أَطْحَلُ
Root: طحل
Full Definition
أَطْحَلُ
Of a colour like that of the
طَحَال [or spleen], thus applied to a [garment of the kind called] كِسَآء, and this is said to be the primary signification: or of the colour of ashes: or of the colour termed
طُحْلَة expl. above, thus applied to a wolf, and thus the fem. طَحْلَآءُ applied to a sheep or goat (شَاةٌ), and the masc. applied to ashes (رَمَادٌ): also, and
طَاحِلٌ , (O, K, [in the CK طَحِلٌ, q. v.,]) applied to beverage or wine (شَرَابٌ), meaning not clear, or turbid; and so
طَاحِلٌ applied to dust (غُبَارٌ, K, TA, [in the CK غُرَابٌ,] and قَتَامٌ, O and TA). And one says فَرَسٌ أَخْضَرُ أَطْحَلُ meaning A horse whose
خُضْرَة [i. e. dingy ash-colour, or dark dust-colour,] is overspread by a little yellowness.
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