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طلا

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

The root طلا primarily relates to young animals, specifically lambs, and by extension, young offspring. It also extends to concepts of beauty, attractiveness, and things that are coated or applied, such as tar or boiled grape juice.

Derived headwords

الطَّلَاnoun
  1. 1.
    the young of cloven-hoofed animalsboth

    the young of cloven-hoofed animals

بها العين والآرام يمشين خلفة وأطلاؤها ينهضن من كل مجثم — The wild cows and gazelles walk in succession, and their young rise from every resting place.
الطَّلِيّnoun
  1. 1.
    the necksboth

    the necks

الطلي: الصغير من أولاد الغنم — The tali: the young of sheep.
طَلَاverb
  1. 1.
    To tie upclassical

    To tie the leg of a young animal to a peg and confine it.

  2. 2.
    To confineclassical

    To hold something back or confine it.

طلوت الطلا وطليته، إذا ربطته برجله وحبسته — I tied the lamb and confined it, meaning I tied its leg and held it back.
مُطَلَّىnoun
  1. 1.
    Confinedclassical

    Something that is confined or held back.

  2. 2.
    Coatedboth

    Something that has been coated or smeared with a substance.

فهو طلى ومطلى — So it is confined and coated.
طَلْيnoun
  1. 1.
    Coatingboth

    The act of coating or smearing something.

  2. 2.
    Tartar on teethclassical

    A condition of the teeth characterized by a buildup, similar to tartar.

بأسنانه طلي وطليان، مثل صبي وصبيان، أي قلح — He has tartar on his teeth, like a child and children, meaning plaque.
طَلِيَverb
  1. 1.
    To have tartarclassical

    The mouth becomes coated with tartar or plaque.

طلي فوه بالكسر يطلى طلى — His mouth became coated with tartar.
الطَّلْيَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Neckclassical

    A neck, specifically referring to the necks of animals.

واحدتها طلية — Its singular is 'taliyah'.
أَطْلَىverb
  1. 1.
    To incline the neckclassical

    A person's neck inclines, either towards death or for another reason.

تركت أباك قد أطلى ومالت عليه القشعمان من النسور — I left your father with his neck inclined, and the vultures descended upon him.
الطَّلَاوَةnoun
  1. 1.
    beauty, graceboth

    beauty, grace

ما عليه طلاوة — He has no beauty.
الطِّلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    that which is cooked from grape juice until two-thirds of it is goneboth

    that which is cooked from grape juice until two-thirds of it is gone

ما طبخ من عصير العنب حتى ذهب ثلثاه — What is cooked from grape juice until two-thirds of it has gone.
وقالوا هي الخمر تكنى الطلاء — And they said it is wine, nicknamed 'al-tilaa'.
طَلَىverb
  1. 1.
    To coatboth

    To coat or smear something with oil or another substance.

وطليته بالدهن وغيره طليا — And I coated it with oil and other things.
تَطَلَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To coat oneselfboth

    To coat oneself with something.

وتطليت به — And I coated myself with it.
اِطَّلَىverb
  1. 1.
    To coat oneselfboth

    To coat oneself with something (variant of 'tatalla').

واطليت به، على افتعلت — And I coated myself with it, on the pattern of 'ift'alaitu'.
طَلَّىverb
  1. 1.
    To make sickclassical

    To make someone sick or cause them to become ill.

وطليت فلانا تطلية، إذا مرضته — And I made so-and-so sick, meaning I caused him to become ill.
المِطْلَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Soft landclassical

    Easy, soft land that grows thorny bushes.

المَطَالِيnoun
  1. 1.
    Grazing groundsclassical

    Places where wild animals graze their young.

Parallel reading

بها العين والآرام يمشين خلفة * وأطلاؤها ينهضن من كل مجثم
The wild cows and gazelles walk in succession, and their young rise from every resting place.
وخد كمتن الصلبي جلوته * جميل الطلا مستشرب اللون أكحل
And a cheek like the polished surface of a spear, its color deepened, with kohl-lined eyes.
الطلي: الصغير من أولاد الغنم
The tali: the young of sheep.
وإنما سمى طليا لانه يطلى، أي تشد رجله بخيط إلى وتد أياما.
It is only called 'tali' because its leg is tied to a peg for a few days.
طلوت الطلا وطليته، إذا ربطته برجله وحبسته.
I tied the lamb and confined it, meaning I tied its leg and held it back.
وطليت الشئ: حبسته، فهو طلى ومطلى.
And I confined the thing; it is confined and coated.
بأسنانه طلي وطليان، مثل صبي وصبيان، أي قلح.
He has tartar on his teeth, like a child and children, meaning plaque.
طلي فوه بالكسر يطلى طلى.
His mouth became coated with tartar.
واحدتها طلية.
Its singular is 'taliyah'.
أطلى الرجل، أي مالت عنقه للموت أو لغيره.
A man's neck inclined, meaning his neck tilted towards death or for another reason.
تركت أباك قد أطلى ومالت * عليه القشعمان من النسور
I left your father with his neck inclined, and the vultures descended upon him.
ما عليه طلاوة.
He has no beauty.
ما طبخ من عصير العنب حتى ذهب ثلثاه، وتسميه العجم الميبختج.
What is cooked from grape juice until two-thirds of it has gone, and the Persians call it 'maybakhtaj'.
وقالوا هي الخمر تكنى الطلاء
And they said it is wine, nicknamed 'al-tilaa'.
والطلاء: القطران وكل ما طليت به.
And 'al-tilaa': tar and everything you coat with.
والطلاء: الحبل الذي تشد به رجلا الطلا إلى وتد.
And 'al-tilaa': the rope with which you tie the leg of the young animal to a peg.
وطليته بالدهن وغيره طليا.
And I coated it with oil and other things.
وتطليت به ; واطليت به، على افتعلت.
And I coated myself with it; and I coated myself with it, on the pattern of 'ift'alaitu'.
وطليت فلانا تطلية، إذا مرضته.
And I made so-and-so sick, meaning I caused him to become ill.