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خذلج

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to be related to a specific manner of walking or gait. It is noted that the entry might be misplaced or duplicated under a similar root.

Derived headwords

تَخَذْلَجَverb
  1. 1.
    to walk with a swaying gaitclassical

    To walk with a distinctive, perhaps somewhat unsteady or swaying, manner.

Parallel reading

فلان يتخذلج في مشيته
So-and-so walks with a swaying gait.
ومما يستدرك عليه: خذلج، نقل الأزهري عن النوادد: فلان يتخذلج في مشيته.
And among what is to be added to it: khadhalaja, Al-Azhari narrated from Al-Nawadidu: So-and-so walks with a swaying gait.
وذكره المصنف في خزلج، بالزاي، كما سيأتي، وهنا ذكره ابن منظور، فليعرف.
And the author mentioned it under khazalaja, with a zay, as will be mentioned later, and Ibn Manzur mentioned it here, so let it be known.