طِلَاعٌ

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طِلَاعٌ A thing sufficient in quantity, or dimensions, for the filling of another thing, accord. to A 'Obeyd, so as to overflow [an addition not always agreeable with usage]: pl. طُلْعٌ. طِلَاعُ الأَرْضِ ذَهَبًا means What would suffice for the filling of the earth, of gold: or, accord. to Lth, what the sun has risen, or appeared, upon, to which Er-Rághib adds and man. And you say قَوْسٌ طِلَاعُ الكَفِّ A bow of which the part that is grasped is sufficient in. size for the filling of the hand. And هٰذَا طِلَاعُ هٰذَا This is of the quantity, or measure, or size, of this.

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