طَلَلٌ
Root: طل
Full Definition
طَلَلٌ
A portion still standing of the remains of a dwelling or house; as also
طَلَالَةٌ : pl. أَطْلَالٌ and طُلُولٌ, the latter pl. sometimes used: what cleaves to the ground is termed رَسْمٌ: the people of the towns or villages apply the term أَطْلَالٌ to the remains of walls and of places of worship; and the people of the tents to [the remains of] places of eating and of drinking and of sleeping: [and] as pl. of طَلَلٌ it signifies elevated places: one says, رَأَيْتُ طَلَلَ
القَرْيَةِ, meaning I saw what was elevated of the land of the town, or village.
2 And The شَخْص [or body, or bodily or corporeal form or figure or substance, such as one sees from a distance,] of a thing, whatever it be; as also طَلَالَةٌ : pl. of the former as above: the شَخْص [as meaning body, or person,] of a man; as also طَلَالَةٌ : or, of a man, the erect شَخْص. (Msb voce جُثَّةٌ.) And ظَلَالَةٌ, with ظ, signifies the same. (O and K in art. ظل.) One says, حَيَّا ٱللّٰهُ طَلَلَكَ and , meaning [May God preserve, or save,] thy شَخْص [i. e. body, or person]. And حَيَّا ٱللّٰهُ طَلَلَكَ and أَطْلَالَكَ, meaning مَا شَخَصَ مِنْ جَسَدِكَ [i. e. May God preserve, or save, what has risen into view of thy body, or person].
3 Also A place in the صَحْن [or court] of a house, prepared for the household to sit upon: ADk says that there was a place on which to eat and drink in the فِنَآء [or yard] of every house, called the طَلَل: accord. to ISd, the طَلَل of a house is, or was, like the [kind of wide bench, of stone or brick &c., generally built against a wall, called] دُكَّانَة [or دُكَّان], upon which to sit.
4 And The جِلَال [or deck] of a ship or boat; i. e. the covering thereof, which is like the roof of a house or chamber: pl. أَطْلَالٌ. [In the TA it is said to mean the شِرَاع of a ship or boat; which is a mistake, as is sufficiently shown by its being there immediately added, “ hence the trad. of Aboo-Bekr, that he used to pray upon the اطلال of the ship or boat. ”]
5 [Hence, app.,] one says, مَشَى عَلَى طَلَلِ المَآءِ i. e. على ظَهْرِهِ, which, Z says, means على وَجْهِهِ [i. e.
def.2 Also Anything fresh, or juicy, or [like طَلٌّ] moist; syn. طَرِىٌّ.
2 See also طَلٌّ, first sentence.
2 And The شَخْص [or body, or bodily or corporeal form or figure or substance, such as one sees from a distance,] of a thing, whatever it be; as also طَلَالَةٌ : pl. of the former as above: the شَخْص [as meaning body, or person,] of a man; as also طَلَالَةٌ : or, of a man, the erect شَخْص. (Msb voce جُثَّةٌ.) And ظَلَالَةٌ, with ظ, signifies the same. (O and K in art. ظل.) One says, حَيَّا ٱللّٰهُ طَلَلَكَ and , meaning [May God preserve, or save,] thy شَخْص [i. e. body, or person]. And حَيَّا ٱللّٰهُ طَلَلَكَ and أَطْلَالَكَ, meaning مَا شَخَصَ مِنْ جَسَدِكَ [i. e. May God preserve, or save, what has risen into view of thy body, or person].
3 Also A place in the صَحْن [or court] of a house, prepared for the household to sit upon: ADk says that there was a place on which to eat and drink in the فِنَآء [or yard] of every house, called the طَلَل: accord. to ISd, the طَلَل of a house is, or was, like the [kind of wide bench, of stone or brick &c., generally built against a wall, called] دُكَّانَة [or دُكَّان], upon which to sit.
4 And The جِلَال [or deck] of a ship or boat; i. e. the covering thereof, which is like the roof of a house or chamber: pl. أَطْلَالٌ. [In the TA it is said to mean the شِرَاع of a ship or boat; which is a mistake, as is sufficiently shown by its being there immediately added, “ hence the trad. of Aboo-Bekr, that he used to pray upon the اطلال of the ship or boat. ”]
5 [Hence, app.,] one says, مَشَى عَلَى طَلَلِ المَآءِ i. e. على ظَهْرِهِ, which, Z says, means على وَجْهِهِ [i. e.
def.2 Also Anything fresh, or juicy, or [like طَلٌّ] moist; syn. طَرِىٌّ.
2 See also طَلٌّ, first sentence.
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