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خلج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

8 اختلج أختلج اختلج ٱختلج , as a trans. v.: see 1, in three places. -A2- Also (tropical:) It (a thing) was, or became, in a state of commotion, or agitation; it quivered, quaked, or throbbed; (Sh, TA;) and so ↓ تخلّج (Sh, K) [and ↓ خَلَجَ, as will be seen from what follows]. You say اختلج حَاجِبَاهُ (assumed tropical:) His eyebrows quivered, or were in a state of commotion. (Lth.) And اختلجت عَيْنُهُ; (S, K;) and ↓ تخلّجت; (TA;) and ↓ خَلَجَتْ, aor. خَلِجَ and خَلُجَ , inf. n. خُلُوجٌ (S, K) and خَلَجَانٌ; (Sh;) (assumed tropical:) His eye quivered, throbbed, or was in a state of commotion; (Sh, L;) i. q. طَارَتْ, (S, K,) i. e., throbbed. (PS, TK.) And اختلج العُضْوُ (assumed tropical:) The member (i. e. any member, L) quivered, &c. (Mgh, L, Msb.) ― -b2- (assumed tropical:) He trembled, quivered, or quaked. (TA.) And اختلج بِوَجْهِهِ (assumed tropical:) He moved about his lips and his chin, mocking and imitating a person talking. (TA, from a trad.) ― -b3- اختلج فِى صَدْرِى هَمٌّ (tropical:) [ Anxious thought fluttered in my bosom ]. (TA.) See also 6.

Derived headwords

اختلجverb
  1. 1.
اختلج حَاجِبَاهُ
اختلجت عَيْنُهُ
اختلج العُضْوُ
اختلج بِوَجْهِهِ
اختلج فِى صَدْرِى هَمٌّ