ط ه ل س

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of large, dense, or numerous groups, particularly armies. It also encompasses related notions of swiftness and ostentatious movement.

Derived headwords

الطَّهْلَسnoun

1.
large armyclassical
A large, dense, and numerous army.
2.
dense multitudeclassical
A dense and numerous crowd or multitude.

الطَّهْلِيسnoun

1.
large armyclassical
A large, dense, and numerous army. This is considered the correct form.

الطَّيْسnoun

1.
large armyclassical
The original form of 'al-ṭahlas', referring to a large army.

الطُّلْهَيْسnoun

1.
large armyclassical
A variant form referring to a large army, with the letters transposed.

الطُّلْهَبِسnoun

1.
large armyclassical
A variant form referring to a large army, with a 'b' inserted.

تَطَهْلَسَverb

1.
to hastenclassical
To walk or move swiftly, to hasten.
2.
to swaggerclassical
To walk with ostentation or swagger.

تَهَطْلَسَverb

1.
to hastenclassical
To walk or move swiftly, to hasten.
2.
to swaggerclassical
To walk with ostentation or swagger.

Parallel reading

هو العسكر الكثير

It is the large army.

الكثيف

The dense.

الطهلس، هكذا هو في سائر النسخ، وصوابه: الطهليس، بزيادة الياء

Al-ṭahlas, this is how it is in the rest of the manuscripts, and its correction is: al-ṭahles, with the addition of the yaa.

ولما تقدم أن الهاء واللام زائدتان، فإن أصله الطيس

And since it was previously stated that the haa and the laam are extra, its origin is al-ṭays.

كالطلهيس، بتقديم اللام

Like al-ṭulhayṣ, with the laam preceding.

وأنشد الليث: جحفلا طلهيسا

And Al-Layth recited: a large, dense army.

ففي بعضها: الطلهيس، بتقديم اللام

In some of them: al-ṭulhayṣ, with the laam preceding.

وفي بعضها الطلهبس، كشمردل، بتقديم اللام أيضا وبالموحدة

And in some of them al-ṭulhabis, like shamardal, with the laam preceding also and with the baa.

تطولس وتهطلس: هرول واختال

Taṭahlas and tahṭalas: to hasten and to swagger.