عجل

مِعْجَالٌ ذ : see مُعْجِلٌ, in four places. ― -b2- Also sing. of مَعَاجِيلٌ (A, TA) which means, The مُخْتَصَرَات [i. e. nearer, or nearest, (in art. خصر erroneously written مُخْتَصِرَات,)] of the roads, or ways. (A, O, K, TA.) One says also, أَخَذْتُ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ ↓ مُسْتَعْجِلَةً (O, K, in the CK مُسْتَعْجَلَةً,) [ I took a short cut, ] and هٰذِهِ الطَّرِيقِ ↓ مُسْتَعَجِلَاتُ [ These are the short cuts ]: both denote nearness and shortness. (O, K.)