Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ط

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طَالِبٌ ذ Seeking, desiring, or demanding; or seeking, desiring, or endeavouring, to find and to get or take; or a seeker, &c.: (Msb, * K, TA:) [and used for طَالِبُ عِلْمٍ a student of science or knowledge:] pl. طُلَّابٌ and طَلَبَةٌ (Msb, K, TA) and طُلَّبٌ (K) and طَالِبُونَ (Msb) and أَطْلَابٌ [a pl. of pauc., like أَصْحَابٌ,] (A) and ↓ طَلَبٌ , (S, A, O, K,) or this last, as is said in the M, is [properly speaking] a quasi-pl. n., (TA,) or, (Mgh, TA,) as IAth says, (TA,) it is either a pl. of طَالِبٌ or an inf. n. used as such, (Mgh, TA,) for أَهْلُ الطَّلَبِ: (TA:) fem., applied to a woman, طَالِبَةٌ; of which the pl. is طَالِبَاتٌ and طَوَالِبُ. (Msb.) You say, هُوَ طَالِبٌ لِلشَّىْءِ He is a seeker, &c., of the thing. (TA.) And هٰؤُلَآءِ أَعْدَائِهِمْ ↓ طَلَبُ and أَطْلَابُهُمْ These are the troops that are the seekers [or pursuers] of their enemies. (A.) And نِسَآءٍ ↓ هُوَ طِلْبُ , (A, K,) with kesr, (K,) He is a seeker, or desirer, of women: (A, K:) pl. أَطْلَابٌ and طِلَبَةٌ. (K.)