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3 طالبهُ ذ , inf. n. مُطَالَبَةٌ and طِلَابٌ, (Msb, K,) He sought or demanded of him a thing [as being due to him; i. e. he sued or prosecuted him for it]; (Msb;) i. q. بِحَقٍّ ↓ طَلَبَهُ [he sought or demanded of him, &c., a right, or due]: (K:) and you say, طالبهُ بِحَقٍّ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ [he sought or demanded of him, &c., a thing due to him on his part]. (A.) مُطَالَبَةٌ is used in relation to a real thing: [but it does not necessarily imply the justice of the act:] one says, طالب زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا بِالدَّرَاهِمِ [Zeyd sought or demanded of 'Amr, or sued or prosecuted him for, the money]. (Kull p. 349.) And طالبهُ بِالدَّيْنِ He sought or demanded of him [&c.] the debt. (MA.) And طالبهُ بِكَذَا, (S, O,) inf. n. مُطَالَبَةٌ, (S,) [He sought or demanded of him, &c., such a thing; or he prosecuted him for such a thing, as, for instance, blood, or mutilation, or a wound: see exs. voce خَبْلٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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