طَلًا
Root: طلو
Full Definition
2 [And, accord. to Freytag (in art. طلى), An infant until a month old or more: but for this he has named no authority.]
def.2 And The person; syn. شَخْصٌ. So in the saying, إِنَّهُ لَجَمِيلُ الطَّلَا [Verily he is goodly, or comely, in person].
def.3 Also Daubed, or smeared, (
2 And A man having a severe disease: having no dual nor pl., or, as some say, the pl. is أَطْلَآءٌ, and the dual is طَلَيَانِ. [See also مُطَلًّى.]
def.4 And Desire; syn. هَوًى. So in the saying, قَضَى طَلَاهُ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ [He accomplished his desire of that which he wanted]. [Or, as Freytag says, on the authority of the Deewán of the Hudhalees, accord. to some it signifies Pleasure : and accord. to others, thirst. But see طِلًا.]
2 See also طُلَاوَةٌ, in two places.
def.5 And see also طِلَآء, last sentence.
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