تِلْوٌ

1.
A thing that follows another thing: (K:) and a follower of another man. (TA.) See also تِلْوُ الشَّىْءِ تَالٍ means That which follows the thing: (S:) and هٰذَا تِلْوُ هٰذَا This is what follows this. (M.) [Hence,] تِلْوُ النَّاقَةِ The she-camel's young one that follows her: (S:) and تِلْوٌ [alone] a ewe's, or she-goat's, (M,) or she-camel's, (K,) young one when weaned, and following the mother; plural أَتْلَاءٌ; and feminine with ة: (M, K:) and the young one of the ass; (M, K;) because he follows his mother: (M:) and the young one of a mule: (IAar, T, K:) and, according to En-Nadr, a kid, and a lamb, that has become large in the stomach or belly (استكرش) and in no need of his mother; feminine with ة: (T:) or the feminine signifies a she-kid that has passed beyond the limit of those that are termed أَجْفَار [plural of جَفْرٌ, q. v.], (M, K,) until she has completed a year [from her birth] and so become a جَذَع. (M.) And a تِلْوَة of sheep or goats is One that is brought forth, or that brings forth, [the verb is تُنْتَجُ, which has both of these meanings,] before the صَفَرِيَّة [q. v.]. (S, K.)
2.
Also High, or lofty. (K.) One says, إِنَّهُ لَتِلْوُ المِقْدَارِ Verily he, or it, is high, or lofty, in measure. (TA.)

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