ط ل س

Root entry · 23 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concepts of erasing, obscuring, and fading, often related to writing or physical appearance. It extends to meanings of worn-out or dirty things, and metaphorically to negative qualities or hidden actions. Several derived terms refer to specific garments, particularly the 'taylasan'.

Derived headwords

طَلَسَverb

1.
to eraseboth
To erase writing, to the point of spoiling its script.
2.
to wear outboth
To become worn out or old, especially referring to clothes.
3.
to become obscureclassical
To become hidden or obscure, referring to a trace or an affair.

طَلْسٌnoun

1.
erasureboth
The act of erasing or the state of being erased.
2.
sheet of paperclassical
A sheet of paper, or one that has been erased.
3.
dirtinessclassical
Dirtiness or dustiness in the color of clothes.
4.
leatherclassical
Leather, specifically the hide of a camel's thigh after its hair has fallen out.
5.
wolfclassical
A wolf, specifically one with patchy or falling hair.
6.
black taylasanclassical
A black taylasan (a type of garment).
7.
thin cloudsclassical
Thin or sparse clouds.

وجون خرق يكتسي الطلوسا — And a tattered camel that is covered in sheets.

والطلس: الوسخ من الثياب في لونها غبرة — And 'talas': the dirtiness of clothes in their color, a dustiness.

والطلس: جلدة فخذ البعير إذا تساقط شعره — And 'talas': the hide of a camel's thigh when its hair falls out.

والطلس: الذئب الأمعط — And 'talas': the patchy wolf.

والطلس: الطيلسان الأسود — And 'talas': the black taylasan.

طَرَّسَهُverb

1.
to make into a tattered sheetclassical
To erase something thoroughly, making it into a tattered, dispensable sheet.

طِرْسٌnoun

1.
tattered sheetclassical
A tattered or erased sheet of paper, often considered dispensable.

تَطْلِيسٌnoun

1.
thorough erasingclassical
The act of thoroughly erasing something.

طَلَّاسَةٌnoun

1.
eraser clothclassical
A piece of cloth used to wipe and erase a written tablet.

أَطْلَسَadjective

1.
worn-outboth
Worn-out or old, referring to a garment.
2.
patchyboth
Patchy, with hair that has fallen out, referring to an animal like a wolf.
3.
dusty-coloredboth
Having a dusty or grayish color, often towards black, like a wolf.
4.
stainedboth
Stained or dirty, referring to clothes.
5.
blackclassical
Black, like an Abyssinian or a wolf.
6.
vileclassical
Accused of something ugly or reprehensible.
7.
thiefclassical
A thief, due to their malicious nature, likened to a wolf.
8.
dogclassical
A dog, likened to a wolf in its malice.
9.
light cloudclassical
A light or transient cloud.

وقد طلس طلسا: أخلق — And it became worn out, meaning it became old.

والأطلس: الذئب الأمعط الذي تساقط شعره، وهو أخبث ما يكون — And 'atlas': the patchy wolf whose hair has fallen out, which is the most malicious.

والأطلس: الأسود الذي كالحبشي ونحوه، على التشبيه بلون الذئب — And 'atlas': the black one, like an Abyssinian and the like, by resemblance to the wolf's color.

والأطلس: الوسخ الدنس الثياب، مشبه بالذئب في غبرة ثيابه — And 'atlas': the dirty, stained clothes, likened to a wolf in the dustiness of its clothes.

والأطلس: كلب شبه بالذئب في خبثه — And 'atlas': a dog likened to a wolf in its malice.

والأطلس: السارق لخبثه، شبه بالذئب — And 'atlas': the thief for his malice, likened to a wolf.

والأطلس: الخفيف العارض — And 'atlas': the light cloud.

طَلَسَ بالشيءverb

1.
to bring somethingclassical
To bring something exactly as one heard it.

طَلَسَ بصرهverb

1.
vision failedclassical
One's eyesight failed or went away.

طَلَسَ بهاverb

1.
to fartclassical
To pass wind or fart.

طَلَسَ به في السجنverb

1.
to be thrown in prisonclassical
To be thrown or cast into prison.

طَلِيسٌadjective

1.
blindclassical
Blind, or having one's eye obscured.

طَيْلَسٌnoun

1.
taylasanclassical
A taylasan, a type of garment.

فرفعت رأسي للخيال فما أرى ... غير المطي وظلمة كالطيلس — I raised my head to the mirage, and I saw nothing... but camels and darkness like a taylasan.

طَيْلَسَانٌnoun

1.
taylasanclassical
A taylasan, a type of garment, often black.

يا ابن الطيلسان، أي إنك أعجمي — O son of the taylasan, meaning you are a non-Arab.

طَلَسَ بهverb

1.
to wear a taylasanclassical
To wear a taylasan.

تَطَيْلَسَ بهverb

1.
to wear a taylasanclassical
To wear a taylasan.

طَيْلَسَانname

1.
region nameclassical
A vast region with many cities, near Daylam and Khazar.

انْطَلَسَ أثرهverb

1.
trace disappearedclassical
The trace of something disappeared or became hidden.

طَلَسَverb

1.
to wear a taylasanclassical
To wear a taylasan.

أَطْلَسَةٌadjective

1.
uncertain timeclassical
Referring to an uncertain time of evening, where one is unsure if it's still evening or night.

عشي أطلس وأطلسة — An evening of 'atlas' and 'atlatah', meaning an uncertain time of evening.

الطَّيَالِسِيُّname

1.
name of a personclassical
A nisba referring to Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Dawud al-Tayalisi, a famous hadith narrator.

طَالِسِيٌّname

1.
name of a personclassical
A nisba referring to Abd al-Hamid ibn Musa al-Talisi, a scholar from Sharwan.

