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زملق

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

زُمْلُوقٌ ذ A boy, or young man, light, or active, upon whom his pursuer can hardly lay hold by reason of his lightness in his running, and his going this way and that, quickly, and deceitfully, or guilefully; as also ↓ زُمَالِقٌ: thus expl. by Az, on the authority of one of the Arabs: also said to signify light, or active, and inconstant, unsteady, or fickle; and so ↓ زُمَّلِقٌ and ↓ زُمَالِقٌ. (TA.)

Derived headwords

زُمْلُوقٌ
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