زلق

Root entry · 25 derived lemmas

The root 'زلق' primarily relates to slipping, sliding, and smoothness. It extends to concepts of instability, falling, and also to swiftness and sharpness, particularly in vision. It can also refer to physical attributes like smoothness of the ground or body, and even to specific actions like shaving or premature birth.

Derived headwords

الزَّلَقnoun

1.
Slippingboth
The act of slipping or sliding.
2.
Slippery placeboth
A place that is slippery and where one's footing is not firm.

زَلَقَverb

1.
To slipboth
To slip or slide, to lose one's footing.
2.
To make slipperyboth
To make a place smooth and slippery.
3.
To shaveboth
To shave one's head.
4.
To slide awayclassical
To cause someone to slide or be removed from their position.

أَزْلَقَverb

1.
To cause to slipboth
To cause something or someone to slip or slide.
2.
To shaveboth
To shave the head.
3.
To miscarryboth
For a mare or she-camel to drop its foal or young prematurely.
4.
To look sharplyclassical
To look intensely or sharply at someone.
5.
To push asideclassical
To push someone or something away from their place.

مُزْلَقَةnoun

1.
Slippery placeboth
A place that is slippery and where one's footing is not firm.
2.
Miscarriageboth
The act of a mare or she-camel miscarrying its young.

مُزْلِقadjective

1.
Slipperyboth
Describing a place where one's foot does not hold firm.

زَلَّاقَةnoun

1.
Slippery placeboth
A place that is slippery and where one's footing is not firm.

زَلُوقadjective

1.
Swiftclassical
Describing a she-camel that is fast.

زَلُوجadjective

1.
Swiftclassical
Describing a she-camel that is fast.

زَلُوقnoun

1.
Shieldclassical
The name of the Prophet's shield, which was smooth and from which weapons would slide off.

زَلَقَnoun

1.
Slippingboth
The act of slipping or sliding.

تَزْلِيقnoun

1.
Smoothingboth
The act of making a place smooth, like a slippery surface, even without water.
2.
Shavingboth
The act of shaving the head.

تَزَلَّقَverb

1.
To adorn oneselfclassical
To adorn oneself and become sleek and shiny, often through luxury.
2.
To apply oilsclassical
To anoint the body with oils or similar substances.

مِزْلَاقnoun

1.
Door boltboth
A bolt for a door, or a similar mechanism that opens and closes without a key.

زَلِيقnoun

1.
Plum varietyclassical
A type of smooth plum, called 'shabteh renk' in Persian.

زَلِيقadjective

1.
Fallen youngboth
Describing a prematurely born young animal.

زَلَقَnoun

1.
Buttocksboth
The hindquarters or rump of an animal.

زَمْلَقَverb

1.
To ejaculate prematurelyclassical
To ejaculate before sexual intercourse is completed.

زَمْلَقnoun

1.
Man who ejaculates prematurelyclassical
A man who ejaculates before completing sexual intercourse.
2.
Fickle personclassical
A light-headed or flighty person.

زَمْلُوقnoun

1.
Fickle personclassical
A light-headed or flighty person.

زَمَالِقnoun

1.
Fickle personclassical
A light-headed or flighty person.

زَيْلَقadjective

1.
Swiftclassical
Describing a fast-moving wind.

مِزْلَاقnoun

1.
Miscarriageboth
The act of a mare or she-camel miscarrying its young.

مِزْلَاقadjective

1.
Prone to miscarriageboth
Describing a mare or she-camel that frequently miscarries.

زَلِيقnoun

1.
Prematurely born youngboth
The young animal that is born prematurely.

زَمْلَقَةnoun

1.
Premature ejaculationclassical
The act of ejaculating before completing sexual intercourse.

Parallel reading

والزَّلَقُ: المَزْلَقَةُ.

And 'al-zalaq' means a slippery place.

وأرضٌ مَزْلَقَةٌ ومُزْلِقَةٌ وزَلِقٌ وزَلَقٌ ومُزْلَقٌ: لا يَثْبُتُ عليها قَدَمٌ.

