شل

شُلْشُلٌ ذ A man light, active, or agile; (S;) [and] so ↓ مِشَلٌّ, (O,) and ↓ شَلُولٌ: (O, TA:) or the first, a boy, or young man, sharp-headed; light, or active, in spirit; brisk, lively, or sprightly, in his work; and so شُعْشُعٌ, and جُلْجُلٌ: (IAar, TA:) or a man clever, ingenious, acute, or sharp; light, active, or agile: (O:) or light, active, or agile, in accomplishing that which is wanted; quick; a good companion; cheerful in mind; as also ↓ شَلْشَلٌ, and ↓ مِشَلٌّ [in the CK (erroneously) مُشِلٌّ], and ↓ شَلُولٌ, and ↓ شُلُلٌ, and ↓ شُلَلٌ, (K, TA,) of which last the pl. is شُلَلُونَ, it having no broken pl. because of the rareness of فُعَلٌ as the measure of an epithet: (Sb, TA:) and having little flesh; light, active, or agile, in that which he commences, (K, TA,) of work &c.; (TA;) as also ↓ مُتَشَلْشِلٌ: (K, TA:) or this latter [simply] lean, or having little flesh. (S, O.)