طُلَاطِلَةٌ
Root: طل
Full Definition
طُلَاطِلَةٌ
A calamity, or misfortune; as also
طُلَطِلَةٌ [in the CK طَلْطَلَة] and
طُلَطِلٌ [in the CK طَلْطَل].
2 Also, or طُلَاطِلٌ , A disease that wearies the physicians, for which there is no remedy: and said in the M to be a pain in the back. And the former, A disease that attacks a man in his belly; as also طُلَطِلَةٌ . And A disease in the backs of asses, that breaks their backs; so in the M; as also طِلاطل with damm and fet-h [i. e. طُلَاطِلٌ and طَلَاطِلُ ].
3 And Death; as also طُلَاطِلٌ ; so in the M, with damm; and with fet-h [i. e. طَلَاطِلُ ].
4 And A certain piece of flesh in the fauces: or the piece of flesh extending downwards upon [the upper extremity of] the مُسْتَرَط [or مَسْرَط, i. e. the gullet]; [meaning] the لَهَاة [or uvula]: or, accord. to AHeyth, the falling of the لَهَاة [or uvula], so that neither food nor beverage passes the fauces easily by reason of it.
2 Also, or طُلَاطِلٌ , A disease that wearies the physicians, for which there is no remedy: and said in the M to be a pain in the back. And the former, A disease that attacks a man in his belly; as also طُلَطِلَةٌ . And A disease in the backs of asses, that breaks their backs; so in the M; as also طِلاطل with damm and fet-h [i. e. طُلَاطِلٌ and طَلَاطِلُ ].
3 And Death; as also طُلَاطِلٌ ; so in the M, with damm; and with fet-h [i. e. طَلَاطِلُ ].
4 And A certain piece of flesh in the fauces: or the piece of flesh extending downwards upon [the upper extremity of] the مُسْتَرَط [or مَسْرَط, i. e. the gullet]; [meaning] the لَهَاة [or uvula]: or, accord. to AHeyth, the falling of the لَهَاة [or uvula], so that neither food nor beverage passes the fauces easily by reason of it.
Lane's Lexicon
+
Hans Wehr
+
Mufradat
Three dictionaries. One search.
"The product of over thirty years of unrelenting labor — to this day supreme in the field of Arabic lexicography."
47,000+ classical entries
Root-based navigation
Full text search
Hyperlinked definitions
Try Now
Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more