Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

تَلَّهُ, (T, Ṣ,* M, Mṣb, Ḳ,) aor. ـُ {يَتْلُلُ}, inf. n. تَلٌّ, (M, Mṣb,) He prostrated him, or threw him down; (T, Ṣ, M, Mṣb, Ḳ;) [as some say,] upon the تَلّ: (TA:) or he threw him down (M, Ḳ, TA) upon his تَلِيل, i. e., (TA,) upon his neck, and his cheek: (M, Ḳ TA:) but the former is the more approved; and thus it is explained as used in the phrase وَتَلَّهُ لِلْجَبِينِ [in the Ḳur xxxvii. 103], (M,) and he prostrated him, or threw him down, (Aboo-Is-ḥáḳ, T, Ṣ, Bḍ,) upon his side, so that the side of his forehead fell upon the ground; (Bḍ;) or upon his mouth; (Katá- deh, T;) or upon his face. (Bḍ.) And تَلَّ النَّاقَةَ He made the she-camel to lie down upon her breast. (TA.)

He threw it upon the ground: said of any corporeal thing. (M.)

تَلَّ,, aor. ـُ {يَتْلُلُ} (IAạr, T, Ḳ) and ـِ {يَتْلِلُ}, (Ḳ,) [the latter anomalous in this case, and doubtful,] also signifies He poured (IAạr, T, Ḳ, TA) into the hand of another. (TA.) And تَلَّ الشَّىْءَ فِى يَدِهِ He gave, or delivered, the thing to him: (M, Ḳ *:) or he threw, or put, the thing into his hand. (Ḳ.) The Prophet says, بَيْنَا أَنَا نَائِمٌ أُتِيتُ بِمَفَاتِيحِ خَزَائِنِ الأَرْضِ فَتُلَّتْ فِى يَدِى, i. e. [While I was sleeping, I had the keys of the treasures of the earth brought to me,] and they were poured into my hand: (IAạr, T, M:) or were thrown, or put, into my hand. (IAmb, M.)

Also, (Ḳ,) inf. n. تَلٌّ, (M,) He lowered, or let down, the rope into the well, (M, Ḳ,) with the hand, on the occasion of drawing water. (M.)

تَلَّهُ بِتِلَّةِ↓ سَوْءٍ, [aor. ـُ {يَتْلُلُ}, accord. to rule,] He charged him, or upbraided him, with an evil, or a foul, thing. (Th, M, Ḳ.)

تَلَّ, aor. ـِ {يَتْلِلُ} (IAạr, T, M, Ḳ) and ـُ, (Ḳ,) [the latter anomalous in this case, and doubtful,] He was, or became, prostrated, or thrown down; (M, Ḳ) he fell, or fell down. (IAạr, T, M, Ḳ.)

تَلَّ جَبِينُهُ, (M, Ḳ,) aor. ـِ {يَتْلِلُ} (T, M, Ḳ) and ـُ, (Ḳ,) [the latter anomalous in this case also, and doubtful,] inf. n. تَلٌّ, (T, M,) The side of his forehead sweated, or exuded sweat. (M, Ḳ.) And in like manner the verb is used in relation to a wateringtrough. (Lḥ, M.)

تَلِلْت is an imitative sequent to ضَلِلْت. (M.)

اتلّ المَائِعَ He made the fluid, or liquid, to drop, or fall in drops. (Ḳ.)

تَلْتَلَهُ, (Ṣ,) inf. n. تَلْتَلَةٌ, (M, Ḳ,) He moved him, agitated him, shook him, put him into a state of motion or commotion; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) or did so vehemently: (Ṣ, Ḳ, and Mgh in art. تر:) he shook him, or shook him violently, (namely, a drinker,) and ordered him to breathe in his face, that he might know whether he had drunk [wine or the like], or not; (TA in this art. and art. تر;) as also تَرْتَرَهُ, and مَزْمَزَهُ. (TA in the latter art.)

تَلْتَلَةٌ also signifies Hard journeying: and rough, or severe, or vehement, driving. (Ḳ.) You say, تَلْتَلَ الرَّجُلُ The man was rough, or severe, or vehement, in his driving. (M.)

تَلْتَلَةُ بَهْرَآءَ is [The tribe of] Bahrà's pronouncing the ت of تَفْعَلُونَ with kesr; (M, Ḳ;) saying تِفْعَلُونَ, and تِشْهَدُونَ, and the like. (M.)

