Lane's Lexicon (Edward Lane, 1863)

اـِزِلْزِلْ ذ [said by Freytag to be written in the CK زِلْزِلْ, but in my copy of that edition it is اِزِلْزِلْ,] is a word uttered on the occasion of the زَلْزَلَة, (so in copies of the K,) or on the occasions of زَلَازِل: (so in the TA:) [app. an ejaculation expressive of alarm, or of distress: the Turkish translator of the K thinks that it is originally أَزُلْزِلَ, contracted and altered in the vowels for the purpose of alleviating the utterance on account of the straitness of the time:] but IJ says that a word of four radical letters does not receive an augmentative like this as an initial; and holds it to be, as to the letter and the meaning, from الأَزْلُ [i. e. “ straitness, distress, ” &c.], and of the measure فِعِلْعِلْ. (TA.)

مَزَلَّةٌ ذ : see the next paragraph. [Its primary signification is probably A cause of slipping: compare مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c.]

مَزِلَّةٌ ذ and ↓ مَزَلَّةٌ, (S, Msb, K,) the former the more chaste, (Msb,) the latter mentioned by AA, (TA,) A slippery place; (S, Msb, K, TA;) such as a smooth rock, and the like; and such the صِرَاط is said to be. (TA.) [See also زُلٌّ.] -A2- The former is also an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (K.)

مُزَلِّلٌ ذ One who bestows many benefits (K, TA) and gifts. (TA.)

1 زَلَجَ ذ , aor. زَلِجَ , inf. n. زَلْجٌ and زَلَجَانٌ and زَلِيجٌ; and ↓ انزلج; He went a gentle pace: and he walked, or ran, quickly: (L:) or زَلْجٌ signifies the being quick in going and in other things: and the going quickly: (TA:) and زَلَجَانٌ, the advancing, or preceding, (O, K, TA,) quickly, (O,) or in journeying: (TA: [see also زَلَخَانٌ:]) or, as some say, the going a gentle pace. (TA.) You say of a she-camel, زَلَجَتْ, aor. زَلِجَ , inf. n. زَلْجٌ, She went swiftly, [ appearing ] as though she did not move her legs by reason of her swiftness. (Lth, TA.) And زَلَجَتْ occurring in a verse of Dhu-r-Rummeh, [app. referring to draughts of water,] is expl. as meaning They descended quickly into the entrance of the gullet, by reason of vehemence of thirst. (TA.) You say also, زَلَجَتْ رِجْلُهُ His foot slipped; as also زَلَخَتْ. (AZ, L and TA in art. زلخ.) And مَرَّ يَزْلِجُ, inf. n. زَلْجٌ and زَلِيجٌ, He, or it, passed, going lightly upon the ground. (S, K.) And, of an arrow, يَزْلِجُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ [app. It goes along lightly upon the ground ]: and يَمْضِى مَضَاآءً زَلْجًا [app. meaning the same]. (TA.) And زَلَجَ السَّهْمُ, aor. زَلِجَ , inf. n. زُلُوجٌ and زَلِيجٌ, The arrow fell upon the ground, and did not go straight to the animal at which it was shot. (TA. [See also زَلَخَ.]) ― -b2- زَلَجَ, aor. زَلِجَ , also signifies He escaped from difficulties, troubles, or distresses. (TA.) ― -b3- And He drank vehemently of anything. (TA.) -A2- See also 4.

2 زلّج ذ , inf. n. تَزْلِيجٌ, He uttered, and made current, his words, or speech, (K, TA,) and an ode, or an oration. (TA.) ― -b2- And تَزْلِيجٌ signifies also The striving to retain life with a bare sufficiency of the means of subsistence; التَّزْلِيجُ being expl. by مُدَافَعَةُ العَيْشِ بِالبُلْغَةِ. (K.)

4 ازلج السَّهْمَ ذ He made the arrow to fall upon the ground, and not to go straight to the animal at which it was shot. (TA. [See also 4 in art. زلخ.]) ― -b2- ازلج البَابَ He closed, or made fast, the door with the مِزْلَاج [q. v.]; (S, * K;) as also ↓ زَلَجَهُ, (K,) inf. n. زَلْجٌ. (TA. [See, again, 4 in art. زلج.])

