علط1 عَلَطَ, aor. ـُ (S, O, K,) and عَلِطَ, (O, K,) inf. n. عَلْطٌ, (O,) He branded (S, O, K) his camel, (S, O,) or a she-camel, (K,) with the mark called عِلَاط; (S, K;) as also ↓ علّط, (K,) inf. n. تَعْلِيطٌ; (TA;) or the latter verb is with teshdeed to denote muchness [of the action], or multiplicity [of the objects]; (S, M, TA;) you say, علّط إِبِلَهُ [he branded his camels with that mark]. (S.) b2: [Hence,] one says, لَأَعْلُِطَنَّكَ عَلْطَ البَعِير, (TA,) or عَلْطَ سَوْءٍ, (O,) (assumed tropical:)  I will assuredly brand thee [with the branding of the camel, or with an evil branding, meaning,] with a branding that shall remain upon thee. (O, TA.) And عَلَطَهُ بِشَرٍّ, (S, O, K, TA,) and بِسُوْءٍ, inf. n. عَلْطٌ and عُلُوطٌ, (TA,) (tropical:)  He mentioned him, (S, O, K, TA,) and aspersed him, (TA,) [or branded, or stigmatized, him,] with evil. (S, O, K, TA.) And عَلَطَهُ بِالقَوْلِ, inf. n. عَلْطٌ, (tropical:)  He branded, or stigmatized, him with a mark [of reproach] whereby he should be known. (TA.) b3:  And عَلَطَهُ بِسَهْمٍ (assumed tropical:)  He hit him with an arrow; (S, O;) inf. n. عَلْطٌ. (S.) 2 عَلَّطَ see above, first sentence. b2:  علّط البَعِيرَ, inf. n. تَعْلِيطٌ, He pulled off the cord called عِلَاط from the neck of the camel. (A 'Obeyd, S, O, * K.) 4 مَا أَعْلَطَهُ, said of a poet, means مَا أَنْكَرَهُ [How great is his intelligence, or skill, and knowledge! &c.]. (AA, O, K.) 5 تعلّط القَوْسَ He hung upon himself the bow. (TA.) 8 اعتلطهُ and اعتلط بِهِ He contended with him in an altercation; disputed, or litigated, with him; and treated him with enmity, or hostility; or did evil to him, obliging him to do the like in return. (O, K.) 13 اِعْلَوَّطَ البَعِيرَ He clung to the neck of the camel, and mounted him: (S, O, K:) or it signifies, (K,) or signifies also, (O,) he rode the camel without a [cord such as is termed] خِطَام [q. v.]: (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K:) or he rode the camel bare, without saddle: (K:) and اعلوّط الفَرَسَ he rode the mare without bridle. (TA.) b2:  And اعلوّط النَّاقَةَ, said of a camel, (O, K, TA,) He got upon the neck of the she-camel, and mounted upon her in a headlong, or heedless, manner: (TA:) or he mounted the she-camel to cover her. (O, K, TA.) b3:  [Hence,] اعلوّط رَأْسَهُ, (O, TA,) and اعلوّطأَمْرًا, (K, TA,) (tropical:)  He pursued a headlong, or heedless, course, and plunged, or rushed, into an affair without consideration. (O, K, TA.) b4:  And اعلوّطهُ He took him and confined him. (Lth, * O, * K.) b5:  And He clave to him, (IAar, S, O, K,) like as the [cord called] عِلَاط cleaves to the neck of the camel. (IAar, TA.) b6:  And He clung to him, and drew him to him; (Ibn-'Abbád, O;) and so ↓ تَعَلْوَطَهُ. (Ibn-'Abbád, O, K.) Q. Q. 2 تَعَلْوَطَهُ: see what next precedes.عَلْطٌ A brand upon the side of the cheek of a camel: (IDrd, O: [see also عِلَاطٌ:]) or the scar of the branding upon the side of the fore part of the neck of a camel: app. an inf. n. used as a subst. (TA.) b2:  See also عُلْطَةٌ.عُلُطٌ, applied to a she-camel, (S, O, K,) and to a he-camel, (O,) accord. to As, (S,) Without a [cord such as is called] خِطَام [q. v.]: (S, O, K:) and, (K,) accord. to El-Ahmar, (S, O,) without a brand: (S, O, K: [see عِلَاطٌ:]) like عُطُلٌ: (TA:) pl. أَعْلَاطٌ. (S, O, K.) b2:  Hence, (O,) أَعْلَاطُ الكَوَاكِبِ (assumed tropical:)  The shining, or brightly-shining, stars, (الدَّارَارِىّ, K, TA, [in the O الدَارّىٰ, an evident mistranscription,]) that have no names: (O, K:) or the named, known stars; as though they were مَعْلُوطَة, i. e. marked with brands. (O.) [See also عِلَاطٌ.] b3:  And عُلُطٌ signifies Tall she-camels: b4:  and short asses. (IAar, O, K.) عُلْطَةٌ A necklace, or collar, or the like; syn. قِلَادَةٌ: (S, O, K:) pl. عُلَطٌ. (O, TA.) b2: Also A black mark which a woman makes upon her face for adornment; (IDrd, O, K, TA;) like  لُعْطَةٌ; (TA;) and so ↓ عَلْطٌ. (IDrd, O, K.) b3: And A سُفْعَة [or blackness tinged with redness] in the face of a hawk; as also لُعْطَةٌ. (TA.) b4: See also عَلْطَآءُ. b5:  العُلْطَتَانِ The