تَلٌّ, accord. to Lth, [and accord. to general present usage,] A mound, or hill, of dust, or earth, [or rubbish,] pressed together, not natural: but this is a mistake [if meant as an explanation of the proper application], for with the Arabs it signifies a natural hill: En-Naḍr says that it is of the smaller sort of إِكَام [pl. of أَكَمَةٌ]; it is of the height of a house, or tent, and the breadth of its back is about ten cubits; it is smaller than the أَكَمَة, has fewer stones, gives growth to nothing good, and its stones are compacted together exactly like those of the أَكَمَة: (T:) [the mound, or artificial hill, above mentioned, is what is meant by its being said,] the تَلّ of dust, or earth, is well known: and the word signifies also a heap of sand: (M, Ḳ:*) in both of these senses from التَّلُّ signifying “the throwing upon the ground” anything of a corporeal kind: (M:) also a hill (M, Ḳ, TA) overtopping what is adjacent to it: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَتْلَالٌ (M, TA) and أَتُلٌّ (TA) and [of mult.] تِلَالٌ (T, Ṣ, Mṣb, Ḳ) and تُلُولٌ. (TA.)

Also A pillow: pl. أَتْلَالٌ, which is extr.: or the pl. signifies certain sorts of cloths, or of garments: (Ḳ, TA:) or, as some say, of pillows. (TA.)

[تَلَّةٌ inf. n. un. of 1, by Golius erroneously written تُلَّةٌ, and wrongly explained by him,] A single act of pouring [&c.]. (T, Ḳ.)

A single act of lying upon the side. (Ḳ.)

See also تَلْتَلَةٌ.

تِلَّةٌ A mode, or manner, of lying upon the side. (Fr, Ḳ.)

Sluggishness, laziness, or indolence. (Fr, T, Ḳ.)

A state, or condition. (Ṣ, M, Ḳ) You say, هُوَ بِتِلَّةِ سَوْءٍ He is in an evil state or condition; like as you say بِبِيْئَةِ سوء: (Ṣ:) and بَاتَ بِتِلَّةِ سَوْءٍ He passed the night in an evil state or condition. (M.)

A thing; as in the saying, تَلَّهُ بِتِلَّةِ سَوْءٍ [explained above]: see 1. (Th, M, Ḳ.)

I. q. بِلَّةٌ, (T, M,) or بَلَلٌ, as alsoتَلَلٌ↓: (Ḳ:) Abu-s-Semeyda' says that تِلَّةٌ and بِلَّةٌ and تَلَلٌ and تَلَّةٌ are all one [i. e. Moisture]. (T.) One says, [app. to a person suspected of having drunk wine or the like,] مَا هٰذِهِ التِّلَّةُ بِفِيكَ i. e. البَلَّةُ [What is this moisture in thy mouth?]. (T, M.)

التَّلَال in the phrase هُوَ الضَّلَالُ بْنُ التَّلَالِ is an imitative sequent. (Ṣ, Ḳ.)

تَلِيلٌ Prostrated, or thrown down; as alsoمَتْلُولٌ↓: (IAạr, T, M, Ḳ:) [pl. of the former تَلَّى, like as صَرْعَى is pl. of صَرِيعٌ, and قَتْلَى of قَتِيلٌ, &c.; as in the phrase] قَوْمٌ تَلَّى A company of men prostrated, or thrown down. (M, Ḳ.)

The neck: (T, M, Ḳ:) and the cheek: (TA:) pl. [of pauc.] أَتِلَّةٌ and [of mult.] تُلُلٌ and تَلَائِلُ. (M, Ḳ.) You say, لَهُ تَلِيلٌ كَجِذْعِ السَّحُوقِ [He has a neck like the trunk of the tall palm-tree]. (TA.)

التَّلَالَةُ is an imitative sequent to الضَّلَالَةُ. (T,* Ṣ, M,* Ḳ.)

تَلْتَلَةٌ inf. n. of R. Q. 1 [q. v.].

Also Hardship, difficulty, distress, or adversity: (M, Ḳ:) pl. تَلَاتِلُ, (TA,) signifying hardships, difficulties,, &c. (Aboo-Turáb, T, Ṣ, M.)

A drinking-vessel that is made of the envelope (قِيقَآءَة, Ṣ, or قِيقَآء, M and Ḳ) of the spadix of a palm-tree; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) so called because what it contains is poured into the throat; (T;) as alsoتَلَّةٌ↓: (M, Ḳ:) it is said that نَبِيذ is drunk with it. (TA.)

تَلٌّ is an imitative sequent to ضَالٌّ. (T,* Ṣ, M,* Ḳ.)

مَتَلٌّ A place of prostrating. (TA.)

مَتَلٌّ [as a subst.] A thing with which one prostrates: (M, Ḳ:) and hence a spear: (Mṣb:) and [as an epithet], applied to a spear, with which one prostrates: (T,* Ṣ, M:) or, applied to a spear, erect; or even and erect. (Ḳ.)

Strong; (Ṣ, M, Ḳ;) applied to a man and to a camel (M, Ḳ, TA), &c. (TA.)

A man erect in prayer: (T, M, Ḳ:) 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. (T.)

مُتَلِّلٌ One who prostrates much, or often; who does so by twisting his leg with the leg of another. (T.)