زحلق

Root entry · 7 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of sliding, slipping, or moving smoothly along a surface. It extends to describe the motion of wind, the act of falling or rolling, and metaphorical applications like a grave or a playground swing.

Derived headwords

الزَّحْلَقُnoun

1.
strong windclassical
A strong wind, as described by Ibn 'Abbad.

الزَّحْلَقَةُnoun

1.
sliding, rollingboth
Similar to rolling or tumbling, often implying a descent.

تَزَحْلَقَverb

1.
to slide, to roll downboth
To slide or roll down, especially on one's posterior.

من خر في طخطاخها تزحلقا — Whoever falls into its mire, slides down.

الزَّحْلُوقَةُnoun

1.
sliding place, chuteboth
A place for sliding, often referring to the tracks left by children sliding from top to bottom.
2.
graveclassical
Metaphorically, the grave into which one slides.
3.
swingclassical
A swing, specifically a plank placed on a high spot where groups sit on either end, causing the other to rise and nearly fall.

الزَّحَالِيقُnoun

1.
sliding tracksboth
The tracks or paths made by children sliding down.
2.
slippery placesclassical
A dialectal variant of 'al-Zahaleef' used by the Tamim tribe, referring to slippery places or pitfalls.

المُزَحْلَقُadjective

1.
slippery, smoothmodern
Describing a surface that is smooth and easy to slide on.

الزُّحْلِيقُnoun

1.
slippery placeclassical
A slippery place or a pitfall, similar to 'al-Zahaleeq'.

Parallel reading

والزحلقة: مثل الدحرجة، وتزحلق: مثل تدحرج وذلك إذا تزلق على استه

And 'al-zahlaqah' is like 'al-dahrajah' (rolling), and 'tazahlaqa' is like 'tadaharruja' (to roll), and that is when one slides on their posterior.

من خر في طخطاخها تزحلقا

Whoever falls into its mire, slides down.

والزحلوقة: الزحلوفة والجمع: الزحاليق

And 'al-zahluqah' is 'al-zahluufah' (a sliding place), and the plural is 'al-zahaleeq'.

وهو آثار تزلج الصبيان من فوق إلى أسفل

It refers to the tracks of children sliding from top to bottom.

ووصلهن الصبا إن كنت فاعله ... وفي مقام الصبا زحلوقة زلل

And the east wind connected them, if you were to do it... and in the place of the east wind is a slippery sliding place.

هذي المروءة لا لعب الزحاليق

This is manliness, not playing with sliding tracks.

الزحاليق: لغة تميم في الزحاليف

'Al-zahaleeq' is a dialect of Tamim for 'al-zahaleef'.

ومن المجاز: الزحلوقة: القبر أنه يزلق فيه

And from the metaphorical uses: 'al-zahluqah' is the grave, into which one slides.

والزحلوقة: الأرجوحة اسم لخشبة يضعها الصبيان على موضع مرتفع، ويجلس على طرفها الواحد جماعة، وعلى الآخر جماعة، فإذا كانت إحداهما أثقل ارتفعت الأخرى فتهم بالسقوط، فينادون بهم: ألا خلوا ألا خلوا

And 'al-zahluqah' is the swing, a name for a plank that children place on a high spot, and a group sits on one end, and another group on the other; when one side becomes heavier, the other rises and is about to fall, so they call out to them: 'Make way! Make way!'

المزحلق: الأملس

'Al-muzahliq' means smooth.

الزحاليق: المزالق، كالزحليق، بالكسر

'Al-zahaleeq' means slippery places, like 'al-zuhleeq' (with a kasra).