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ط ل ل

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of falling, descending, and lingering, often related to rain, dew, or blood. It extends to meanings of delay, neglect, and the remnants or traces of something, particularly abandoned dwellings. It also encompasses notions of beauty, admiration, and sometimes negative states like illness or death.

Derived headwords

الطَّلُّnoun
  1. 1.
    light rainboth

    Light rain, or the lightest form of rain. It can also refer to dew that falls from the sky in clear weather, or something between dew and rain.

  2. 2.
    beauty, admirationclassical

    Beauty and admiration, applied to a night, hair, water, or other things.

  3. 3.
    milkclassical

    Milk, especially referring to a lack of milk in a she-camel.

  4. 4.
    old manclassical

    An old man.

  5. 5.
    snakeclassical

    A snake.

  6. 6.
    delay, procrastinationclassical

    Delay or procrastination.

  7. 7.
    scarcity of milkclassical

    Scarcity of milk in a she-camel, or milk in general, whether little or much.

  8. 8.
    driving camelsclassical

    Driving camels forcefully.

  9. 9.
    blood moneyclassical

    The unavenged shedding of blood, or accepting its blood money, especially when the offense is considered minor.

طَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to rain lightlyboth

    To rain lightly, or to be dewy.

  2. 2.
    to be beautifulclassical

    To be beautiful or admirable.

  3. 3.
    to be delayedclassical

    To be delayed or procrastinated.

  4. 4.
    blood was unavengedclassical

    Blood was shed and unavenged.

طَلَلٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    remnants of a dwellingclassical

    The standing remnants or traces of a dwelling, what remains of it.

  2. 2.
    bodyclassical

    The visible form or person of someone.

  3. 3.
    ship's sailclassical

    The sails of a ship.

  4. 4.
    freshnessclassical

    The fresh or new aspect of something.

طَلَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to make unavengedclassical

    To render blood unavenged or to let it go unavenged.

  2. 2.
    to make a dwelling remainclassical

    To cause the remnants of a dwelling to remain.

أَطَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to overlookboth

    To look down upon or overlook something from a higher place.

  2. 2.
    to render unavengedclassical

    To render blood unavenged.

طَلَّلْتُهُverb
  1. 1.
    I rendered it unavengedclassical

    I rendered it (e.g., blood) unavenged.

مَطْلُولٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    unavengedclassical

    Blood that is unavenged or rendered unavenged.

طَلِيلٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    unavengedclassical

    Blood that is unavenged.

  2. 2.
    matclassical

    A mat woven from palm leaves or reeds.

طَلَّهُ حَقَّهُverb
  1. 1.
    to diminish his rightclassical

    To diminish, withhold, or nullify someone's right.

طَلَّ غَرِيمَهُverb
  1. 1.
    to delay his debtorclassical

    To delay or procrastinate with one's debtor.

طَلَالَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    beauty, charmclassical

    Beauty, charm, or a pleasing appearance.

  2. 2.
    joy, happinessclassical

    Joy, happiness, or delight.

طَلَّتِ الْأَرْضُverb
  1. 1.
    the land was rained uponboth

    The land received light rain or dew.

مَطْلُولَةٌّadjective
  1. 1.
    unavengedclassical

    Blood that is unavenged.

الطِّلَاءُnoun
  1. 1.
    unavenged bloodclassical

    The unavenged blood itself, or a membrane-like substance on blood.

الطَّلَّةُnoun
  1. 1.
    delicious wineclassical

    Delicious or smooth wine.

  2. 2.
    wifeclassical

    A wife.

  3. 3.
    pleasant scentclassical

    A delightful scent or fragrance.

  4. 4.
    dewy meadowclassical

    A meadow or pasture moistened by dew.

  5. 5.
    old womanclassical

    An old woman.

  6. 6.
    brazen womanclassical

    A woman who is brazen-tongued or troublesome.

  7. 7.
    comfortclassical

    Comfort and luxury in food and clothing.

  8. 8.
    neckclassical

    The neck.

  9. 9.
    drink of milkclassical

    A drink of milk.

طَلَلٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    standing remnantsclassical

    The standing remnants or traces of a dwelling, or the visible form of anything.

  2. 2.
    freshnessclassical

    The fresh or new aspect of something.

تَطَالَّverb
  1. 1.
    to stretch one's neckclassical

    To stretch one's neck to look at something distant.

  2. 2.
    to look outclassical

    To look out from a high place or from behind a screen.

اسْتَطَلَّverb
  1. 1.
    to overlookclassical

    To overlook or look down upon.

الطَّلِيلُnoun
  1. 1.
    characterclassical

    Character or disposition, in the dialect of Hudhayl.

  2. 2.
    matclassical

    A mat woven from palm leaves, reeds, or their husks.

أَطْلَالٌّnoun
  1. 1.
    remnants of a dwellingclassical

    The standing remnants or traces of a dwelling.

