زلج

Root entry · 30 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes smooth, swift, or easy movement, often implying sliding or gliding. It extends to concepts of speed in travel, the ease of something slipping, and by extension, things that are smooth or slippery.

Derived headwords

زَلَجَverb

1.
to move smoothlyboth
To move with ease and speed, as if gliding or sliding.
2.
to slideboth
To slip or slide, especially on a slippery surface.
3.
to glideclassical
To move gracefully and effortlessly.

الزَّلَجُnoun

1.
smooth movementboth
A smooth and easy way of moving, characterized by speed.
2.
speedboth
Rapidity in walking or other forms of movement.
3.
slippery groundclassical
Ground that is smooth and prone to causing slips.

الزَّلَجَانُnoun

1.
smooth movementboth
A smooth and easy way of moving, characterized by speed.
2.
speedboth
Rapidity in walking or other forms of movement.
3.
advancement in speedclassical
Making progress rapidly.

زَلَجَانًاnoun

1.
smooth movementboth
The act of moving smoothly and with speed.
2.
speedboth
The state of moving quickly.

زَلِيجًاnoun

1.
smooth movementboth
The act of moving smoothly and with speed.
2.
speedboth
The state of moving quickly.

انْزَلَجَverb

1.
to slide downboth
To move downwards smoothly and rapidly, often unintentionally.
2.
to slipboth
To lose one's footing and slide.

نَاقَةٌ زَلَجَىadjective

1.
fast-moving camelclassical
A female camel that is swift in its travel.

نَاقَةٌ زَلُوجٌadjective

1.
fast-moving camelclassical
A female camel that is swift in its travel.
2.
quick to finish milkingclassical
Said of a camel that is quickly milked.

الزَّلِيجَةُnoun

1.
fast camelclassical
A female camel that is swift in its travel.

مَكَانٌ زَلِجٌadjective

1.
slippery placeboth
A location that is smooth and easy to slip on.

مَكَانٌ زَلِيجٌadjective

1.
slippery placeboth
A location that is smooth and easy to slip on.

زَلَجَتْ رِجْلُهُverb

1.
his foot slippedboth
His foot lost its grip and slid.

قَدَحٌ زَلُوجٌadjective

1.
fast-sliding arrowclassical
An arrow that slides quickly from the bow.

الزَّلَّاجُnoun

1.
door boltboth
A sliding bolt used to secure a door.

المِزْلَاجُnoun

1.
door boltboth
A sliding bolt for a door, often operated by hand.
2.
lockclassical
A mechanism for securing a door, distinguished from a lock opened by a key.

أَزْلَجَ البَابَverb

1.
to bolt the doorboth
To close or secure a door with a bolt.

مَكَانٌ زَلِجٌ (بالتحريك)adjective

1.
slippery placeboth
A location that is smooth and prone to slipping.

التَّزَلُّجُnoun

1.
slippingboth
The act of sliding or slipping.

أَزْلَجْتُ السَّهْمَverb

1.
the arrow missed its markclassical
To shoot an arrow that falls short of the target or misses.

سَهْمٌ زَلَجٌadjective

1.
short arrowclassical
An arrow that falls short of the target.

سَهْمٌ زَالِجٌadjective

1.
short arrowclassical
An arrow that falls short of the target.

المِرْسَاءُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِadjective

1.
wide-hipped womanclassical
A woman with wide hips.

المُزَلِّجُnoun

1.
miserclassical
A stingy or avaricious person.
2.
inferior thingclassical
Something of low quality or status.
3.
imposterclassical
Someone who falsely claims to be someone else.

عَيْشٌ فِيهِ تَزْلِيجٌnoun

1.
barely sufficient lifeclassical
A life lived with just enough to get by.

حَبٌّ مُزَلَّجٌadjective

1.
deceptive loveclassical
Love or affection that is misleading or insincere.

عَطَاءٌ مُزَلَّجٌadjective

1.
incomplete giftclassical
A gift or contribution that is insufficient or not fully realized.

زَلَّجَ كَلَامَهُverb

1.
to utter his speechclassical
To deliver or articulate one's words, especially a speech or poem.

تَزَلَّجَ النَّبِيذَverb

1.
to drink heavilyclassical
To drink wine or other beverages persistently and excessively.