5 تزلّج ذ He, or it, slipped, or slid along or down; syn. تَزَلَّقَ: (S, TA:) his foot slipped. (KL. [See also 5 in art. زلخ.]) ― -b2- One says of an arrow, يَتَزَلَّجُ عَنِ القَوْسِ or ↓ يَنْزَلِجُ [ It slips from the bow ]. (S and K, accord. to different copies.) -A2- Also He persevered, or persisted, in drinking the beverage called نَبِيذ, (Lh, K, TA,) and wine; (Lh, TA;) like تسلّج. (TA.)

7 اـِنْزَلَجَ see 1, first sentence: ― -b2- and see also 5 and زَلُوجٌ, and مِزْلَاجٌ.

زَلْجٌ ذ , as an epithet applied to a place, (S, TA,) Slippery; syn. [زَلْقٌ and] زَلَقٌ; [like زَلْخٌ;] as also ↓ زَلَجٌ (S, K) and ↓ زَلِيجٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- See also زَالِجٌ. -A2- [Explained by Freytag as meaning “ Quod aliquis in jaculando multum tollit manum, ut majori vi mittat telum, ” on the authority of Meyd, it is app. a mistranscription for زَلْخٌ, q. v.; or it may be a dial. var. of the latter.]

زَلَجٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph.

زُلُجٌ ذ Smooth rocks; (K;) because the feet slip from them. (TA.)

زَلَجَى ذ , like جَمَزَى [in measure and meaning], and ↓ زَلِيجَةٌ, (K, TA,) and ↓ زَلُوجٌ, (TA,) applied to a she-camel, Quick, or swift, (K, TA,) in pace, or journeying: or, as some say, that quickly finishes in being milked. (TA.)

زِلَاجٌ ذ : see مِزْلَاجٌ.

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.)

زَلِيجٌ ذ : see زَلْجٌ: ― -b2- and its fem., with ة: see زَلَجَى.

زَالِجٌ 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.)

[ مِزْلَجٌ ذ , written in Freytag's Lex. مِزْلج, there expl. as meaning Quickly, or swiftly, passing; on the authority of the Deewán el-Hudhaleeyeen.]

مُزَلَّجٌ ذ Small in quantity or number: (K:) a mean, paltry, small, or little, gift: (S, TA:) one hat is imperfect, or incomplete: and anything that is not done superlatively, excellently, consummately, thoroughly, or soundly: (TA:) anything low, base, vile, mean, paltry, inconsiderable, or contemptible. (K. [See also مُزَلَّخٌ.]) ― -b2- Love (حُبّ [in the CK, erroneously, حَبّ]) that is not pure, or not genuine. (K.) ― -b3- Having little taste. (Ham p. 404.) ― -b4- Small in body. (Ham ibid.) ― -b5- And hence, (Ham ibid.,) A man (K) deficient, or defective, (K, Ham,) in manliness, or manly virtue or moral goodness, (Ham,) and weak: (TA:) or defective in make: and deficient in prudence, or discretion, and precaution, or sound judgment, or firmness of mind or of judgment: (TA:) and niggardly. (K.) ― -b6- One who is consociated with a people, not being of them: (S, K, TA:) or, as some say, i. q. دَعِىٌّ [i. e. one whose origin, or lineage, is suspected; or an adopted son; &c.]. (TA.) ― -b7- Also Life striven to be retained (مُدَافَعٌ) with a bare sufficiency of the means of subsistence. (TA.)

مِزْلَاجٌ ذ (S, K) and ↓ زِلَاجٌ (K) [ A kind of latch, or sliding bolt; like مِزْلَاقٌ and مِزْلَاخٌ;] a [ thing like the ] مِغْلَاق, except that it is opened with the hand, whereas the مغلاق is not to be opened save with the key: (S, K:) a wooden thing by means of which one closes or makes fast [ a door ]: (Ham p. 764; in explanation of the former word:) so called because of the quickness with which it slips (↓ لِسُرْعَةِ ا@نْزِلَاجِهِ): but ISh describes the kind of مزلاج used by the people of El-Basrah as having a crooked iron key, which slips into a hole in the door, by means of which the door is locked: pl. مَزَالِيجُ. (TA.) -A2- Also the former word, applied to a woman, Having little flesh in her posteriors, or posteriors and thighs; or having small buttocks, sticking together; syn. رَسْحَاآءُ. (S, K.)

