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زحلف

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زُحْلُوفَةٌ ذ The traces of the sliding of children from the top to the bottom of a hill: (As, S, K:) of the dial. of the people of El-'Áliyeh: in the dial. of Temeem, with ق [in the place of ف]: (S:) or [ a sloping slide, or rolling-place; i. e.] a smoothed descending, or sloping, place; (IAar, S, K;) because they roll down it (يَتَزَحْلَفُونَ فِيهِ): (S:) or a slippery place of a mountain of sands, upon which children play; and likewise on smooth rock: (Aboo-Málik, TA:) pl. زَحَالِيفُ and زَحَالِفُ. (S.)

Derived headwords

زُحْلُوفَةٌ
  1. 1.
يَتَزَحْلَفُونَ فِيهِ