أَطْلَسُ
Root: طلس
Full Definition
أَطْلَسُ
Old and worn-out; applied to a garment, or piece of cloth: as also
طِلْسٌ ; pl. أَطْلَاسٌ. You say, رَجُلٌ أَطْلَسُ
الثَّوْبِ
A man whose garment is old and worn-out.
2 A dirhem [of which the impression is obliterated;] having no impression. (Msb, voce مَسِيحٌ.)
3 A wolf whose hair has fallen off by degrees; as also طِلْسٌ : or a wolf of a dusty colour inclining to blackness; and anything of that colour; whether a garment or any other thing: fem. طَلْسَآءُ: pl. طُلْسٌ.
4 A man having little hair upon the side of the cheek; pl. طُلْسٌ: or i. q. كَوْسَجٌ [q. v.]: of the the dial. of El-Yemen.
5 Dirty, or filthy; as also طِلْسٌ : the latter applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, in the colour of which is a dusty hue: and طَلْسَآءُ a dirty rag.
6 A man
7 [Hence,]
8
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def.2 [Satin; so called in the present day;] a garment, or piece of cloth, of woven silk: [app. because of its smoothness:] but this is not [of the classical] Arabic: pl. طُلْسٌ.
def.3 فَلَكُ الأَطْلَسِ: see أَثِيرٌ, last sentence.
2 A dirhem [of which the impression is obliterated;] having no impression. (Msb, voce مَسِيحٌ.)
3 A wolf whose hair has fallen off by degrees; as also طِلْسٌ : or a wolf of a dusty colour inclining to blackness; and anything of that colour; whether a garment or any other thing: fem. طَلْسَآءُ: pl. طُلْسٌ.
4 A man having little hair upon the side of the cheek; pl. طُلْسٌ: or i. q. كَوْسَجٌ [q. v.]: of the the dial. of El-Yemen.
5 Dirty, or filthy; as also طِلْسٌ : the latter applied to a garment, or piece of cloth, in the colour of which is a dusty hue: and طَلْسَآءُ a dirty rag.
6 A man
7 [Hence,]
8
9
def.2 [Satin; so called in the present day;] a garment, or piece of cloth, of woven silk: [app. because of its smoothness:] but this is not [of the classical] Arabic: pl. طُلْسٌ.
def.3 فَلَكُ الأَطْلَسِ: see أَثِيرٌ, last sentence.
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