Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

Includes Hans Wehr and Al Mawrid — All in One Search

مَتَلٌّ

Root: تل

Full Definition

مَتَلٌّ [as a subst.] A thing with which one prostrates: and hence a spear: and [as an epithet], applied to a spear, with which one prostrates: or, applied to a spear, erect; or even and erect.
2 Strong; applied to a man and to a camel &c.
3 A man erect in prayer: so accord. to Lth, who cites the saying, رِجَالٌ يُتِلُّونَ الصَّلَاةَ قِيَامُ but this is a mistake; for يُتِلُّونَ is from تَلَّى, and means, who make prayer to follow prayer.
Lane's Lexicon + Hans Wehr + Mawrid

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 Free

Trusted by researchers at University of Michigan, Duke, Alberta & more