  2. 2.
    ship's sailsclassical

    The sails of a ship.

الطَّلَاطِلَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A great calamity or disaster.

  2. 2.
    barrennessclassical

    Barrenness, especially in animals.

  3. 3.
    deathclassical

    Death.

  4. 4.
    throat lumpclassical

    A lump in the throat, or a fleshy growth on the uvula.

الطَّلَاطِلُnoun
  1. 1.
    calamityclassical

    A great calamity or disaster.

  2. 2.
    deathclassical

    Death.

الطَّلَالَةُnoun
  1. 1.
    joy, happinessclassical

    Joy, happiness, or delight.

  2. 2.
    pleasant appearanceclassical

    A pleasing state or beautiful appearance.

الطَّلْطَلُnoun
  1. 1.
    chronic illnessclassical

    A persistent or chronic illness.

Parallel reading

فإن لم يصبها وابل فطل
And if no downpour hits it, then a light rain.
ديار الحي يضربها الطلال ... بها أهل من الخافي ومال
The dwellings of the tribe, the remnants are struck by them... within them are people from the unseen and wealth.
ليل طل، وماء طل، وشعر طل
A beautiful night, beautiful water, and beautiful hair.
ما بالناقة طل، أي ما بها لبن
The she-camel has no milk, meaning she has no milk.
ما بها طل ولا ناطل
She has neither milk nor wine.
أنشأت تطلها وتضهلها
You are delaying it and neglecting it.
ومثل ذلك يطل
And like that, it is rendered unavenged.
وطللته أنا، طلا، وطلولا: أهدرته
And I rendered it unavenged, a rendering unavenged, and unavenged: I made it unavenged.
دماؤهم ليس لها طالب مطلولة مثل دم العذره
Their blood has no avenger, unavenged like the blood of Al-'Adhara.
أطل دمه، بالضم: أهدر
His blood was rendered unavenged: it was made unavenged.
وطله: أي أهدره
And He rendered it unavenged: meaning He made it unavenged.
يطل، كيزل، ويمل، أي من حد ضرب وعلم
It is rendered unavenged, like 'yazil' and 'yamal', meaning from the verb patterns 'daraba' and 'alima'.
طل دمه، بالفتح، وأبو عبيدة والكسائي يقولانه
His blood was rendered unavenged, with the fath, and Abu Ubaydah and Al-Kisa'i say it.
طل غريمه، طلا: مطله
He delayed his debtor, a delay: he procrastinated with him.
وما بالناقة طل: أي طرق
And the she-camel has no 'tal': meaning it has no milk.
طل طلالة، كمل ملالة: أي أعجب، وحسن
It was beautiful, a beauty, like 'malala': meaning it was admired and beautiful.
طلت الأرض، بالضم، طلا: نزل عليها الطل
The land was rained upon, with the damma, a light rain: the light rain fell upon it.
طلت بلادك، وطلت
May your lands be rained upon, and be dewy.
فطلت: أمطرت، وطلت: نديت
So it rained lightly: it rained, and it was dewy: it was dewy.
رحبت بلادك، وطلت، بالضم
May your lands be spacious, and rained upon, with the damma.
حيا الله طللك، وطلالتك، أي شخصك
May God bless your form, and your appearance, meaning your person.
حيا الله طللك، وأطلالك، أي ما شخص من جسدك
May God bless your form, and your visible parts, meaning what is prominent of your body.
أنه كان يصلي على أطلال السفينة
That he used to pray on the sails of the ship.
مشى على طلل الماء: أي على ظهره
He walked on the surface of the water: meaning on its back.
مثل النقا لبده ضرب الطلل
Like the sand dunes, its covering was struck by the remnants.
تطاللت كي أرى ذرى قلتي دمخ فما تريان
I stretched my neck to see the peaks of the two summits of Damkh, but I could not see them.
التطال: الاطلاع من فوق المكان، أو من الستر
Al-Tital: looking out from a high place, or from behind a screen.
فأطل علينا يهودي
Then a Jew looked down upon us.
أنا البازي المطل على نمير
I am the falcon overlooking Namir.
ومنه يمان مستطل وجالس
And among them is a Yemeni overlooking and sitting.
كأطلاء النعاج بذي طلال
Like the young of ewes in Dhi Talal.
رماني الله بالطلاطلة، وحمى مماطلة
May God afflict me with calamity and a lingering fever.
فلما أن وبهت ولم أصادف سوى رحلي بقيت يلا طلاله
And when I was stunned and found nothing but my baggage, I remained without joy.
على منطقه طلالة الحسن
On his speech is the charm of beauty.
ليست لفلان طلالة
So-and-so does not have a pleasing appearance.
فقلت ألم تعلمي أنه جميل الطلالة حسانها
So I said, 'Did you not know that he is beautiful in appearance and handsome?'