الزَّالِجُnoun

1.
survivorclassical
One who escapes or survives from difficulties.

الزَّلْجُnoun

1.
smooth rocksclassical
Rocks that are smooth and polished.
2.
easy passageclassical
A smooth and unimpeded way through.

Parallel reading

والزلج: السرعة في المشي وغيره؛ زلج يزلج «5» زلجا وزلجانا وزليجا، وانزلج؛

And al-zalj: speed in walking and other things; zalaja yalzaju zaljan, zalajanan, and zalijan, and inzalaaja;

وكم زلجت، وظل الليل داني

And how swiftly it moved, while the night was still close.

وناقة زلجى وزلوج: سريعة في السير؛

And a camel zalja and zaluj: swift in its journey;

وقيل: سريعة الفراغ عند الحلب.

And it was said: quick to finish when milked.

والزليجة: الناقة السريعة.

And al-zaliijah: the swift camel.

الليث: الزلج سرعة ذهاب المشي ومضيه.

Al-Layth: Al-zalj is the speed of walking and its progression.

يقال: زلجت الناقة تزلج زلجا إذا مضت مسرعة كأنها لا تحرك قوائمها من سرعتها؛

It is said: the camel zalajat tanzaliju zalajan if it moved swiftly as if its legs were not moving from its speed;

حتى إذا زلجت عن كل حنجرة ... إلى الغليل، ولم يقصعنه، نغب

Until it slid from every throat ... to the thirst, and they did not quench it, they drank.

سرنا عقبة زلوجا وزلوقا أي بعيدة طويلة.

We traveled a stage zalujan and zaluqan, meaning distant and long.

والزلجان: التقدم في السرعة وكذلك الزبجان.

And al-zaljaan: advancement in speed, and likewise al-zabjaan.

ومكان زلج وزليج أي دحض.

And a place zalij and zalij, meaning slippery.

زلجت رجله وزبجت؛

His foot slipped and slid;

قام عن مرتبة زلج فزل ومر يزلج، بالكسر، زلجا وزليجا إذا خف على الأرض.

He stood from a slippery step and slipped, and passed by zalaja, with kasra, zalajan and zalijan, if he moved lightly on the ground.

وقدح زلوج: سريع الانزلاج من القوس؛

And a zaluj arrow: fast sliding from the bow;

فقدحه زجل زلوج

And his shooting was a swift, sliding arrow.

والزلاج والمزلاج: مغلاق الباب، سمي بذلك لسرعة انزلاجه.

And al-zalaj and al-mizlaaj: the door bolt, named so for its quick sliding.

وقد أزلجت الباب أي أغلقته.

And I have azlajta the door, meaning I bolted it.

والمزلاج: المغلاق إلا أنه ينفتح باليد، والمغلاق لا يفتح إلا بالمفتاح.

And al-mizlaaj: the bolt, except that it opens by hand, while a lock does not open except with a key.

وإنما يغلق به الباب.

And it is used to bolt the door.

مزاليج أهل البصرة، إذا خرجت المرأة من بيتها ولم يكن فيه راقب تثق به خرجت فردت بابها، ولها مفتاح أعقف مثل مفاتيح المزاليج من حديد، وفي الباب ثقب فتزلج فيه المفتاح فتغلق به بابها.

The mizaleej of the people of Basra: when a woman leaves her house and there is no trustworthy guard in it, she leaves and bolts her door, and she has a hooked key like the keys of mizaleej made of iron, and in the door is a hole, so the key is slid into it, and she bolts her door with it.

وقد زلجت بابها زلجا إذا أغلقته بالمزلاج.

And she has zalajat her door zalajan if she bolted it with the mizlaaj.

ومكان زلج وزلج أيضا، بالتحريك، أي زلق.

And a place zalij and zalij, with haraka, meaning slippery.

والتزلج: التزلق.

And al-tazalluj: al-tazalluq (slipping).

فزلج بين كتفيه ، يعني بالجيم، قال: وهو غلط.

So it zalaja between his shoulders, meaning with the jim, he said: and this is a mistake.

والسهم يزلج على وجه الأرض ويمضي مضاء زلجا،

And the arrow yalzaju on the face of the earth and moves with zaljan speed,

فإذا وقع السهم بالأرض ولم يقصد إلى الرمية، قلت: أزلجت السهم يا هذا.

