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زحل

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زُحَلٌ ذ A man who removes, withdraws, or retires far away, from affairs, (K, * TA,) whether they be good or evil: (TA:) fem. with ة. (K.) -A2- زُحَلُ, imperfectly decl., (S, K,) like عُمَرُ, (S,) because it is a proper name and deviates from the original form [which is app. الزَّاحِلُ, reg. part. n. of 1], (Mbr, TA,) [ The planet Saturn; ] a certain star, of those called الخُنَّسُ; (S, K;) so called because it is remote; and said to be in the Seventh Heaven. (TA.) غُلَامُ زُحَلَ [ The young man, or slave, of Saturn ] is [a surname of] Abu-l-Kásim the well-known astronomer or astrologer. (K.)

Derived headwords

زُحَلٌ
  1. 1.
غُلَامُ زُحَلَ