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Form 1زَلَلْتَ8 senses · 3 main
muḍāriʿـِيَفْعِلُتَزِلُّتَزَلُّيَزِلُّmaṣdarزَلِيلٌ زَلٌّ زَلَلٌ زَلَّةٌ

Core sense — you slipped; he moved away from his place; he passed along quicklygenerated

1.1he, or it, moved away, or aside, or slipped, from its place—زَلَّ عَنْ مَكَانِهِ

Third person زَلَّ; muḍāriʿ تَزِلُّ and زَلِلْتَ [third person likewise زَلَّ], of the first verb, and زَلٌّ, also of the first verb, and زُلُولٌ and زِلِّيلَى [or, according to the S, this is a simple noun], and زِلِّيلَآءُ and مَزِلَّةٌ [all apparently of the first verb], and زَلَلٌ, which is of the second verb. The meaning: you slipped in mud, in speech, in judgment or opinion, or in religion.

and the rest as above.

he, or it, moved away, or aside, from his, or its, place—زَلَّ

Muḍāriʿ يَزَلُّ. The first of these two verbs is of the class of ضَرَبَ, the second of the class of تَعِبَ.

he made a slip, or mistake, in his speech or his action—زَلَّ فِى مَنْطِقِهِ

Also فِعْلِهِ, like يَضْرِبُ.

but if you turn away, or aside, from entering into it fully—فَإِنْ زَلَلْتُمْ

In the Qur'ān 2:205. This is the common reading; but some read زَلِلْتُمْ.

he committed a slip in speech and the like—زَلَّ زَلَّةً

According to IAth, زَلِيلٌ means the passing of a body from one place to another.

Qur’ān 2:209 approximate — somewhere between 2:191 and 2:223 Lane cites “Kur ii. 205”
Qur’ān 2:209 the verse Lane’s citation points to, and it uses this root
فَإِن زَلَلْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْكُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

If ye backslide after the clear (Signs) have come to you, then know that Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.Abdullah Yusuf Ali, The Holy Qur’ān (1934)

1.1.1figurative · مجازa benefit passed, or was transferred, from him to such a one—زَلَّتْ مِنْهُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ نِعْمَةٌ

. Said of a benefactor: the sense of a body passing from place to place is here applied to a benefit.

1.1.2he (a man) passed along quickly—زَلَّ

Maṣdar زَلِيلٌ and زُلُولٌ.

he ran—زَلَّ

.

a light, or an agile, walking or pacing—زَلِيلٌ

[And زَلَلٌ, mentioned above as a maṣdar, seems to have the same, or a similar, meaning.]

A rājiz, namely Aboo-Moḥammad El-Hadhlemee, or Aboo-Moḥammad El-Fakʿasee, says:

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إِنَّ لَهَا فِى العَامِ ذِى الفُتُوقِوَزَلَلِ النِّيَّةِ وَالتَّصْفِيقِرِعْيَةَ مَوْلًى نَاصِحٍ شَفِيقِ

The verse is cited also under صفق and فتق, but in the last with رَبٍّ in place of مَوْلًى. [That is: They have, in the year of little rain (this being how الفتوق, as used here, is explained in the S under فتق), and in the passing along lightly to the place that is the object of the journey, and in the being moved from a tract they have grazed bare to a place in which there is pasture (this being how التصفيق, as used here, is explained in the S under صفق), the tending of a master honest in his conduct, or one who wishes them well, kind, or compassionate.]

He is speaking of his camels; so explained under فتق.

He means that they pass along lightly [so I render تَزِلُّ] from place to place in search of herbage; and النيّة means the place to which they intend to journey.

1.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhis life went, or glided, away—زَلَّ عُمُرُهُ
1.1.4the dirhems, or pieces of money, poured out—زَلَّتِ الدَّرَاهِمُ

Or: they were, or became, deficient in weight.

maṣdar زُلُولٌ or زَلِيلٌ.

1.1.5he was, or became, light [of flesh] in the hips, or haunches—زَلَّ

. Said of a man, and apparently of a wolf.

Or زَلَلٌ means a woman's having little flesh in the posteriors and thighs.

1.2he took, or received—زَلَّ

. This is what it should mean by analogy, as an intransitive verb, from أَزْلَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ, meaning “I gave to him” of food and the like.

and he shall take, or receive, of the food [if he has knowledge of permission, or consent]—وَيَزِلُّ إِنْ عَلِمَ الرِّضَى

A saying of the lawyers.

1.3he, or it, was made thin, or slender—زُلَّ

Same in meaning as دُقِّقَ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1
2:209
فَإِن زَلَلْتُم مِّنۢ بَعْدِ مَا جَآءَتْكُمُ ٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتُ فَٱعْلَمُوٓا۟ أَنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَزِيزٌ حَكِيمٌ

If ye backslide after the clear (Signs) have come to you, then know that Allah is Exalted in Power, Wise.

