زحلف

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sliding, slipping, or moving downwards along a surface, often with a sense of effort or a smooth, inclined path. It extends to the traces left by such movement and the act of pushing or causing something to slide.

Derived headwords

الزَّحْلُوفَةnoun

1.
sliding tracksclassical
The tracks left by children sliding down a hill, characteristic of the speech of the people of Al-'Āliyah.
2.
slippery slopeclassical
A smooth, downward-sloping place where one can slide, used by the Tamīm tribe.

زَحَالِفnoun

1.
sliding tracks (pl.)classical
The plural of 'zuhloofah', referring to the tracks left by sliding.
2.
smooth, slippery placesclassical
Plural of 'zuhloofah', referring to smooth, inclined areas.

زَحَالِيفnoun

1.
sliding tracks (pl.)classical
An alternative plural for 'zuhloofah', referring to sliding tracks.
2.
smooth, slippery places (pl.)classical
An alternative plural for 'zuhloofah', referring to smooth, inclined areas.

تَزَحَلَّفَverb

1.
to slide downboth
To slide or slip downwards, especially along a smooth or inclined surface.

زَحْلَفَverb

1.
to cause to slideboth
To push or cause something to slide or slip.

زَحْلَفَةnoun

1.
sliding, pushingclassical
The act of sliding or pushing, similar to 'dahrjah' (rolling) and 'daf'' (pushing).

Parallel reading

الزَّحْلُوفَة: آثار تزلج الصبيان من فوق التل إلى أسفله، وهي لغة أهل العالية

The 'zuhloofah': tracks of children sliding from the top of the hill to its bottom, and this is the language of the people of Al-'Āliyah.

وتميم تقوله بالقاف

And Tamīm say it with a Qaf.

والجمع زحالف وزحاليف

And the plural is 'zahālif' and 'zahālīf'.

الزحلوفة: مكان منحدر مملس، لانهم يتزحلفون فيه

The 'zuhloofah': a slippery, downward-sloping place, because they slide in it.

يقلب قيدودا كأن سراتها صفا مدهن قد زلقته الزحالف

He turns over chains, as if their tops were a smooth rock that the slippery places have made slick.

والمدهن: نقرة في الجبل يستنقع فيها الماء

And 'al-mudhann': a hollow in the mountain where water collects.

ثماد وأوشال حمتها الزحالف

Springs and streams that the slippery places protect.

والزحلفة كالدحرجة والدفع

And 'az-zahlafah' is like rolling and pushing.

يقال: زحلفته فتزحلف

It is said: I pushed him and he slid.

والشمس قد كادت تكون دنفا أدفعها بالراح كى تزحلفا

And the sun was almost weak; I was pushing it with my hand so that it would slide.