طِلْوٌ
Root: طلو
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طِلْوٌ
The wolf.
2 And A hunter, or pursuer of wild animals or the like, slender in body: (Aboo-Sa'eed, K, TA: [in the CK, القابِضُ is erroneously put for القَانِصُ:]) said to be [so called as being] likened to the wolf. Et-Tirimmáh says,
def.2 See also طِلَآءٌ, last sentence.
2 And A hunter, or pursuer of wild animals or the like, slender in body: (Aboo-Sa'eed, K, TA: [in the CK, القابِضُ is erroneously put for القَانِصُ:]) said to be [so called as being] likened to the wolf. Et-Tirimmáh says,
[She, or they, encountered a hunter slender in body, a long endurer of hunger, one whom sleep did not overcome, little, or seldom, subject to disgust].صَادَفَتْ طِلْواً طَوِيلَ الطَّوَى حَافِظَ العَيْنِ قَلِيلَ السَّآمْ
def.2 See also طِلَآءٌ, last sentence.
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