عَيْطَلٌ

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عَيْطَلٌ Long in the عَطَل, i. e., in the neck, with beauty of body; applied to a woman: or long, or tall, in an absolute sense; and thus as applied to a she-camel and to a horse: or long in the neck; applied in this sense to a woman, and to a she-camel, and to a horse, or to any animal: or tall, with beauty of aspect and fatness; thus as applied to a she-camel: the ى is augmentative. It is also a proper name of a certain she-camel.
2 Also Tall, as applied to a [hill, or mountain, such as is termed] هَضْبَة.
3 And شَجَرٌ عَيْطَلٌ Soft, or tender, trees.
4 See also عَطَلٌ, last sentence.

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