خلج

5 تخلّج تخلج خلج : see 1, first sentence. ― -b2- [Hence,] تخلّج فِى مِشْيَتِهِ He (a paralytic, S, K, or an insane, or a possessed, man, A) walked in a loose manner, as though disjointed, and inclined from side to side, (S, A, K, TA,) as one dragging a thing: (A, TA:) it is similar to تخلّع: (TA:) and signifies also he (an insane, or a possessed, man) inclined from side to side in his gait, (Mgh, * TA,) as though he were drawing along, now to the right and now to the left; and so فى ↓ خَلَجَ مشيته, aor. خَلِجَ , inf. n. خَلَجَانٌ. (TA.) ― -b3- See also 8, in two places. ― -b4- And see 6. -A2- [ It branched off, like a خَلِيج, from a large river: occurring in this sense in art. دجل of the T and TA; where دُجَيْل is described as نَهْرٌ صَغِيرٌ يَتَخَلَّجُ مِنْ دِجْلَةَ.]