1 زَلَخَتْ رِجْلُهُ ذ , aor. زَلَخَ , inf. n. زُلُوخٌ, His foot slipped; (AZ, A, L, TA;) like زَلَجَتْ; (AZ, L, TA;) as also ↓ تزلّخت. (A.) ― -b2- [Hence,] one says of water, زَلَخَ عَنِ الصَّخْرَةِ (tropical:) [ It slipped, or slid down, from the rock ]. (A, TA.) And of an arrow, يَزْلَخُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ ثُمَّ يَمْضِى (tropical:) [ It slides along upon the ground; then penetrates ]. (A, TA. [See also زَلَجَ.]) And زَلَخَ فِى مَشْيِهِ (tropical:) He hastened, or was quick, in his going, or gait. (A, TA.) [See also زَلَخَانٌ.] And زَلَخَ مِنْ فِيهِ كَلَامٌ (tropical:) [ Speech slipped from his mouth ]. (A.) -A2- زَلَخَهُ بِالرُّمْحِ, aor. زَلِخَ , (K,) inf. n. زَلْخٌ, (TA,) i. q. زَجَّهُ [ He pierced him, or thrust him, with the pointed iron foot of the spear ]; (K;) as also زَخَّهُ. (TA.) ― -b2- And زَلَخَ رَأْسَهُ, inf. n. زَلْخٌ, He broke his head so as to slit, or cleave, the skin; syn. شَجَّهُ. (Kr, TA.) -A3- زَلِخَ, aor. زَلَخَ , (K,) inf. n. زَلَخٌ, (TA,) He was, or became, fat. (K.) زَلِخَتْ is said of camels, meaning They were, or became, fat. (TA.)

2 زلّخهُ ذ , inf. n. تَزْلِيخٌ, He made it, or rendered it, smooth. (K.) ― -b2- [And app. He, or it, made him to slip: see its pass. part. n., below.] ― -b3- See also a verse cited voce زُلَّخَةٌ.

4 ازلخ قَدَمَهُ ذ He, or it, made his foot to slip. (A, TA.) ― -b2- [Hence,] ازلخ السَّهْمَ (tropical:) [ He made the arrow to slide along upon the ground: see 1, third sentence]. (A, TA. [See also 4 in art. زلج.]) ― -b3- ازلخ البَابَ He closed, or made fast, the door with the مِزْلَاخ [q. v.]. (A, TA.) You say, [so in my copy of the A, but app. it should be “ you do not say, ”] أَزْلَخْتُ البَابَ when you require, for opening it, a key. (A. [See, again, 4 in art. زلج.])

5 تزلّخ ذ [ He, or it, slipped, or slid along or down ]: see 1, first sentence: and see زُلَّخَةٌ. [See also 5 in art. زلج.]

