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زلج
Root entry · 1 derived lemmaزَالِجٌ ذ : see زَلُوجٌ. ― -b2- Also An arrow that slips (يَتَزَلَّجُ or يَنْزَلِجُ [see 5]) from the bow; (S, K;) and so ↓ زَلُوجٌ [q. v.]: (K:) or an arrow that is shot by the archer, and falls short of the butt, striking violently upon a rock, and bounding up from it to the butt: but such is not reckoned مُقَرْطِس: (AHeyth, TA: [see also زَالِخٌ:]) and ↓ زَلْجٌ, as though an inf. n. used as an epithet, an arrow that falls upon the ground, and does not go straight to the animal at which it is shot. (TA.) ― -b3- Also Escaping from difficulties, troubles, or distresses. (K.) ― -b4- And Drinking vehemently (K) of anything. (TA.)
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زَالِجٌ
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