And a land that is 'mazlaqah', 'muzliqah', 'zaliq', 'zalaq', and 'muzlaq' is one where a foot does not hold firm.

فتصبحُ صَعيداً زَلَقاً

So it becomes a barren, slippery plain.

والزَّلَقُ: عَجُزُ كلِّ دابَّةٍ.

And 'al-zalaq' is the hindquarters of every animal.

وفي الحديث: هَدَرَ الحَمامُ فَزَلَقَتِ الحَمامَةُ؛ الزَّلَقُ العَجُزُ.

And in the hadith: The male pigeon cooed and the female pigeon presented her hindquarters; 'al-zalaq' means hindquarters.

ومكانٌ زَلِقٌ، بالتحريك، أي دَحْضٌ، وهو في الأصل مَصْدَرُ قولِكَ زَلِقَتْ رِجْلُهُ تَزْلَقُ زَلَقاً.

And a place that is 'zaliq', with harakah, means slippery, and it is originally the masdar of your saying 'his foot slipped, it slips, a slipping'.

وفي الحديث: كان اسمُ تُرْسِ النبيِّ، صلى الله عليه وسلم، الزَّلُوقَ أي يَزْلَقُ عنه السلاحُ فلا يَخْرِقُهُ.

And in the hadith: The name of the Prophet's shield, peace be upon him, was 'al-zaluq', meaning weapons would slide off it without penetrating.

وزَلَقَ المكانَ: مَلَّسَهُ.

And 'zalaqa al-makan' means to smooth the place.

وزَلَقَ رأْسَهُ يَزْلِقُهُ زَلْقاً: حَلَقَهُ.

And 'zalaqa ra'sahu yazliquhu zalqan' means to shave his head.

والتَّزْلِيقُ: تَمْلِيسُكَ الموضعَ حتى يصيرَ كالمَزْلَقَةِ، وإن لم يكن فيه ماءٌ.

And 'al-tazliq' is your smoothing of a place until it becomes like a slippery surface, even if there is no water in it.

يقولُ للذي يَحْلِقُ الرأسَ قد زَلَقَهُ وأزْلَقَهُ.

He says about the one who shaves the head, 'he has zalaqahu and azlaqahu'.

تَزَلَّقَ فلانٌ وتَزَيَّقَ إذا تَزَيَّنَ.

'Tazallaqa' fulan and 'tazayyaqa' if he adorned himself.

تَزَلَّقَ الرجلُ إذا تَنَعَّمَ حتى يكونَ للونِهِ بَرِيقٌ وبَصِيصٌ.

A man 'tazallaqa' if he became luxurious until his complexion had a sheen and sparkle.

وأزْلَقَتِ الفَرَسُ والناقةُ: أسْقَطَتْ، وهي مُزْلِقٌ، ألْقَتْ لغيرِ تمامٍ.

And a mare or she-camel 'azlaqat' means it miscarried, and it is 'muzliq', it dropped its young not to completion.

وإن كان ذلك عادةً لها فهي مُزْلاقٌ، والولدُ السِّقْطُ زَليقٌ؛ وفرسٌ مُزْلاقٌ: كثيرُ الإزْلاقِ.

And if that is its habit, then it is 'muzlaq', and the aborted fetus is 'zaliq'; and a mare that is 'muzlaq' is one that miscarries frequently.

أزْلَقَتِ الفَرَسُ إذا ألْقَتْ وَلَدَها تامّاً.

'Azlaqat' the mare if it dropped its foal complete.

إذا ألْقَتِ الناقةُ ولدَها قبلَ أن يَسْتَبِينَ خَلْقُهُ وقبلَ الوقتِ قيلَ أزْلَقَتْ وأجْهَضَتْ، وهي مُزْلِقٌ ومُجْهَضٌ.

If a she-camel drops its young before its form is clear and before the time, it is said 'azlaqat' and 'ajhadat', and it is 'muzliq' and 'mujhad'.

