تِلْوٌ
Root: تلو
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تِلْوٌ
A thing that follows another thing: and a follower of another man. See also تِلْوُ الشَّىْءِ تَالٍ means That which follows the thing: and هٰذَا تِلْوُ هٰذَا
This is what follows this. [Hence,] تِلْوُ النَّاقَةِ
The she-camel's young one that follows her: and تِلْوٌ [alone] a ewe's, or she-goat's, or she-camel's, young one when weaned, and following the mother; pl. أَتْلَآءٌ; and fem. with ة: and the young one of the ass; because he follows his mother: and the young one of a mule: and, accord. to En-Nadr, a kid, and a lamb, that has become large in the stomach or belly (استكرش) and in no need of his mother; fem. with ة: or the fem. signifies a she-kid that has passed beyond the limit of those that are termed
أَجْفَار [pl. of جَفْرٌ, q. v.], until she has completed a year [from her birth] and so become a
جَذَع. And a تِلْوَة of sheep or goats is One that is brought forth, or that brings forth, [the verb is تُنْتَجُ, which has both of these meanings,] before the
صَفَرِيَّة [q. v.].
def.2 Also High, or lofty. One says, إِنَّهُ لَتِلْوُ المِقْدَارِ Verily he, or it, is high, or lofty, in measure.
def.2 Also High, or lofty. One says, إِنَّهُ لَتِلْوُ المِقْدَارِ Verily he, or it, is high, or lofty, in measure.
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