تَلٌّ
Root: تل
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تَلٌّ
, accord. to Lth, [and accord. to general present usage,] A mound, or hill, of dust, or earth, [or rubbish,] pressed together, not natural: but this is a mistake [if meant as an explanation of the proper application], for with the Arabs it signifies a natural hill: En-Nadr says that it is of the smaller sort of
إِكَام [pl. of أَكَمَةٌ]; it is of the height of a house, or tent,
and the breadth of its back is about ten cubits;
it is smaller than the أَكَمَة, has fewer stones, gives growth to nothing good, and its stones are compacted together exactly like those of the
أَكَمَة: [the mound, or artificial hill, above mentioned, is what is meant by its being said,] the تَلّ of dust, or earth, is well known: and the word signifies also a heap of sand: in both of these senses from التَّلُّ signifying “ the throwing upon the ground ” anything of a corporeal kind: also a hill overtopping what is adjacent to it: pl. [of pauc.] أَتْلَالٌ and أَتُلٌّ and [of mult.] تِلَالٌ and تُلُولٌ.
def.2 Also A pillow: pl. أَتْلَالٌ, which is extr.: or the pl. signifies certain sorts of cloths, or of garments: or, as some say, of pillows.
def.2 Also A pillow: pl. أَتْلَالٌ, which is extr.: or the pl. signifies certain sorts of cloths, or of garments: or, as some say, of pillows.
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