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زحلف
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaQ. 2 تَزَحْلَفَ ذ He, or it, rolled down or along. (S, * K, * TA.) One says, يَتَزَحْلَفُونَ فِيهِ [ They roll down it ]; namely, a smoothed descending, or sloping, place. (IAar, T, S.) ― -b2- And He, or it, became pushed, impelled, repelled, or driven away or back. (S, K.) [Hence,] El-Ajjáj says, وَالشَّمْسُ قَدْ كَادَتْ تَكُونُ دَنَفَا أَدْفَعُهَا بِالرَّاحِ كَىْ تَزَحْلَفَا [ And the sun had almost become near to setting, and to turning yellow; I repelling it with the palm of the hand in order that it might be warded off; تَزَحْلَفَا being for تَتَزَحْلَفَ]. (S.) See also the next paragraph. ― -b3- One says also تَزَحْلَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ meaning The sun inclined to setting: or declined from the meridian, at midday. (TA.)
Derived headwords
تَزَحْلَفَ
- 1.
يَتَزَحْلَفُونَ فِيهِ
وَالشَّمْسُ قَدْ كَادَتْ تَكُونُ دَنَفَا
أَدْفَعُهَا بِالرَّاحِ كَىْ تَزَحْلَفَا