زَلْخٌ ذ A slippery place, from which the feet slip because of its moistness (S, K) or its smoothness; (K;) for it is [like smooth rock, or is] smooth rock; (S, TA;) as also ↓ زَلِخٌ. (K.) And one says also مَزَلَّةٌ زَلْخٌ [using the latter word as a corroborative]. (TA.) ― -b2- It is also an inf. n. used as an epithet; (TA;) meaning (assumed tropical:) Slippery; (S, A, TA;) applied to a standing-place, (S,) or to a place [absolutely]; (A, TA;) like زَلْجٌ; (S, TA;) as also ↓ زَلِخٌ. (A, TA. [In this sense, زَلْخٌ is said in the A to be tropical: app. because it is an inf. n. used as an epithet.]) It is also applied to a well (رَكِيَّة), meaning Smooth and slippery at its top [or mouth ], so that he who stands upon it slips into it; (TA;) and so ↓ زَلُوخٌ, (S, TA,) and زَلُوجٌ. (TA.) -A2- Also The limit, or extreme limit, to which an arrow is shot: (S, K:) a rájiz says, مِنْ مَائَةٍ زَلْخٍ بِمِرِّيخٍ غَالْ [app. meaning From a hundred fathoms, a limit, or an extreme limit, to which one shoots with a long four-feathered arrow rising in its flight so as to exceed the usual limit; from three hundred to four hundred cubits being said to be the limit, or extreme limit, to which an arrow is shot; and غَالْ being used by poetic license for غَالٍ]: (S:) or, accord. to ADk, زلخ here signifies the furthest limit to which an arrow is shot by him who endeavours to shoot it to the utmost distance: or, accord. to Lth, the raising the hand, or arm, in shooting an arrow to the furthest possible distance: so says Az; who adds that he had not heard this last explanation on any other authority than that of Lth, but hoped it might be correct. (L, TA.) [See also زَلْجٌ.]

زَلِخٌ ذ : see the next preceding paragraph, in two places.

زُلَخَةٌ ذ : see زُلَّخَةٌ, below.

زَلَخَانٌ ذ and زَلْخَانٌ (assumed tropical:) The advancing, or preceding, accord. to the K, in going, or gait, but accord. to the parent-lexicons, in haste, or quickly; as also زلجان [i. e. زَلَجَانٌ, which is an inf. n.; and in like manner زَلَخَانٌ and زَلْخَانٌ, accord. to the TK, are inf. ns., of which the verb is زَلَخَ, aor. زَلُخَ ; though it is more probably زَلَخَ ]. (TA.)

زَلُوخٌ ذ : see زَلْخٌ. ― -b2- Also A quick, or swift, she-camel. (TA. [See also زَلُوجٌ.]) ― -b3- And عقبة زَلُوخٌ [i. e. عُقْبَةٌ, see زَلُوجٌ,] A long, far-extending [ stage of a journey ]. (TA.)

زُلَّخٌ ذ : see the next paragraph.

زُلَّخَةٌ ذ A sloping slide (زُحْلُوفَةٌ, S, K) down which children slide. (S. [In one copy of the S, ↓ يَتَزَلَّخُ مِنْهَا الصِّيبَانُ: in two other copies, يَتَزَلَّجُ: and in one of these, عَلَيْهَا is put in the place of مِنْهَا.]) ― -b2- Also (tropical:) A pain that attacks in the back, (A, K,) which consequently becomes hard, or rigid, and rough, (K,) depriving one of the power of motion (A, K) by reason of its violence: (A:) and some pronounce the word ↓ زُلَخَةٌ, without teshdeed to the ل; and some, erroneously, with ج: (TA:) or it is a disease that attacks in the back and the side: (ISd, TA:) [and ↓ زُلَّخٌ appears to signify the same, or to be a coll. gen. n.: for] AA cites the following verse: وَصِرْتُ مِنْ بَعْدِ القَوَامِ أَبْزَخَا الدَّهْرُ بِظَهْرِى زُلَّخَا ↓ وَزَلَّخَ [app. meaning, And I have become, after goodliness of stature, or symmetry, or justness of proportion, protuberant in the breast and hollow in the back; and time has produced, in my back, pain that deprives me of the power of motion ]. (S, TA.)

عَنَقٌ زَلَّاخٌ ذ (assumed tropical:) A vehement [ pace of the kind termed ] عَنَق [q. v.]. (TA.)

زَالِخٌ ذ (tropical:) An arrow that slides along (يَزْلَخُ) upon the ground, and then penetrates. (A, TA. [See also زَالِجٌ.])

مُزَلَّخٌ ذ , applied to a man, (tropical:) Mean, ungenerous, or sordid; [ as though ] repelled, and made to slip, from generosity: ― -b2- and hence, applied to living, or sustenance, or means of subsistence, and to a gift, mean, paltry, scanty, or deficient. (A, TA. [See also مُزَلَّجٌ.])

