it and led it.
والتلاتل، كعلابط: التار الغليظ
And 'al-talatel', like 'alaabit': the thick and coarse one.
والثور المتلول: المدمج الخلق
And the 'mutallul' bull: compactly formed.