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تَالٍ ألا تأل تال تالي act. part. n. of تَلَا; Following; going, or walking, behind, or after; [immediately, or without intervention; either in reality, or only in effect; (see 1;)] (T, Msb;) as also ↓ تِلْوٌ . (Msb.) ― -b2- التَّالِى The fourth of the ten horses that are started together in a race. (TA voce سُكَّيْت &c., and Ham p. 46.) ― -b3- Also, (Sh, TA voce مِجْدَحٌ,) and تَالِى النَّجْمٍ [meaning The follower of the Pleiades], (Kzw,) the star called الدَّبَرَانُ. (Sh, Kzw.) ― -b4- And تَالِيَاتُ النُّجُومِ The last of the stars; [app. the last that are seen in the morningtwilight;] (TA;) as also التَّوَالِى. (M, TA.) [تَالِيَاتٌ and تَوَال are both pls. of تَالِيَةٌ, fem. of تَالٍ.] ― -b5- التَّوَالِى also signifies The last of women journeying in vehicles upon camels; (M, K;) and in like manner, of camels. (M.) ― -b6- Also Hinder parts, posteriors, or rumps: and the hinder parts of horses: or (of a horse, M) the tail and hind legs. (M, K.) One says, إِِنَّهُ لَحَثِيثُ التَّوَالِى and سَرِيعُ التَّوَالِى [app. meaning Verily he is quick in the hind legs]. (M.) And the Arabs say, لَيْسَ هَوَادِى الخَيْلِ كَالتَّوَالِى, i. e., The necks of horses are not like their hinder parts. (TA.) ― -b7- فَالتَّالَياتِ ذِكْرًا [in the Kur xxxvii. 3] means And those angels, or angels and others, that recite the praise of God. (M.)

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