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طَلَّاعُ

Root: طلع

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طَلَّاعُ and طَلَّاعُ الأَنْجُدِ [lit. A man wont to ascend mountain-roads; meaning] a man experienced in affairs; wont to surmount them by his knowledge and his experience and his good judgment: or who aspires to lofty things, or the means of attaining eminence: (O, K, TA: [see also ثَنِيَّةٌ:]) أَنْجُدٌ being pl. of نَجْدٌ; which means “ a road in a mountain, ” like ثَنِيَّةٌ [of which ثَنَايَا is the pl.]. An ex. of the former phrase is presented by a verse of Soheym Ibn-Wetheel cited in art. جلو: and an ex. of the latter by the saying of Mohammad Ibn-AbeeShihádh Ed-Dabbee, said by ISk to be of Ráshid Ibn-Dirwás, وَقَدْ يَقْصُرُ القُلُّ الفَتَى دُونَ هَمِّهِ وَقَدْ كَانَ لَوْلَا القُلُّ طَلَّاعَ أَنْجُدِ [Certainly, or sometimes, or often, poverty withholds the young man from attaining his purpose; and certainly, or sometimes, or often, but for poverty, he would be a surmounter of affairs by his knowledge &c.].

def.2 قَدَحٌ طَلَّاعٌ A full drinking-vessel. And عَيْنٌ طَلَّاعٌ [or طَلَّاعَةٌ?] An eye filled with tears.
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