Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

طَلْيَآءُ

Root: طلو

Full Definition

طَلْيَآءُ A she-camel daubed, or smeared, ( , K, TA,) with tar. [See also طَلًا.]
2 And A mangy she-camel: app. so called because the she-camel is not daubed, or smeared, [with tar] unless mangy.
3 And The rag of a menstruous woman: whence the prov., أَهْوَنُ مِنَ الطَّلْيَآءِ [More despicable than the طلياء]: or, accord. to IAar, this is called طُلْيَةٌ .
4 [In some copies of the K, this word is erroneously put for طَلِيَّا, q. v.]


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