زل

زَلْزَالٌ ذ [ Motion, commotion, agitation, convulsion, or violent motion; and particularly an earthquake, or a violent earthquake; ] a subst. from R. Q. 1: (Zj, S, Msb:) or an inf. n. of R. Q. 1, as also زِلْزَالٌ and زُلْزَالٌ and ↓ زَلْزَلَةٌ [which last is often used as a simple subst., as such having for its pl. زَلَازِلُ, and is expl. in Jel xxii. 1 as signifying a violent earthquake ]. (K.)