ز ه ل ق

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of smoothness, slipperiness, and swiftness, often applied to physical movement, appearance, or even abstract qualities like speed. It also extends to descriptions of fatness and light sources.

Derived headwords

الزَّهْلُوقnoun

1.
fat personclassical
A fat or plump person. It is noted as a correction or addition to Al-Jawhari's dictionary.

زَهَالِقadjective

1.
smooth-backed (female wild asses)classical
Used to describe female wild asses whose backs are uniformly smooth from fat.

الزَّهْلَقnoun

1.
swift, light personclassical
A person who is quick and agile.
2.
strong windclassical
A powerful and intense wind.
3.
lamp, lightclassical
A lamp or light source as long as it is in the oil, similar to 'nabras' and 'qirat'.
4.
smooth donkeyclassical
A donkey that is smooth-backed.
5.
place of fire in wickclassical
The part of the wick where the fire is located.

زَهْلَقَverb

1.
to smoothclassical
To make something smooth or slippery.
2.
to whiten, purifyclassical
To whiten or purify a garment.
3.
to become fatclassical
To become plump or fat.

تَزَهْلَقَverb

1.
to become fatclassical
To grow fat or plump.
2.
to whiten, become pureclassical
To become white and pure, often referring to a garment.

الزَّهْلَقِيّnoun

1.
impotent manclassical
A man who ejaculates prematurely before intercourse.
2.
swift donkeyclassical
A fast-moving donkey.

زَهْلَقَىname

1.
stallion nameclassical
The name of a stud stallion to which fine horses are attributed.

الزَّهْلَقَةnoun

1.
whitening of a garmentclassical
The act of whitening or purifying a piece of clothing.
2.
a type of walkclassical
A manner of walking that is close to a short stride.
3.
hampering in a donkeyclassical
The act of moving with a gait similar to 'hamlajah' in a horse.

زَهْلَجَverb

1.
to speak smoothlyclassical
To speak or narrate a story smoothly and easily.

زَهْلَجnoun

1.
lampclassical
A lamp, similar to 'hazlaq'.

زَهْلُوقnoun

1.
lampclassical
A lamp or light source in a container.

Parallel reading

الزهلوق، كعصفور كتبه بالأحمر على أنه مستدرك على الجوهري

Al-Zahluq, like 'usfoor', he wrote it in red as a supplement to Al-Jawhari.

وهو: السمين.

It is: the fat one.

إذا استوت متونها من الشحم: حمر زهالق.

When their backs are even with fat: they are smooth-backed (female wild asses).

الزهلق كزبرج: السريع الخفيف منا.

Al-Zahlaq, like 'zubraj', is the swift, light one among us.

والزهلق: الريح الشديدة.

And Al-Zahlaq: the strong wind.

الزهلق: السراج ما دام في القنديل، وكذلك النبراس والقراط

Al-Zahlaq: the lamp as long as it is in the oil, and likewise Al-Nibras and Al-Qirat.

زهلق لاح مسرج

A lamp appeared, lit.

وهو الهزلق، الهاء قبل الزاي، وقال غيره: هو الزهلق.

And it is Al-Hazlaq, with the haa before the zaay, and others said: it is Al-Zahlaq.

الزهلقي من الرجال: هو الزملق الذي إذا أراد امرأة أنزل قبل أن يمسها

Al-Zahlaqi among men: is the one who, when he desires a woman, ejaculates before touching her.

الزهلقى: فحل ينسب إليه كرام الخيل

Zahlaqa: a stallion to whom noble horses are attributed.

فما تنى أولاد زهلقى بنات ذي الطوق وأعوجي قود الهوادي كنوى البرني

So the offspring of Zahlaqa did not cease, daughters of Dhi Al-Tuq and A'waji, leading the foremost like the pits of Al-Barnī.

والزهلقة: تبييض الثوب عن ابن عباد.

And Al-Zahlaqah: the whitening of a garment, according to Ibn 'Abbad.

والزهلقة: ضرب من المشي قراب الخطا، يقال: فلان يزهلق المشي، عن ابن عباد.

And Al-Zahlaqah: a type of walk, close to a short stride; it is said: 'So-and-so walks with Al-Zahlaqah', from Ibn 'Abbad.

وتزهلق الثوب: ابيض وصفا.

And the garment became white and pure.

وتزهلق: إذا سمن

And he became fat: when he grew plump.

أو أخدريا بالثماني سهوقا ذا جدد أكدر قد تزهلقا

Or a tent-dweller, with eight, moving away, with patches, dark, that had become fat.

زهلق الشيء: ملسه.

Zahlaqa the thing: he smoothed it.

وحمار زهلق، كزبرج: أملس المتن.

And a smooth-backed donkey, like 'zubraj'.

وصفا زهلق: أملس

And smooth, slippery: smooth.

في زهلق زلق من فوق أطوار

In a slippery, smooth place from above the stages.

والزهلق: الحمار الهملاج، قاله القزاز، وكذلك الزهلقي

And Al-Zahlaq: the fast-walking donkey, said Al-Qazzaz, and likewise Al-Zahlaqi.

والزهلق الحمار الخفيف.

And Al-Zahlaq is the light donkey.

تزهلج له الحديث، وزهلقه، وزهمجه، بمعنى واحد.

He narrated the story smoothly to him, and he made it smooth, and he made it flow, meaning one thing.

والزهلقة في الحمار: مثل الهملجة في الفرس.

And Al-Zahlaqah in a donkey: is like Al-Hamlajah in a horse.

والزهلق: موضع النار من الفتيل.

And Al-Zahlaq: the place of fire in the wick.

والزهليق: السراج في القنديل.

And Al-Zuhayliq: the lamp in the oil container.