مِزْلَاخٌ ذ [ A kind of latch, or sliding bolt; also called مِزْلَاجٌ, q. v., and مِزْلَاقٌ;] a thing with which doors are made fast without its being [ itself ] made fast [or locked ]. (A, TA.)

Q. 4 اِزْلَعَبَّ ذ , (K,) inf. n. اِزْلِعْبَابٌ, (S in art. زعب,) said of a torrent, It was, or became, copious, and impelled in its several parts, or portions, by the impetus of one part, or portion, acting upon another. (S, K.) Accord. to the S, and AHei, the ل is augmentative; [as it is said with equal reason to be in اِزْلَغَبَّ;] but accord. to the K, it is radical, and therefore this is its proper place, not art. زعب. (TA.) ― -b2- Also i. q. اِزْلَغَبَّ, [q. v.,] said of hair. (TA in art. زلغب.) ― -b3- And ازلعبّ السَّحَابُ The clouds were, or became, dense, or thick. (K.)

مُزْلَعِبٌّ ذ A torrent that is copious, and impelled in its several parts, or portions, by the impetus of one part, or portion, acting upon another, (S in art. زعب, and K, and TA,) having much rubbish or many small particles or fragments [ borne on its surface ]. (TA.) [See also زَاعِبٌ.] ― -b2- Also a dial. var. of مُزْلَغِبٌّ, [q. v.,] applied to a young bird. (TA.)

Q. 4 اِزْلَغَبَّ ذ , said of a young bird, Its feathers came forth: (S in art. زغب, and K:) or its feathers began to come forth, (Lth, TA,) before their becoming black. (TA.) Also said of plumage, It began to come forth. (Lth, TA.) And said of hair, (S in art. زغب, and K,) as also ازلعبّ, (TA,) It grew forth after having been shaven: (S, K:) it began to grow forth, soft: and said of the hair of an old man, i. q. اِزْغَابَّ [ it was, or became, downy ]. (TA.) Accord. to the S, and AHei and IKtt and others, it belongs to art. زغب, like as اِزْلَعَبَّ is held by them to belong to art. زعب; but accord. to the K, the ل is radical, and therefore this is its proper place. (TA.)

1 زَلَفَ ذ : see 2: -A2- and see also 8, in three places.

2 زلّفهُ ذ , (O, TA,) inf. n. تَزْلِيفٌ, (O,) He did it previously, or beforehand; namely, a thing; (IAar, O, TA;) as, for instance, an evil action; (O, TA;) and so ↓ زَلَفَهُ; (IAar, TA;) syn. أَسْلَفَهُ, (O, TA,) and قَدَّمَهُ. (IAar, O, TA.) ― -b2- زلّف النَّاسَ, inf. n. as above, He disquieted, or agitated, the people, step by step: (Ibn-'Abbád, Z, O, TA:) accord. to Z, said of a guide. (TA.) ― -b3- زلّف فِى حَدِيثِهِ, (inf. n. as above, K,) He added, or exaggerated, in his discourse, or narration; (IDrd, O, K;) as also ذرّف. (IDrd, O.)

4 ازلفهُ ذ He made, brought, or drew, him, or it, (namely, a thing, TA,) near. (S, Mgh, Msb, TA.) Hence, in the Kur [xxvi. 90 and 1. 30], وَأُزْلِفَتِ ا@لْجَنَّةُ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ And Paradise shall be brought near to the pious: meaning, accord. to Zj, that their entrance thereinto shall become near, and their view thereof. (TA.) [بِهِ ↓ ازدلف also signifies the same as ازلفه (agreeably with analogy); as is shown by what here follows:] it is said in a trad. of Mohammad El-Bákir, مَا لَكَ مِنْ عَيْشِكَ اـِلَّا لَذَّةٌ تَزْدَلِفُ بِكَ اـِلَى حِمَامِكَ [i. e. There is not remaining to thee, of thy life, save a pleasure that brings thee near to thy predestined term ]. (O, TA.) And ↓ ازدلفهُ means He, or it, brought him near to destruction. (TA.) ― -b2- Also He collected it together; (Msb, TA;) namely, a thing. (Msb.) Hence, in the Kur [xxvi. 64], وَأَزْلَفْنَا ثَمَّ الاآخَرِينَ [ And we collected there the others ]. (TA.)

