Classical Arabic - English Dictionary

by Edward William Lane (1801-1876)

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زحلف زحلق زحم


Q. 1. ⇒ زحلق

زَحْلَقَةٌ [inf. n. of زَحْلَقَ] The rolling [a thing] down; syn. دَحْرَجَةٌ. (Ṣ, Ḳ.) You say, زَحْلَقَ الحَجَرَ, i. e. دَحْرَجَهُ [He rolled down the stone]. (TḲ.)


Q. 2. ⇒ تزحلق

تَزَحْلَفَ He, or it, rolled down; syn. تَدَحْرَجَ: (Ṣ, Ḳ:) or he slid, or slipped, upon his posteriors. (TA.)


زِحْلِقٌ

زِحْلِقٌ A violent wind. (Ibn-ʼAbbád, Ḳ.)


زِحْلِيقٌ

زِحْلِيقٌ: see the next paragraph.


زُحْلُوقَةٌ

زُحْلُوقَةٌ i. q. زُحْلُوفَةٌ; (Ṣ,* Ḳ;) meaning [A sloping slide, or rolling-place; or] the traces of the sliding of children from above to below: (TA:) of the dial. of Temeem: pl. زَحَالِيقُ: (Ṣ:) which likewise signifies slippery places; as alsoزِحْلِيقٌ↓. (TA.)

Root: زحلق - Entry: زُحْلُوقَةٌ Signification: A2

And ‡ A grave: (Ḳ, TA:) because one slips into it. (TA.)

Root: زحلق - Entry: زُحْلُوقَةٌ Signification: A3

And i. q. أُرْجُوحَةٌ; i. e. [A seesaw;] a piece of wood [or a plank] which children lay upon an elevated place, and a number sit upon one end of it, and a number upon the other [end]; and when one of the two parties is heavier, the other rises, and threatens to fall; whereupon they [app. who are looking on] call out to them, أَلَا خَلُّوا أَلَا خَلُّوا [Now leave ye! now leave ye what ye are doing!]. (Ḳ. [See also أُرْجُوحَةٌ.])


مُزَحْلَقٌ

مُزَحْلَقٌ [Rolled down: see Q. 1.]

Root: زحلق - Entry: مُزَحْلَقٌ Signification: A2

[And] Smooth. (TA.)


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