مَطْلَعٌ

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مَطْلَعٌ and مَطْلِعٌ are inf. ns.: and signify also The place [and the time] of rising of the sun [&c.]: but by Fr the former is explained as meaning the rising, and the latter as meaning the place of rising: and some of the Basrees say that when one reads حَتَّى مَطْلِعِ الفَجْرِ [in the last verse of ch. xcvii. of the Kur], with kesr to the ل, the meaning is, [until] the time of rising [of the dawn]: [the pl.] مَطَالِعُ signifies the places [and the times] of rising of the sun [&c.].
2 مَطْلَعُ الجَبَلِ means The place of ascent of the mountain. And you say, هٰذَا لَكَ مَطْلَعَ الأَكَمَةِ, meaning This is present before thee; i. e. as near to thee as if thou hadst to ascend for it the hill.
3 مَطْلَعُ القَصِيدَةِ means The beginning of the قصيدة [or ode].
4 See also مُطَّلَعٌ.

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