quest, search

, (S, A, O, &c.,) aor. , (Msb,) inf. n. طَلَبٌ (S, A, MA, O, Msb, K &c.) and مَطْلَبٌ (A, MA, Msb) and طِلَابٌ and طِلَابَةٌ (A, MA) and طَلِبَةٌ (MA) and تَطْلَابٌ [which is of a measure denoting intensiveness]; (TA;) and ↓ اِطَّلَبَهُ; (S, A, O, Msb, K;) and ↓ تطلّبهُ; (A, K;) [but see this last below;] He sought it, desired it, demanded it, or asked for it; (MA;) [he pursued it, pursued after it, or prosecuted it;] he sought, desired, or endeavoured, to find it and to get or take it: (A, K, TA:) and طَلَبَ is also expl. as signifying اتبع [i. e. أَتْبَعَ he followed in pursuit, &c.]. (TA.) One says, اُطْلُبْ لِى شَيْيأًا Seek thou, &c., for me, a thing. (Lh, TA.) And طَلَبَهُ مِنْهُ and إِلَيْهِ, inf. n. as above, He sought it, desired it, demanded it, or asked for it, of him. (MA.) And طَلَبَ إِلَىَّ means رَغِبَ [i. e. He petitioned me, or made petition to me, &c.]: (K, TA:) or طَلَبَ إِلَيْهِ means سَأَلَهُ [he asked him]: or [it means] طَلَبَهُ رَاغِبًا إِلَيْهِ [he sought him, petitioning him]; for it is generally held that طَلَبَ is not trans. by means of a prep., therefore they explain the like of this phrase as implicative. (MF, TA.) See also 4, in two places: and see 5. You say also, طَلَبَهُ بِحَقٍّ, meaning طَالَبَهُ, q. v. (K.) And طَلَبَ بِثَأْرِهِ and بِذَحْلِهِ [He sought to obtain his blood-revenge, or retaliation; and in like manner, طَلَبَ بِدَمِهِ]. (S and Msb in art. ذحل.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says also, السِّرَاجُ يَطْلُبُ أَنْ يَنْطَفِيأَ (tropical:) [The lamp, or lighted wick, is near, or about, to become extinguished]; like as one says, جِدَارٌ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْقَضَّ. (A.) -A2- طَلِبَ, aor. , (O, K,) inf. n. طَلَبٌ, (TK,) He, or it, [accord. to the TK said of a man,] was, or became, distant, or remote. (O, K. [See also 4.])

see 5.

, inf. n. مُطَالَبَةٌ and طِلَابٌ, (Msb, K,) He sought or demanded of him a thing [as being due to him; i. e. he sued or prosecuted him for it]; (Msb;) i. q. بِحَقٍّ ↓ طَلَبَهُ [he sought or demanded of him, &c., a right, or due]: (K:) and you say, طالبهُ بِحَقٍّ لَهُ عَلَيْهِ [he sought or demanded of him, &c., a thing due to him on his part]. (A.) مُطَالَبَةٌ is used in relation to a real thing: [but it does not necessarily imply the justice of the act:] one says, طالب زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا بِالدَّرَاهِمِ [Zeyd sought or demanded of 'Amr, or sued or prosecuted him for, the money]. (Kull p. 349.) And طالبهُ بِالدَّيْنِ He sought or demanded of him [&c.] the debt. (MA.) And طالبهُ بِكَذَا, (S, O,) inf. n. مُطَالَبَةٌ, (S,) [He sought or demanded of him, &c., such a thing; or he prosecuted him for such a thing, as, for instance, blood, or mutilation, or a wound: see exs. voce خَبْلٌ.]

He performed, or accomplished, for him, (S, A, O, Msb, TA,) that which he sought, or demanded, (S, A, * O, Msb,) or the object of his want: (TA:) or he gave him that which he sought, or demanded. (K.) A man said to the Prophet, إِلَىَّ طَلِبَةً فَإِنِّى أُحِبُّ أَنْ أُطْلِبَكَهَا ↓ اُطْلُبْ i. e. [Ask thou of me] an object of want, [for I love] to perform it, or accomplish it, for thee. (TA.) And one says, إِلَىَّ فَأَطْلَبْتُهُ ↓ طَلَبَ i. e. [He asked of me a thing] and I performed, or accomplished, for him that which he sought, or demanded. (TA.) And اطلبهُ الشَّىْءَ He aided him, or helped him, to seek the thing. (TA.) And أَطْلِبْنِى Aid thou me to seek. (Lh, TA.) ― -b2- Also He, or it, (said of a man, Msb, and of poverty, A,) necessitated his seeking, or demanding. (S, A, O, Msb, K.) Thus it has two contr. significations. (S, O, K.) ― -b3- And hence, (S, O,) أَطْلَبَ said of water, and of pasture, or herbage, (S, A, O,) &c., (S, O,) It was distant, or remote, (S, A, O,) so as to be not attainable but by seeking, (S, O,) or so that it was sought. (A.)

He sought it, or demanded it, repeatedly, or time after time: (S, O:) [he made repeated, or successive, endeavours to obtain it, or to attain it: he prosecuted a search after it:] or he sought it diligently, studiously, sedulously, or earnestly; syn. اِبْتَغَاهُ: (Msb:) or he sought, desired, or endeavoured, leisurely, to find it and to get or take it; (O, TA;) and (TA) so ↓ طلّبهُ, inf. n. تَطْلِيبٌ; (K, TA;) and ↓ طَلَبَهُ; (TA;) from [various] places. (O, TA.) ― -b2- See also 1, first sentence.

is quasi-pass. of طَلَبَهُ, and means It (an action [&c.]) was, or became, suitable to him; or fit, meet, or proper, for him: [as though it were sought, or desired, or desirable:] but they have been content to use اِنْبَغَى in the place of this verb. (Zj, TA in art. بغى. [يَنْبَغِى, in the Kur xix. 93, is expl. by يَنْطَلِبُ in the Ksh and in the Expos. of Bd.])

see 1, first sentence.

: see طَلِبَةٌ, in two places: ― -b2- and طَالِب.

an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (S, A, &c.) ― -b2- See also طَالِبٌ, in two places. ― -b3- And see طَلِبَةٌ.

A far-extending journey: (O, K:) and so ↓ سَفَرٌ طَلُوبٌ. (A.)

[A mode, or manner, of seeking &c.: an inf. n. of modality, like جِلْسَةٌ &c. ― -b2- And] a subst from طَالَبَهُ: (K:) see طَلِبَةٌ, in three places. ― -b3- أُمُّ طِلْبَةَ The eagle. (O, K.)

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.)