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الزلز

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to movement, shaking, and instability. It extends to concepts of agitation, a restless person, and even the affairs or matters of people.

Derived headwords

الزَّلْزnoun
  1. 1.
    furnitureclassical

    Refers to household furnishings and belongings.

  2. 2.
    pathclassical

    The route or way from which one has come.

زَلْزَverb
  1. 1.
    to be agitatedmodern

    To be restless, uneasy, or in a state of agitation.

زَلْزَةnoun
  1. 1.
    restless womanclassical

    A woman who is flighty and goes around visiting her neighbors.

زَلْزَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    affairsclassical

    The matters or affairs of people.

Parallel reading

الزَّلْز، بالتحريك ووكتف: الأثاث، والطريق الذي جئت منه.
Al-zalz, with harakat and kasra on the kaf: furniture, and the path from which you came.
وزلز، كفرح: قلق.
And zalz, like faraha: to be agitated.
والزلزة: المرأة الطياشة الدائرة في بيوت جاراتها.
And al-zalzah: the flighty woman who goes around in the houses of her neighbors.
وجمعوا زلزاءهم، أي: أمرهم.
And they gathered their zalzaa', meaning: their affairs.