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زلق

Root entry · 19 derived lemmas

The root Z-L-Q primarily relates to slipping, sliding, and smooth surfaces. It extends to concepts of falling, instability, and even specific physical conditions like a horse's gait or a person's premature ejaculation.

Derived headwords

زَلَقَverb
  1. 1.
    a horse that slippedboth

    a horse that slipped

  2. 2.
    a slippery place, meaning a place where one slipsboth

    a slippery place, meaning a place where one slips

  3. 3.
    he shaved his headboth

    he shaved his head

زَلِقَverb
  1. 1.
    a horse that slippedboth

    a horse that slipped

  2. 2.
    a slippery place, meaning a place where one slipsboth

    a slippery place, meaning a place where one slips

  3. 3.
    he shaved his headboth

    he shaved his head

تَزَلَّقَverb
  1. 1.
    to slipboth

    To slip or slide.

أَزْلَقَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause to slipboth

    To cause someone or something to slip.

  2. 2.
    to shaveboth

    To shave someone's head.

زَلَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    a horse that slippedboth

    a horse that slipped

  2. 2.
    a slippery place, meaning a place where one slipsboth

    a slippery place, meaning a place where one slips

  3. 3.
    he shaved his headboth

    he shaved his head

زَلَقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    likewise (he shaved it)both

    likewise (he shaved it)

مَزْلَقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    slippery placeboth

    A place where one's foot cannot gain purchase; a slippery spot.

مَزْلَقَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    slippery placeboth

    A place where one's foot cannot gain purchase; a slippery spot.

مَزْلَاقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    sliding boltclassical

    A sliding bolt used to lock and unlock a door, often without a key.

زَلِيقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    slipperyboth

    Describing a surface that is smooth and causes slipping.

  2. 2.
    fallingclassical

    One who falls or slips.

زَلِيقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fallclassical

    An act of falling or slipping.

زَلِيقٌnoun
  1. 1.
    type of plumclassical

    A smooth variety of plum, known in Persian as 'shifteh-rang'.

زَلَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    a horse that slippedboth

    a horse that slipped

  2. 2.
    a slippery place, meaning a place where one slipsboth

    a slippery place, meaning a place where one slips

  3. 3.
    he shaved his headboth

    he shaved his head

زَمْلَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    premature ejaculatorclassical

    A man who ejaculates before intercourse is completed.

زَمَالِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    premature ejaculatorclassical

    A man who ejaculates before intercourse is completed.

زَمْلَقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    premature ejaculatorclassical

    A man who ejaculates before intercourse is completed.

مُزْلِقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    slipperyboth

    Describing a surface that is smooth and causes slipping.

  2. 2.
    prone to slippingclassical

    A horse that is prone to slipping or stumbling.

مُزْلِقَةٌadjective
  1. 1.
    slipperyboth

    Describing a surface that is smooth and causes slipping.

مُزْلَاقٌadjective
  1. 1.
    prone to slippingclassical

    A horse that is prone to slipping or stumbling.

Parallel reading

مكان زلق بالتحريك، أي دحض.
A slippery place, meaning a place of slipping.
وهو في الأصل مصدر زلقت رجله تزلق زلقا، وأزلقها غيره.
And it is originally the masdar of 'his foot slipped, slipping, a slipping', and another caused it to slip.
والزلق أيضا: عجز الدابة.
And 'al-zalaq' also means the inability of a riding animal.
كأنها حقباء بلقاء الزلق
As if she were a hump-backed, spotted one with slipping (inability).
وأزلق الناقة: أسقطت.
And 'azlaqa' the she-camel: she dropped (her load or fetus).
والمزلق والمزلقة: الموضع الذي لا تثبت عليه قدم، وكذلك الزلاقة.
And 'al-mazlaq' and 'al-mazlaqah': the place where a foot cannot gain purchase, and likewise 'al-zallaqah'.
فتصبح صعيدا زلقا
So it becomes a smooth, barren ground.
أي أرضا ملساء ليس بها شئ:
Meaning a smooth land with nothing on it.
والمزلاق: لغة في المزلاج الذي يغلق به الباب ويفتح بلا مفتاح.
And 'al-mizlaq': a variant pronunciation for 'al-mizlaaj', which is the bolt by which the door is closed and opened without a key.
وفرس مزلاق: كثيرة الإزلاق.
And a 'muzlaaq' horse: one that slips a lot.
والزليق: السقط.
And 'al-zaliq': the fall.
وزلق رأسه يزلقه زلقا: حلقه، وكذلك أزلقه وزلقه تزليقا.
And 'zaliqa' his head, 'yazluquhu zalaqan': he shaved it, and likewise 'azlaqahu' and 'zallaqahu'.
وهو الذي ينزل قبل أن يجامع.
He is the one who ejaculates before intercourse.
إن الحصين زلق وزملق
Indeed, al-Husayn is zaliq and zamlaq.
جاءت به عنس من الشأم تلق
A she-camel from Syria brought him forth, giving birth.
والزليق بالضم والتشديد: ضرب من الخوخ أملس، يقال له بالفارسية: شيفته رنك.
And 'al-zaliq' (with damma and shadda): a type of smooth plum, called in Persian: shifteh-rang.