ابن الطيلسانname

1.
name of a personclassical
A nisba referring to al-Hafiz al-Qasim ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Andalusi.

Parallel reading

طلس الكتاب يطلسه، بالكسر، طلسا: محاه ليفسد خطه

The book is erased, it erases it, with kasra, talas: it obliterates it to spoil its script.

فإذا أنعم محوه وصيره من الفضول المستغنى عنها وصيره طرسا فقد طرسه

And if its erasure is perfected, making it among the dispensable superfluities and making it a tattered sheet, then it has been made into a tattered sheet.

والطلس، بالكسر: الصحيفة، كالطرس، لغة فيه

And 'talas', with kasra: the sheet, like 'tars', a language for it.

والجمع طلوس، وأنشد ابن سيده: وجون خرق يكتسي الطلوسا

And the plural is 'tulūs', and Ibn Sidah recited: And a tattered camel that is covered in sheets.

والطلس: الوسخ من الثياب في لونها غبرة

And 'talas': the dirtiness of clothes in their color, a dustiness.

والطلس: جلد، وفي المحكم: جلدة فخذ البعير إذا تساقط شعره

And 'talas': leather, and in Al-Muhkam: the hide of a camel's thigh when its hair falls out.

والطلس: الذئب الأمعط، عن ابن الأعرابي

And 'talas': the patchy wolf, from Ibn al-A'rabi.

والطلس، بالفتح: الطيلسان الأسود، عن ابن الأعرابي أيضا

And 'talas', with fatha: the black taylasan, also from Ibn al-A'rabi.

والأطلس: الثوب الخلق

And 'atlas': the worn-out garment.

والأطلس: الذئب الأمعط الذي تساقط شعره، وهو أخبث ما يكون

And 'atlas': the patchy wolf whose hair has fallen out, which is the most malicious.

والأنثى طلساء، وقد طلس طلسا، ككرم وفرح

And the female is 'talsā', and he became 'talas' (worn out), like 'karuma' and 'fariha'.

والأطلس: الأسود الذي كالحبشي ونحوه، على التشبيه بلون الذئب

And 'atlas': the black one, like an Abyssinian and the like, by resemblance to the wolf's color.

والأطلس: الوسخ الدنس الثياب، مشبه بالذئب في غبرة ثيابه

And 'atlas': the dirty, stained clothes, likened to a wolf in the dustiness of its clothes.

والأطلس: كلب شبه بالذئب في خبثه

And 'atlas': a dog likened to a wolf in its malice.

والأطلس: السارق لخبثه، شبه بالذئب

And 'atlas': the thief for his malice, likened to a wolf.

وطلس بالشيء على وجهه يطلس، بالكسر: جاء به كما سمعه

And he brought something with it on his face, he yatlisu, with kasra: he brought it as he heard it.

وطلس بصره: ذهب، عن ابن عباد

And his eyesight 'talasa': it went away, from Ibn Abbad.

وطلس بها طلسا: حبق وضرط، نقله الصاغاني

And he 'talasa' with it: he passed wind and farted, as reported by Al-Sagani.

والطليس، كسكيت، كما في العباب: الأعمى

And 'talīs', like 'sikkīt': the blind one, as in Al-'Abbāb.

ويقال: طلس به في السجن، كعني: رمي به فيه

And it is said: he was 'talasa' with it in prison, like 'uniya: he was thrown into it.

والطيلس، كحيدر: الطيلسان

And 'taylas', like 'haydar': the taylasan.

فرفعت رأسي للخيال فما أرى ... غير المطي وظلمة كالطيلس

I raised my head to the mirage, and I saw nothing... but camels and darkness like a taylasan.

والطيلسان، مثلثة اللام، عن القاضي أبي الفضل عياض في المشارق وغيره، كالليث

And 'taylasan', with a tri-vocalized lam, from Al-Qadi Abu Al-Fadl Iyad in Al-Mashariq and others, like Al-Layth.

فقيل: هو ضرب من الأكسية، والطالسان لغة فيه

And it was said: it is a type of garment, and 'tālasan' is a language for it.

ومن المجاز يقال في الشتم: يا ابن الطيلسان، أي إنك أعجمي

And from the figurative speech, it is said in insult: O son of the taylasan, meaning you are a non-Arab.

والهاء في الجمع للعجمة

And the 'ha' in the plural is for foreignness.

وطيلسان، بفتح اللام: إقليم واسع كثير البلدان من نواحي الديلم والخزر

And 'taylasan', with fatha on the lam: a vast region with many countries from the areas of Daylam and Khazar.

وانطلس أثره: خفي

And its trace 'intalasa': it became hidden.

وتطلس به وتطيلس

And he wore it and he wore it.

والأطلس: ثوب من حرير منسوج ليس بعربي

And 'atlas': a woven silk garment that is not Arabic.

وثياب طلس، بالضم: وسخة

And 'tulūs' clothes, with damma: dirty.

والطلس، كصرد: ما رق من السحاب، يقال: في السماء طلسة وطلس

And 'talas', like 'surad': what is thin of clouds, it is said: in the sky is a 'talsah' and 'talas'.

وعشي أطلس وأطلسة، إذا بقي من العشاء ساعة مختلف فيها

And an 'atlas' and 'atlatah' evening, if a debated hour of the evening remains.

وأبو داوود سليمان بن داوود بن الجارود الطيالسي، صاحب المسند، مشهور

And Abu Dawud Sulayman ibn Dawud ibn Al-Jarud Al-Tayalisi, the author of the Musnad, is famous.

وطالس، ككابل: قرية بشروان

And 'Talis', like 'Kabul': a village in Sharwan.

والأطلس: الخفيف العارض

And 'atlas': the light cloud.