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ز ح ل ف

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sliding, slipping, or moving downwards, often associated with children playing on slopes. It also extends to meanings of pushing, rolling, filling, giving, and speaking quickly, as well as describing small creatures and smooth surfaces.

Derived headwords

الزحلوفةnoun
  1. 1.
    children's sliding tracksboth

    Tracks left by children sliding down a hill.

  2. 2.
    slippery slopeboth

    A downward, smooth place where one slides.

زحالفnoun
  1. 1.
    sliding tracksboth

    Plural of 'zuhloofa', referring to the tracks of children sliding down.

  2. 2.
    small creaturesclassical

    Small animals with legs resembling ants.

زحاليفnoun
  1. 1.
    sliding tracksboth

    Plural of 'zuhloofa' or 'zuhlooga', referring to children's sliding tracks.

زحلوقةnoun
  1. 1.
    sliding trackboth

    Singular of 'zuhaloof' or 'zuhaloofah', referring to children's sliding tracks.

  2. 2.
    slippery placeboth

    A slippery place, like a smooth rock or sandy dune.

زحلفهverb
  1. 1.
    to push downboth

    To push or roll something downwards.

  2. 2.
    to giveclassical

    To give someone a thousand (units of currency or similar).

  3. 3.
    to fillclassical

    To fill a container.

  4. 4.
    to speed upclassical

    To hasten or speed up in speech.

تزحلفverb
  1. 1.
    to slide downboth

    To slide or roll down, to be pushed down.

  2. 2.
    to move awayclassical

    To move away or withdraw.

ازحلفverb
  1. 1.
    to move awayclassical

    To move away or withdraw (similar to 'izlahafa').

زحلوفnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth rockclassical

    A smooth, slippery rock or elevated ground, likened to a fat body.

الزحلوفnoun
  1. 1.
    smooth rockclassical

    A smooth, slippery rock or elevated ground, likened to a fat body.

الزحليفnoun
  1. 1.
    slippery placeclassical

    A slippery place or slide.

تزحلفتverb
  1. 1.
    to declineclassical

    The sun declining towards sunset or moving from the zenith.

زحالف الصقلadjective
  1. 1.
    smooth-belliedclassical

    Describing fat horses with smooth bellies.

زحلف الله عنا شركphrase
  1. 1.
    May God remove from us your evilclassical

    An expression meaning 'May God remove your evil from us'.

تزحلفverb
  1. 1.
    to move awayclassical

    To move away or withdraw (synonym of 'tazalhaf').

Parallel reading

الزحلوفة بالضم: آثار تزلج الصبيان من فوق التل إلى أسفله
The zuhloofa (with damma): tracks of children sliding from the top of the hill to its bottom.
وهي لغة أهل العالية، وتميم تقوله بالقاف
And it is the dialect of the people of Al-'Aaliyah, and Tamim say it with a Qaf.
والجمع: زحالف، وزحاليف
And the plural is: zahaalif, and zahaaleef.
الزحاليق، والزحاليف: آثار تزلج الصبيان من فوق إلى أسفل
The zahaaleeq, and the zahaaleef: tracks of children sliding from top to bottom.
واحدها: زحلوقة، بالقاف
Its singular is: zuhlooga (with Qaf).
الزحلوفة: مكان منحدر مملس، لأنهم يتزحلفون عليه
The zuhloofa: a smooth, downward place, because they slide on it.
يقلب قيدودا كأن سراتها ... صفا مدهن قد زلقته الزحالف
He turns over ropes as if their tops ... were a greased rock that the sliding tracks had made slippery.
الزحلوفة: المكان الزلق من حبل الرمال، تلعب عليه الصبيان
The zuhloofa: the slippery place on a sand dune, where children play.
زحلفه زحلفة: دحرجه، ودفعه، فتزحلف: تدحرج
He pushed it a zuhlfah: he rolled it, and pushed it, so it slid: it rolled.
والشمس قد كادت تكون دنفا أدفعها بالراح كي تزحلفا
And the sun was almost weak, I push it with my hand so it slides down.
عيسى فزحلفها إلى محمد حتى تؤدى من يد إلى يد
Jesus, so he pushed it to Muhammad until it was delivered from hand to hand.
زحلف الإناء: ملأه
To zuhlaf the pot: to fill it.
زحلف لفلان ألفا: أعطاه إياه
To zuhlaf to someone a thousand: to give it to him.
زحلف في الكلام: أسرع
To zuhlaf in speech: to hasten.
والزحالف: دواب صغار، لها أرجل تمشي شبه النمل
And the zahaalif: small creatures, with legs that walk like ants.
ما ازحلف ناكح الأمة عن الزنا إلا قليلا
The one who marries a slave woman did not move away from adultery except a little.
تزحلفت الشمس: إذا مالت للمغيب، أو زالت عن كبد السماء نصف النهار
The sun 'tazahalafat': if it inclined towards sunset, or moved from the zenith at noon.
حمر زحالف الصقل، أي: ملس البطون سمان
Smooth-bellied horses, meaning: fat with smooth bellies.
والزحلوف: الصفا الأملس، يشبه المتن السمين به
And the zuhloof: the smooth rock, likened to a fat back.
والزحليف، بالكسر: المزلقة
And the zuhlayf (with kasr): the slippery place.
تزحلف: تنحى، كتزلحف
Tazahlaf: to move away, like tazalhaf.
وزحلف الله عنا شرك: أي نحاه
And 'zuhlif Allah 'anna shurrak': meaning, He removed it.