رَقْمَتَانِ [app. meaning two ringstreaks] upon the necks of the [collared doves called] قَمَارِىّ, and the like thereof of birds; as also ↓ العِلَاطَانِ: (TA:) or this latter signifies the black طَوْق [or ring] on the two sides of the neck of the dove: (Az, O, TA:) or so العِلَاطُ: (K:) and العُلْطَتَانِ signifies, accord. to Th, a طَوْق [or neckring]: and some say, a سِمَة [or brand]; but ISd says, “I know not how this is: ” it is mentioned, however, by Suh, in the R. (TA.) b6:  Also Two cowries (وَدَعَتَانِ) which are upon the necks of boys. (TA.) b7:  And عُلْطَتَا المَرْأَةِ (tropical:)  The anterior and posterior pudenda of the woman. (TA.) عَلْطَآءُ A ewe having in the side of her neck a black [mark termed] ↓ عُلْطةٌ, the rest of her being white. (TA.) عِلَاطٌ The side of the neck: (K:) the عِلَاطَانِ are  the two sides of the neck (S, O, K) of anything [i. e. of any creature]. (O.) b2:  And A brand (S, O, K) on the neck of a camel, (S, O,) breadthwise, (S,) on the side (عُرْض [in the CK عَرْض]) of his neck: (K, TA:) this is [said to be] its primary meaning: or, accord. to IDrd, a brand on the side of the cheek of a camel: (O:) or, accord. to the R, on the base of the neck: in the book of Ibn-Habeeb, said to be on the neck breadthwise; sometimes a single line, sometimes two lines, and sometimes several lines, on each side: (TA:) and ↓ إِعْلِيطٌ signifies the same: the pl. (of عِلَاطٌ, TA) is أَعْلِطَةٌ [a pl. of pauc.] and عُلُطٌ. (K, TA.) b3: See also عُلْطَةٌ. b4:  Also A rope which is put upon the neck of a camel. (S, O, K.) b5:  And (tropical:)  The thread of the needle. (Lth, O, TA.) b6:  and [hence] العِلَاطُ, (K, TA,) or عِلَاطُ الشَّمْسِ, (Lth, O,) (tropical:)  What is, when one looks at it, as though it were thread [proceeding from the sun, app. when  its light enters through an aperture in a wall or the like into a dark, or shady, place]. (Lth, O, K, * TA. * [In the K expl. as meaning خَيْطُ الشَّمْسِ. See also خَيْطُ البَاطِلِ, in art. خيط.]) b7: And عِلَاطُ النُّجُومِ (tropical:)  What is suspended to the stars: [as though meaning the rays proceeding from the stars:] pl. أَعْلَاطٌ [which is also pl. of عُلُطٌ, q. v.]. (TA.) [But this is app. a conjectural explanation, suggested by a verse of Umeiyeh Ibn-Abi-s- Salt, incorrectly cited by Lth, and after him by Az, in which what are termed أَعْلَاطُ النُّجُومِ, or أَعْلَاطُ الكَوَاكِبِ, (see عُلُطٌ,) are described as being كَحَبْلِ الفَرْقِ, i. e. “ like the cord of flax,” thus  expl. by Az; whereas the right reading, as is stated in the O and TA, is كَخَيْلِ القِرْقِ; by القِرْق being meant the game thus called, and also called السُّدَّرُ; to which is added in the TA, that the خَيْل thereof are the stones used therein.]A2: Also (tropical:)  Contention, altercation, dispute, or litigation; and evil, or mischief; (K, TA;) and inimical, or hostile, treatment; or evildoing that obliges one to return evil: (TA:) or the branding, or stigmatizing, with evil. (S, * O.) عِلْيَطٌ A species of trees, (K, TA,) in the Saráh (السَّرَاة), from which bows are made. (TA.) شَاعِرٌ عَالِطٌ [A poet possessing intelligence, or skill, and knowledge; or great intelligence &c.]: of such one says, مَا أَعْلَطَهُ [q. v.]. (AA, O, K. *) إِعْلِيطٌ The pericarp of the مَرْخ, which is like the shale of the bean, (O, K,) and to which the ear of the horse is likened: (O, TA:) said by certain of the lexicographers, (O,) as expl. by J, (TA,) to mean the leaves of the مَرْخ; but this is incorrect; for the مرخ has no leaves, its branches being bare and slender twigs: (O, TA: *) n. un. with ة. (TA.) b2:  And A branch, and a twig, of which the leaves have fallen. (K.) A2:  See also عِلَاطٌ.مَعْلَطٌ The place of the brand called عِلَاط on the neck of the camel: (O, K, TA:) and so, accord. to the K, ↓ مُعْلَوَّطٌ; but this latter means the place of the neck of the camel to which one clings [to mount him: see 13]. (TA.) مُعَلَّطٌ A camel whose cord called عِلَاط has been pulled off from his neck. (TA.) مَعْلُوطٌ A camel branded with the mark called عِلَاط. (O, TA.) مُعْلَوَّطٌ: see مَعْلَطٌ.