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طَلِيقٌ

Root: طلق

Full Definition

طَلِيقٌ A captive having his bond loosed from him, and let go. See also طَلْقٌ, first sentence.
2 And A man freed from slavery; emancipated; i. q. عَتِيقٌ; i. e. who has become free: pl. طُلَقَآءُ.
3 It is said in a trad., الطُّلَقَآءُ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَالعُتَقَآءُ مِنْ ثَقِيفٍ [The طُلَقَآء are of Kureysh; and the عُتَقَآء, of Thakeef]: الطلقاء being app. applied to Kureysh as it has a more special signification than العتقاء: but accord. to Th, الطُّلَقَآءُ signifies those who have been brought within the pale of El-Islám against their will.
4 طَلِيقُ اللِّسَانِ: and لِسَانٌ طَلِيقٌ ذَلِيقٌ:
5 and طَلِيقُ اليَدَيْنِ:
6 and طَلِيقُ الوَجْهِ: see طَلْقٌ again; the last in two places.
7 طَلِيقُ الإِلٰهِ means The wind.
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