زعل

1 زَعِلَ ذ , (S, K,) aor. زَعَلَ , (K,) inf. n. زَعَلٌ; (S, TA;) and ↓ تزعّل; (K;) He was, or became, brisk, lively, sprightly, active, agile, prompt, and quick; (S, K, TA;) and he exulted, or exulted greatly, or excessively, and behaved insolently and unthankfully, or ungratefully. (TA.) ― -b2- And the former, (K,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) He (a horse) curvetted, pranced, leaped, sprang, or bounded, without his rider. (K.) ― -b3- And He writhed, or cried out and writhed, by reason of hunger. (TA.) ― -b4- [In the modern language, He was, or became, weary: one says, زَعِلْتُ مِنْهُ I was, or became, weary of it. ]