طَّالِب

TaAlibN * 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 TaAlibu EilomK a student of science or knowledge: ] pl. Tul~aAbN and TalabapN (Msb, K, TA) and Tul~abN (K) and TaAlibuwna (Msb) and A^aTolaAbN [a pl. of pauc., like A^aSoHaAbN ,] (A) and ↓ TalabN , (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 TaAlibN or an inf. n. used as such, (Mgh, TA,) for A^aholu AlT~alabi : (TA:) fem., applied to a woman, TaAlibapN ; of which the pl. is TaAlibaAtN and TawaAlibu . (Msb.) You say, huwa TaAlibN lil$~aYo'i He is a seeker, &c., of the thing. (TA.) And h`w^ulaA='i A^aEodaAy^ihimo ↓ Talabu and A^aTolaAbuhumo These are the troops that are the seekers [or pursuers ] of their enemies. (A.) And nisaA='K ↓ huwa Tilobu , (A, K,) with kesr, (K,) He is a seeker, or desirer, of women: (A, K:) pl. A^aTolaAbN and TilabapN . (K.)