16:94
وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓا۟ أَيْمَـٰنَكُمْ دَخَلًۢا بَيْنَكُمْ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمٌۢ بَعْدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُوا۟ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمْ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ ۖ وَلَكُمْ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٌ

And take not your oaths, to practise deception between yourselves, with the result that someone's foot may slip after it was firmly planted, and ye may have to taste the evil (consequences) of having hindered (men) from the Path of Allah, and a Mighty Wrath descend on you.

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, [third pers. زَلَّ ,] aor. تَزِلُّ ; (S, K;) and زَلِلْتَ , [third pers. likewise زَلَّ ,] aor. تَزَلُّ ; (Fr, S, K;) inf. n. زَلِيلٌ , (Lh, S, K,) which is of the former verb, (S,) and زَلٌّ , (Lh, K,) also of the former verb, (Msb,) and زُلُولٌ and زِلِّيلَى [or, accord. to the S, this is a simple subst.,] and زِلِّيلَآءُ (Lh, K) and مَزِلَّةٌ , (K,) [all app. of the former verb,] and زَلَلٌ , (Fr, S, K,) which is of the latter verb; (Fr, S;) Thou slippedst (K) in mud, or in speech, (S, K,) or in judgment, or opinion, or in religion: (TA:) or you say, زَلَّ عَنْ مَكَانِهِ , aor. يَزِلُّ , inf. n. زَلٌّ [&c. as above]; and زَلَّ , aor. يَزَلُّ , inf. n. زَلَلٌ ; the former verb of the class of ضَرَبَ ; and the latter, of the class of تَعِبَ ; meaning he, or it, moved away, or aside, [or slipped,] from his, or its, place: and زَلَّ فِى مَنْطِقِهِ , or فِعْلِهِ , aor. يَزِلُّ , like يَضْرِبُ , inf. n. زَلَّةٌ , he made a slip, or mistake, in his speech, or his action. (Msb.) فَإِنْ زَلَلْتُمْ , in the Kur ii. 205, means But if ye turn away, or aside, from entering thereinto fully: (Jel:) this is the common reading: but some read زَلِلْتُمْ . (TA.) And you say, زَلَّ زَلَّةً He committed a slip in speech and the like. (TA.) Accord. to IAth, زَلِيلٌ signifies The passing of a body from one place to another: and hence it is metaphorically used in like manner in relation to a benefit: one says, زَلَّتْ مِنْهُ إِلَى فُلَانٍ نِعْمَةٌ , inf. n. زَلِيلٌ , meaning A benefit passed, or was transferred, from him, (i. e. a benefactor,) to such a one. (TA.) زَلَّ , inf. n. زَلِيلٌ and زُلُولٌ , also signifies He (a man) passed along quickly: (ISh, K:) and زَلَّ , inf. n. زَلِيلٌ , he ran: and زَلِيلٌ , a light, or an agile, walking or pacing: (TA:) [and زَلَلٌ , mentioned above as an inf. n., seems to have the same, or a similar, signification:] a rájiz says, (S,) namely, Aboo-Mohammad El- Hadhlemee, (TA,) or Aboo-Mohammad ElFak'asee, (O,) 1 (S in the present art., * and in art. صفق , * and art. فتق , but in this last with رَبٍّ in the place of مَوْلًى , and TA,) [i. e. Verily they have, in the year of little rain, (thus الفتوق , as here used, is expl. in the S in art. فتق ,) and in the passing along lightly to the place which is the object of the journey, and in the being removed from a tract which they have depastured to a place in which is pasture, (thus التصفيق , as here used, is expl. in the S in art. صفق ,) the tending of a master honest in his conduct, or desirous of their good, benevolent, or compassionate]: he is speaking of his camels: (S in art. فتق :) he means that they pass along lightly [so I render تَزِلُّ ] from place to place in search of herbage: and النيّة means the place to which they purpose journeying. (S.) إِنَّ لَهَا فِى العَامِ ذِى الفُتُوقِ | وَزَلَلِ النِّيَّةِ وَالتَّصْفِيقِ | رِعْيَةَ مَوْلًى نَاصِحٍ شَفِيقِ [Hence,] زَلَّ عُمُرُهُ His life went, or passed, [or glided,] away. (K, TA.) زَلَّتِ الدَّرَاهِمُ , (S, Msb, * K,) aor. زَلِلَ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. زُلُولٌ , (S, K,) or زَلِيلٌ , (Msb,) The dirhems, or pieces of money, poured out, or forth: (K:) or were, or became, deficient in weight. (S, Msb, * K.) زَلَّ , inf. n. زَلَلٌ , (K,) said of a man, (TA,) [and app. of a wolf, (see أَزَلُّ ,)] He was, or became, light [of flesh] in the hips, or haunches: (K:) or زَلَلٌ signifies a woman's having little flesh in the posteriors and thighs. (S.) زَلَّ , aor. يَزِلُّ , accord. to analogy, as an intrans. v., from أَزْلَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ meaning “ I gave to him ” of food &c., should signify He took, or received: and hence the saying of the lawyers, وَيَزِلُّ إِنْ عَلِمَ الرِّضَى And he shall take, or receive, or the food [if he have knowledge of permission, or consent]. (Msb.) زُلَّ i. q. دُقِّقَ [app. as meaning He, or it, was made, or rendered, thin, or slender]. (IAar, TA.)
Form 2زَلَّلَ1 sense