5 تَزَلَّفَ see the next paragraph.

8 اِزْدَلَفَ ذ , (Mgh, Msb,) originally اِزْتَلَفَ, (Msb,) or اِزْدَلَفُوا, and ↓ تزلّفوا, (S, O, L, K,) He, or they, approached, or drew near: (Mgh, O, L, Msb, TA: in the K, تَفَرَّقُوا is erroneously put for تَقَرَّبُوا: TA:) or (O, accord. to the K “ and ”) advanced; or went forward, or before: (S, O, K:) اـِلَيْهِ [ to him, or it ], (Mgh, K,) and مِنْهُ [which means the same, as after دَنَا &c.]: (TA, and Har p. 452:) [and ↓ زَلَفَ and زَلَفُوا, inf. n. app. زَلْفٌ and زَلَفٌ, signify the same: for] you say also, اـِلَيْهِ ↓ زَلَفَ He drew near to him, or it: and لَهُ ↓ زَلَفْنَا We advanced, or went forward, to him, or it: (TA:) and زَلْفٌ signifies the act of advancing, or going forward, (A'Obeyd, S, TA,) from place to place; as also زَلَفٌ. (TA.) One says, ازدلف السَّهْمُ اـِلَى كَذَا The arrow approached, or drew near, to such a thing. (Msb.) And it is said in a trad., فَاـِذَا زَالَتِ الشَّمْسُ فَا@ْزْدَلِفْ اـِلَى ا@للّٰهِ فِيهِ بِرَكْعَتَيْنِ, meaning تَقَرَّبْ [i. e., When the sun declines from the meridian, then seek thou to draw near unto God therein by means of the prayers of two rek'ahs ]. (TA.) -A2- See also 4, in two places.

زَلْفٌ ذ : see زُلْفَةٌ.

زُلْفٌ ذ : see its accus. case voce زُلْفَةٌ, near the end of the paragraph.

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.)

زَلَفٌ ذ : see زُلْفَةٌ, in two places: -A2- and see also زَلَفَةٌ, in five places.

زُلُفٌ ذ : see its accus. case voce زُلْفَةٌ, near the end of the paragraph.

زُلْفَةٌ ذ i. q. قُرْبَةٌ [i. e. Nearness, with respect to rank, degree, or station ]; (S, Mgh, O, Msb, K;) as also ↓ زُلْفَى, (S, Mgh, O, Msb,) and ↓ زَلَفٌ. (IDrd, O, K.) [It would seem that it means also Nearness with respect to place or situation: for SM immediately adds,] hence, in the Kur [lxvii. 27], فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ زُلْفَةً, [as though meaning But when they shall see it in a state of nearness: but] Zj says that the meaning is, but when they shall see it (i. e. the punishment) near (قَرِيبًا): and several authors say that زُلْفَةٌ is sometimes used in the sense of قَرِيبٌ, as is stated in the 'Ináyeh. (TA.) And Station, rank, grade, or degree; as also ↓ زُلْفَى, (S, O, K, TA,) and ↓ زَلْفٌ, (TS, K,) and ↓ زَلَفٌ: (K, TA:) pl. of the first زُلَفٌ: (S, * TA:) or (K) ↓ زُلْفَى is a quasi-inf. n.; (S, K;) and such it is in the saying in the Kur [xxxiv. 36], وَمَا أَمْوَالُكُمْ وَلَا أَوْلَادُكُمْ بِا@لَّتِى تُقَرِّبُكُمْ عِنْدِنَا زُلْفَى, as though meaning ا@زْدِلَافًا [i. e. And neither your riches nor your children are what will bring you near to us in advancement: but here it may be well rendered, in station ]: (S:) accord. to Ibn- 'Arafeh, زُلْفَى signifies the bringing very near: (TA:) the saying of Ibn-El-Tilimsánee that it is pl. of زُلْفَةٌ is very strange, and unknown; the correct pl. of this last word being زُلَفٌ. (MF, TA.) ― -b2- Also A portion (S, K) of the first part (S) of the night, (S, K,) whether small or large: so accord. to Th: or, accord. to Akh, of the night absolutely: (TA:) pl. زُلَفٌ and زُلَفَاتٌ (S, K) and زُلُفَاتٌ and زُلْفَاتٌ: or زُلَفٌ signifies the hours, or periods, (سَاعَات,) of the night, commencing from the daytime, and the hours, or periods, of the daytime, commencing from the night: (K:) and its sing. is زُلْفَةٌ. (TA.) وَزُلَفًا مِنَ اللَّيْلِ, in the Kur [xi. 116], means And at sunset and nightfall (the مَغْرِب and the عِشَاآء): (Zj, TA:) some read ↓ زُلُفًا, with two dammehs; which may be a sing., like حُلُمٌ; or a pl. of زُلْفَةٌ, like as بُسُرٌ is of بُسُرَةٌ, with damm to the س in each: [but this is not a parallel instance; for بُسُرٌ is a coll. gen. n. of which بُسُرَةٌ is the n. un., and the latter is not of the same measure as زُلْفَةٌ:] and some read ↓ زُلْفًا, which is a pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] of زُلْفَةٌ, like as دُرٌّ is of دُرَّةٌ; (K, TA;) or pl. of ↓ زَلِيفٌ, like as قُرْبٌ is of قَرِيبٌ, and غُرْبٌ of غَرِيبٌ: (TA:) and some read ↓ زُلْفَى, in which the alif [written ى] is a denotative of the fem. gender. (K, TA.) -A2- See also the next paragraph.

