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طَلِبَةٌ ذ an inf. n. of طَلَبَهُ [q. v.]. (MA.) ― -b2- [It generally signifies] A thing that one seeks, desires, demands, or asks for; a thing that one seeks, desires, or endeavours, to find and to get or take; an object of quest, or desire; (S, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ طِلَابٌ , which is originally an inf. n. of طَالَبَهُ; (Msb;) and so ↓ طِلْبٌ ; (Har p. 560;) and ↓ طِلْبَةٌ and ↓ طَلَبٌ are substs. from طَالَبَهُ, (K,) signifying [the same, or] a right, or due, sought, or demanded: (TK:) and طَلِبَةٌ signifies also an object of want, or need; a needful thing: (TA:) its pl. is طَلِبَاتٌ. (Msb.) One says, لِى عِنْدَهُ ↓ طِلْبَةٌ [or طَلِبَةٌ] I have an object of quest, or desire, or of want, or a right, or due, necessary to be sought, or demanded, of him. (A.) And فُلَانٍ ↓ هِىَ طِلْبُ She is the object of love of such a one; as also ↓ طِلْبَتُهُ : (A, K:) or the former, (O,) or each, the latter mentioned by Lh, (TA,) means she is the object of quest, or desire, and the object of love, of such a one. (O, TA.) -A2- And it is said on the authority of IAar that طلبة [app., accord. to the context, طَلِبَةٌ] signifies A company, or an assembly, of men. (TA.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.
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