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عَيْطَلٌ ذ Long (K, TA) in the عَطَل, i. e., (TA,) in the neck, with beauty of body; (K, TA;) applied to a woman: (TA:) or long, or tall, in an absolute sense; and thus as applied to a she-camel and to a horse: (TA:) or long in the neck; (S, O, K, TA;) applied in this sense to a woman, and to a she-camel, (S, O,) and to a horse, (S,) or to any animal: (K, TA:) or tall, with beauty of aspect and fatness; thus as applied to a she-camel: the ى is augmentative. (TA.) It is also a proper name of a certain she-camel. (S, O.) ― -b2- Also Tall, as applied to a [hill, or mountain, such as is termed] هَضْبَة. (O.) ― -b3- And شَجَرٌ عَيْطَلٌ Soft, or tender, trees. (TA.) ― -b4- See also عَطَلٌ, last sentence.
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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