زَلَفَةٌ ذ A full [ reservoir of water such as is called ] مَصْنَعَة: (S, K:) pl. [or rather coll. gen. n.] ↓ زَلَفٌ: (S:) so, accord. to Sh, in the trad. mentioned voce زِلْفٌ: (TA:) or ↓ زَلَفٌ signifies full watering-troughs, (K,) as pl. [or coll. gen. n.] of زَلَفَةٌ: (TA:) or a full watering-trough. (K.) Also A [ bowl such as is called ] صَحْفَة: (K;) and so ↓ زُلْفَةٌ; (Ibn-'Abbád, K;) of which the pl. is زُلَفٌ: (TA:) or a full صَحْفَة; and its pl. [or coll. gen. n.] is ↓ زَلَفٌ. (Lth, TA.) Also A green [ vessel of the kind called ] اـِجَّانَة: (K:) so says AO: pl. [or coll. gen. n.] ↓ زَلَفٌ; and ↓ مَزَالِفُ likewise signifies green أَجَاجِين [app. as an anomalous pl. of زَلَفَةٌ or of زَلَفٌ, like as مَشَابِهُ is of شَبَهٌ]; both, also, mentioned on the authority of AO. (TA.) ― -b2- Also A mother-of-pearl-'shell, or an oyster-shell; syn. صَدَفَةٌ: (K:) Kt says that الزَّلَفَة in the trad. mentioned above voce زِلْفٌ has been expl. as meaning the مَحَارَة, i. e. the صَدَفَة; but he adds, I know not this explanation, unless a pool of water be called محارة because the water returns (يَحُورُ) to it and collects in it. (TA.) ― -b3- Also A smooth rock: (K:) so, too, said to mean in the same trad.: and some read الزلقة. (TA.) And Rugged ground. (K.) And Swept ground. (K.) And An even part of a soft mountain. (K.) Pl. (K) [or rather coll. gen. n.] in all these senses (TA) ↓ زَلَفٌ. (K.) ― -b4- See also زِلْفٌ. ― -b5- Also A mirror: (O, K: [in the CK, المَرْأَةُ is put in the place of المِرْاآةُ:]) [like زَلَقَةٌ:] mentioned by IB on the authority of Aboo-'Amr Ez-Záhid, and by Sgh on that of Ks: and so, too, it is said to mean in the trad. mentioned above; the earth being likened thereto because of its evenness and cleanness: (TA:) or the face thereof; (K;) as is said by IAar. (TA.)