وناقةٌ زَلوقٌ وزَلُوجٌ: سريعةٌ.

And a she-camel that is 'zaluq' and 'zaluj' is swift.

ورِيحٌ زَيْلَقٌ: سريعةُ المَرِّ؛ عن كُراعٍ.

And a wind that is 'zaylaq' is fast-moving; according to Kura'.

والمِزْلاقُ: مِزْلاجُ البابِ أو لغةٌ فيه، وهو الذي يُغْلَقُ به البابُ ويُفْتَحُ بلا مفتاحٍ.

And 'al-mizlaq' is the bolt of the door or a variant pronunciation for it, which is what the door is closed with and opened without a key.

وأزْلَقَهُ ببَصَرِهِ: أحدَّ النظرَ إليه، وكذلك زَلَقَهُ زَلْقاً وزَلَقَهُ؛ عن الزجاجي.

And 'azlaqahu bi-basarihi' means to sharpen the gaze upon him, and likewise 'zalaqahu zalqan' and 'zalaqahu'; according to Al-Zajjaji.

ويقالُ: زَلَقَهُ وأزْلَقَهُ إذا نَحَّاهُ عن مَكانِهِ.

And it is said: 'zalaqahu' and 'azlaqahu' if he moved him from his place.

وإن يكادُ الذين كَفَروا لَيَزْلِقُونَكَ بأبصارِهِمْ ؛ أي ليُصِيبونَكَ بأعينِهِمْ فيُزيلونَكَ عن مَقامِكَ الذي جَعَلَهُ اللهُ لكَ.

And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost strike you with their eyes, meaning they would afflict you with their eyes and remove you from your station which Allah has made for you.

لَيَزْلِقُونَكَ أي لَيَرْمُونَكَ ويُزيلونَكَ عن مَوْضِعِكَ بأبصارِهِمْ، كما تقولُ كادَ يَصْرَعُني شِدَّةُ نَظَرِهِ.

'Layazliqunak' means they would throw you and remove you from your place with their eyes, as you say 'his intense gaze almost made me fall'.

ورجلٌ زَلِقٌ وزَمْلَقٌ مثالُ هَدْهَدٍ وزَمَالِقٌ وزَمْلَقٌ، بتشديدِ الميمِ: وهو الذي يَنْزِلُ قبلَ أن يُجَامِعَ.

And a man is 'zaliq' and 'zamlaq' (like 'hadhad') and 'zamaliq' and 'zamlaq', with a shaddah on the mim: meaning he ejaculates before intercourse.

يُدْعَى الجَلِيدَ وهو فينا الزَّمْلَقُ، لا آمَنُ جَلِيسَهُ ولا أَنَقُ، مَجُوعُ البَطْنِ كِلابِيُّ الخَلْقِ.

He is called Al-Jalid, and among us he is 'al-zamlaq', I do not trust his companion nor is he refined, hungry of stomach, of Kalabi creation.

والعَرَبُ تقولُ رجلٌ زَلِقٌ وزَمْلَقٌ، وهو الشَّكَّازُ الذي يَنْزِلُ إذا حَدَّثَ المرأةَ من غيرِ جِمَاعٍ.

And the Arabs say a man is 'zaliq' and 'zamlaq', meaning the one who ejaculates when speaking to a woman without intercourse.

والفِعْلُ منه زَمْلَقَ زَمْلَقَةً.

And the verb from it is 'zamlaqa zamlaqatan'.

ويقالُ للخفيفِ الطَّيَّاشِ: زَمْلَقٌ وزَمْلُوقٌ وزَمَالِقٌ.

And the light-headed, flighty person is called 'zamlaq', 'zamluq', and 'zamaliq'.

والزَّلِيقُ، بالضمِّ والتشديدِ: ضربٌ من الخوخِ أملَسُ، يُقالُ له بالفارسيةِ شَبْتَه رَنْك.

And 'al-zaliq', with dammah and shaddah, is a type of smooth plum, called 'shabteh renk' in Persian.