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تِلْوٌ

Root: تلو

Full Definition

تِلْوٌ A thing that follows another thing: and a follower of another man. See also تِلْوُ الشَّىْءِ تَالٍ means That which follows the thing: and هٰذَا تِلْوُ هٰذَا This is what follows this. [Hence,] تِلْوُ النَّاقَةِ The she-camel's young one that follows her: and تِلْوٌ [alone] a ewe's, or she-goat's, or she-camel's, young one when weaned, and following the mother; pl. أَتْلَآءٌ; and fem. with ة: and the young one of the ass; because he follows his mother: and the young one of a mule: and, accord. to En-Nadr, a kid, and a lamb, that has become large in the stomach or belly (استكرش) and in no need of his mother; fem. with ة: or the fem. signifies a she-kid that has passed beyond the limit of those that are termed أَجْفَار [pl. of جَفْرٌ, q. v.], until she has completed a year [from her birth] and so become a جَذَع. And a تِلْوَة of sheep or goats is One that is brought forth, or that brings forth, [the verb is تُنْتَجُ, which has both of these meanings,] before the صَفَرِيَّة [q. v.].

def.2 Also High, or lofty. One says, إِنَّهُ لَتِلْوُ المِقْدَارِ Verily he, or it, is high, or lofty, in measure.
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