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ز ل ح ف

Root entry · 8 derived lemmas

This root primarily deals with the concept of moving away, receding, or delaying. It often implies a slight or gradual movement, sometimes with a connotation of hesitation or avoidance.

Derived headwords

ازلحفverb
  1. 1.
    to move away, recedeclassical

    To move away from something, to recede or withdraw. This form is often used in a figurative sense.

كاسبكرother
  1. 1.
    unexplainedclassical

    This word appears in the text but its meaning or derivation is not explained within the entry.

تزلحفverb
  1. 1.
    to move away, recedeclassical

    To move away from something, to recede or withdraw. It is presented as a variant or related form to 'azlaḥafa'.

ازحلفverb
  1. 1.
    to move away, recedeclassical

    To move away from something, to recede or withdraw. It is mentioned as a variant form.

تزحلفverb
  1. 1.
    to move away, recedeclassical

    To move away from something, to recede or withdraw. It is noted as an inversion (مقلوب) of 'tazallaḥafa'.

ازتلحفverb
  1. 1.
    to move away, recedeclassical

    The original form from which 'azlaḥafa' is derived, involving assimilation of the 't' into the 'z'. It means to move away or recede.

زلحفهverb
  1. 1.
    to move away, push awayclassical

    To move someone or something away, to push it back or delay it. It is presented as a variant of 'zaḥlafa'.

زحلفهverb
  1. 1.
    to move away, push awayclassical

    To move someone or something away, to push it back or delay it. It is presented as a variant of 'zalḥafa'.

Parallel reading

أي تنحى وتأخر
meaning to move away and to be delayed.
كازحلف، وتزحلف مقلوب
like 'azḥalafa', and 'tazaḥlafa' is an inversion.
ما ازلحف ناكح الأمة عن الزنا إلا قليلا
The one who marries a slave woman does not move away from fornication except a little.
أي ما تنحى، وما تباعد
meaning he did not move away, and he did not distance himself.
وزلحفه، وزحلفه، لغتان: أي نحاه، وأخره
And 'zalḥafahu' and 'zaḥlafahu' are two linguistic variants: meaning he moved him away, and he delayed him.
ازلحف، كاطهر، هكذا نقله الزمخشري في الفائق
'Azlaḥafa', like 'aṭhara', thus was transmitted by Al-Zamakhshari in Al-Fā'iq.
وبه روي قول سعيد بن جبير
And by this is narrated the saying of Sa'id ibn Jubayr.
قال: وأصله ازتلحف، أدغمت التاء في الزاي
He said: And its origin is 'aztalḥafa', the 't' has been assimilated into the 'z'.