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زلج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زَلُوجٌ ذ Quick, or swift; (K;) as also ↓ زَالِجٌ, applied to anything. (Ham p. 764.) See also زَلَجَى. [And see زَلُوخٌ.] ― -b2- An arrow, such as is called قِدْح, that slips (↓ يَنْزَلِجُ) quickly from the hand, (K, TA,) or from the bow. (TA.) See also زَالِجٌ. ― -b3- Applied to a well, i. q. زَلُوخٌ [q. v.]. (TA in art. زلخ.) ― -b4- عُقْبَةٌ زَلُوجٌ A far-extending, long [ stage of a journey ]; (Lh, K;) as also زَلُوقٌ. (Lh, K in art. زلق, and TA. [In the CK, in this art. and in art. زلق, عَقَبَةٌ: in my MS. copy of the K, in this art., عقَبةٌ; but in art. زلق, عُقْبَةٌ, which is the right reading. See also زَلُوخٌ.]) So in the saying, سِرْنًا عقبةً زَلُوجًا [ We journeyed a farextending, long stage ]. (Lh, TA.)

Derived headwords

زَلُوجٌ
  1. 1.
عُقْبَةٌ زَلُوجٌ
سِرْنًا عقبةً زَلُوجًا