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طَلَّاعُ الثَّنَايَا ذ and طَلَّاعُ الأَنْجُدِ (tropical:) [lit. A man wont to ascend mountain-roads; meaning] a man experienced in affairs; wont to surmount them by his knowledge and his experience and his good judgment: or who aspires to lofty things, or the means of attaining eminence: (O, K, TA: [see also ثَنِيَّةٌ:]) أَنْجُدٌ being pl. of نَجْدٌ; which means “ a road in a mountain, ” like ثَنِيَّةٌ [of which ثَنَايَا is the pl.]. (TA.) An ex. of the former phrase is presented by a verse of Soheym Ibn-Wetheel cited in art. جلو: and an ex. of the latter by the saying of Mohammad Ibn-AbeeShihádh Ed-Dabbee, said by ISk to be of Ráshid Ibn-Dirwás, “ وَقَدْ يَقْصُرُ القُلُّ الفَتَى دُونَ هَمِّهِ
وَقَدْ كَانَ لَوْلَا القُلُّ طَلَّاعَ أَنْجُدِ
” [Certainly, or sometimes, or often, poverty withholds the young man from attaining his purpose; and certainly, or sometimes, or often, but for poverty, he would be a surmounter of affairs by his knowledge &c.]. (O, TA.) -A2- قَدَحٌ طَلَّاعٌ (tropical:) A full drinking-vessel. (TA.) And عَيْنٌ طَلَّاعٌ [or طَلَّاعَةٌ?] (tropical:) An eye filled with tears. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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