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طَلِىٌّ ذ Confined, restrained, or withheld; [and particularly tied by the leg, as is shown by what follows;] as also ↓ مَطْلِىٌّ . (S. ― -b2- And A young lamb or kid: (ISk, S, K:) so called because it is tied by the leg for some days to a peg, or stake: (ISk, S:) pl. طُلْيَانٌ; like رُغْفَانٌ, (ISk, S, K,) pl. of رَغِيفٌ: (ISk, S:) it is thus pluralized like a subst. because it is an epithet in which the quality of a subst. is predominant. (AAF, TA.) [See also طَلًا.] ― -b3- [Hence الطَّلِىُّ meaning (assumed tropical:) The sign of Aries: see an ex. voce حَمَلٌ.] -A2- Also A yellowness in the teeth; and so ↓ طِلْيَانٌ : like صَبِىٌّ and صِبْيَانٌ [in form]. (S.) [See also طُلَاوَةٌ.]
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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