زلف

زِلْفٌ ذ A meadow; syn. رَوْضَةٌ; (TS, K;) and so ↓ زَلَفَةٌ: (IB, TA:) thus the latter is expl. as occurring in a trad. relating to Ya-jooj and Ma-jooj, in which it is said, ثُمَّ يُرْسِلُ ا@للّٰهُ مَطَرًا فَيَغْسِلُ الأَرْضَ حَتَّى يَتْرُكَهَا كَالزَّلَفَةِ [ Then God will send rain, and it will wash the earth so that it will leave it like the meadow ]: but in this instance, several other meanings are assigned to it: see زَلَفَةٌ below. (TA.)