مُطْلِبٌ
Root: طلب
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مُطْلِبٌ
, applied to water, and to pasture, or herbage, Distant, or remote, so as not to be attainable but by seeking, or so that it is sought: or, applied to pasture, or herbage, distant, or remote: and, applied to water, distant, or remote, from the pasture or herbage: or between which and the pasture, or herbage, is twice the space termed a
مِيل, or thrice that space, the ميل being the space from one
عَلَم [or sign of the way] to another; or a day, or two days, i. e. a day's journey, or two days' journey; in the latter case being termed مُطْلِبُ إِبِلٍ [i. e. distant to be sought of camels]. It is also applied to other things: a poet says,
[Has distant lightning, in the latter part of the night, excited thee?].أَهَاجَكَ بَرْقٌ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ مُطْلِبُ
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