And if the arrow falls on the ground and does not aim for the target, you say: You azlajta the arrow, O you.

وزلج السهم يزلج زلوجا وزليجا: وقع على وجه الأرض، ولم يقصد الرمية؛

And the arrow zalaja yalzaju zalujan and zalijan: it fell on the face of the earth, and did not aim for the target;

مروق نبل الغرض الزوالج

The passage of arrows that miss the target.

وسهم زلج: كأنه وصف بالمصدر، وقد أزلجته.

And a zalij arrow: as if it is described by the masdar, and I have azlajta it.

الزالج من السهام إذا رماه الرامي فقصر عن الهدف، وأصاب صخرة إصابة صلبة، فاستقل من إصابة الصخرة إياه، فقوي وارتفع إلى القرطاس، فهو لا يعد مقرطسا، فيقال لصاحبه الحتني: لا خير في سهم زلج

Al-zalij of arrows is when the archer shoots it and it falls short of the target, and hits a rock with a hard impact, and it rebounds from hitting the rock, so it gains strength and rises to the target paper, and is not counted as hitting the target, so its owner is told: there is no good in a zalij arrow.

وسهم زالج: يتزلج عن القوس؛ وفي نسخة: ينزلج عن القوس.

And a zalij arrow: it slides from the bow; and in one version: it descends from the bow.

والمزلاج من النساء: الرسحاء.

And al-mizlaaj from women: al-rashaa' (wide-hipped).

والمزلج: البخيل.

And al-muzlij: the miser.

والمزلج من العيش: المدافع بالبلغة؛

And al-muzlij from life: one who gets by with just enough;

عتق النجاء، وعيش فيه تزليج

Swift escape, and a life with just enough to get by.

والمزلج: الدون من كل شيء.

And al-muzlij: the inferior of everything.

وحب مزلج: فيه تغرير؛

And muzlij love: it contains deception;

وقالت: ألا قد طال ما قد غررتنا ... بخدع، وهذا منك حب مزلج

And she said: Indeed, for a long time you have deceived us ... with trickery, and this from you is muzlij love.

والمزلج: الذي ليس بتام الحزم؛

And al-muzlij: one who is not fully resolute;

مخارم الليل لهن بهرج، ... حين ينام الورع المزلج

The ravines of the night have their splendor, ... when the muzlij pious person sleeps.

وقيل: هو الناقص الدون الضعيف؛

And it was said: he is the deficient, inferior, weak one;

وقيل: هو الناقص الخلق؛

And it was said: he is deficient in creation;

وقيل: المزلج الملزق بالقوم وليس منهم؛

And it was said: al-muzlij is one who clings to people but is not among them;

وقيل: الدعي.

And it was said: the adopted one.

وعطاء مزلج: مدبق لم يتم.

And muzlij giving: sticky and incomplete.

وكل ما لم تبالغ فيه ولم تحكمه، فهو مزلج.

And everything that you do not excel in and do not master, it is muzlij.

وعطاء مزلج أي وتح قليل.

And muzlij giving, meaning a small amount.

وزلج فلان كلامه تزليجا إذا أخرجه وسيره؛

And so-and-so zalaja his speech tazliijan if he brought it out and made it flow;

وصالحة العهد زلجتها ... لواعي الفؤاد، حفيظ الأذن

And I made her good promises flow ... to the attentive heart, the listener who retains.

وتزلج النبيذ والشراب: ألح في شربه؛ عن اللحياني، كتسلجه.

And tazallaja wine and drink: to persist in drinking it; from Al-Lihyani, like tasallujuhu.

والزالج: الذي يشرب شربا شديدا من كل شيء.

And al-zalij: one who drinks intensely of everything.

وتركت فلانا يتزلج النبيذ أي يلح في شربه.

And I left so-and-so tazallaj the wine, meaning persisting in drinking it.

والزالج: الناجي من الغمرات؛ يقال زلج يزلج فيهما جميعا.

And al-zalij: the survivor of hardships; it is said zalaja yalzaju in both.

الزلج السراح من جميع الحيوان.

Al-zalj is the easy passage of all animals.

والزلج: الصخور الملس.

And al-zalj: smooth rocks.