طَالِعٌ
Root: طلع
Full Definition
طَالِعٌ
[Rising, or appearing, as a star &c.:] anything appearing from the upper part [of a thing, or that comes up out of a thing and appears]: [or appearing by rising, or by becoming elevated. ]
2 [Hence,] one says, طَالِعُهُ سَعِيدٌ, meaning His star [is fortunate].
3 [Hence also,] الطَّالِعُ means The false dawn: or so الطَّالِعُ المُصْعِدُ.
4 And The هِلَال [or moon when near the sun, showing a narrow rim of light; probably the new moon, from the sight of which the commencement of the month was reckoned; as appears from what follows]. مَا رَأَيْتُكَ مُنْذُ طَالِعَيْنِ is mentioned as heard from some of the Arabs of the desert, meaning مُنْذُ شَهْرَيْنِ [i. e. I have not seen thee for two months, or during the period since two new moons].
5 Also The arrow that falls behind the butt: or that passes beyond the butt, going over it: and Kt says that they used to reckon that falling above the mark as that which hit the butt: pl. طَوَالِعُ. It is said of one of the kings, accord. to Sgh, [in the O,] كَانَ يَسْجُدُ لِلطَّالِعِ, meaning as expl. in art. سجد: or it may mean that he used to lower himself, or bend himself down, to the rising هِلَال, by way of magnifying God.
6 طَالِعَةُ الإِبِلِ means
2 [Hence,] one says, طَالِعُهُ سَعِيدٌ, meaning His star [is fortunate].
3 [Hence also,] الطَّالِعُ means The false dawn: or so الطَّالِعُ المُصْعِدُ.
4 And The هِلَال [or moon when near the sun, showing a narrow rim of light; probably the new moon, from the sight of which the commencement of the month was reckoned; as appears from what follows]. مَا رَأَيْتُكَ مُنْذُ طَالِعَيْنِ is mentioned as heard from some of the Arabs of the desert, meaning مُنْذُ شَهْرَيْنِ [i. e. I have not seen thee for two months, or during the period since two new moons].
5 Also The arrow that falls behind the butt: or that passes beyond the butt, going over it: and Kt says that they used to reckon that falling above the mark as that which hit the butt: pl. طَوَالِعُ. It is said of one of the kings, accord. to Sgh, [in the O,] كَانَ يَسْجُدُ لِلطَّالِعِ, meaning as expl. in art. سجد: or it may mean that he used to lower himself, or bend himself down, to the rising هِلَال, by way of magnifying God.
6 طَالِعَةُ الإِبِلِ means
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