تِلَّةٌ
Root: تل
Full Definition
2 Sluggishness, laziness, or indolence.
3 A state, or condition. You say, هُوَ بِتِلَّةِ سَوْءٍ He is in an evil state or condition; like as you say بِبِيْئَةِ سوء: and بَاتَ بِتِلَّةِ سَوْءٍ He passed the night in an evil state or condition.
4 A thing; as in the saying, تَلَّهُ بِتِلَّةِ سَوْءٍ [explained above]: see 1.
def.2 I. q. بِلَّةٌ, or بَلَلٌ, as also تَلَلٌ : Abu-s-Semeyda' says that تِلَّةٌ and بِلَّةٌ and تَلَلٌ and تَلَّةٌ are all one [i. e. Moisture]. One says, [app. to a person suspected of having drunk wine or the like,] مَا هٰذِهِ التِّلَّةُ بِفِيكَ i. e. البَلَّةُ [What is this moisture in thy mouth?].
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