Core sense — he made him slip, in mud or in speechgenerated

2.1

See the following entry, near its end.

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Form 4ازلّهُ4 senses · 1 main
maṣdarإِزْلَالٌ

Core sense — he made him slip; he did him a benefit, he gave to himgenerated

4.1he, or it, made him slip in mud, in speech, in judgment or opinion, or in religion—إِزْلَالٌ

This is the maṣdar; استزلّهُ has the same meaning. [But regarding this latter, see what follows.]

and the Devil made them both slip, or fall, from it, namely Paradise—فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا

In the Qur'ān 2:34. One reading is أَزَالَمُهَا, that is, removed them; or, as some say, it means caused them to commit a slip, or wrong action, because of it [referring to the tree]; or, according to Th, caused them to slip in judgment.

the Devil made them slip—ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ

In the same, 3:149. Or, as some say, it means sought to make them commit a slip, or wrong action.

4.1.1he sent such a one forward to the people, or party—أَزَلَّ فُلَانًا إِلَى القَوْمِ
4.1.2he made him turn from his opinion—أَزَلَّهُ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ
4.1.3figurative · مجاز — inferredhe did him a benefit—أَزَلَّ إِلَيْهِ نِعْمَةً

Since زَلِيلٌ means the “passing” of a body from one place to another, this use of the verb is figurative.

he to whom a benefit is done [let him be grateful for it]—مَنْ أُزِلَّتْ إِلَيْهِ نِعْمَةٌ فَلْيَشْكُرْهَا
I did him a benefit—أَزْلَلْتُ لَهُ زُلَّةً

So in a tradition.

One should not say زللت [thus written, apparently for زَلَّلْتُ; but see مُزَلِّلٌ].

I gave to him: or I did him a benefit—أَزْلَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ

Used alone.

I gave to him of the food and other things—أَزْلَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَغَيْرِهِ
he gave him something of his due—أَزَلَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَقِّهِ شَيْئًا
he drew forth a benefit from him—أَزَلَّ عَنْهُ نِعْمَةً
Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4
2:36
فَأَزَلَّهُمَا ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ عَنْهَا فَأَخْرَجَهُمَا مِمَّا كَانَا فِيهِ ۖ وَقُلْنَا ٱهْبِطُوا۟ بَعْضُكُمْ لِبَعْضٍ عَدُوٌّ ۖ وَلَكُمْ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ مُسْتَقَرٌّ وَمَتَـٰعٌ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ

Then did Satan make them slip from the (garden), and get them out of the state (of felicity) in which they had been. We said: "Get ye down, all (ye people), with enmity between yourselves. On earth will be your dwelling-place and your means of livelihood - for a time."

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, (K,) inf. n. إِزْلَالٌ , (TA,) He, or it, made him, or caused him, to slip in mud, (K, TA,) or in speech, or in judgment, or opinion, or in religion; (TA;) and استزلّهُ signifies the same. (S, * MA, K, * PS. [But respecting this latter, see what follows.]) It is said in the Kur [ii. 34], فَأَزَلَّهُمَا الشَّيْطَانُ عَنْهَا [And the Devil made them, or caused them, both, to slip, or fall, from it, namely, Paradise ( الجَنَّة )]; and one reading is أَزَالَمُهَا , i. e. removed them: or, as some say, it means caused them to commit a slip, or wrong action, in consequence of it [referring to the tree]: or, accord. to Th, caused them to slip in judgment. (TA.) And in the same, iii. 149, ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُ الشَّيْطَانُ The Devil made them, or caused them, to slip: (Jel:) or, as some say, sought to make them commit a slip, or wrong action. (TA.) One says also, أَزَلَّ فُلَانًا إِلَى القَوْمِ He sent forward such a one to the people, or party. (TA.) And أَزَلَّهُ عَنْ رَأْيِهِ He made him to turn from his opinion. (MA.) And as زَلِيلٌ signifies the “ passing ” of a body from one place to another, one says, speaking metaphorically, (IAth, TA,) أَزَلَّ إِلَيْهِ نِعْمَةً He did to him a benefit: (S, IAth, K:) whence, (TA,) it is said in a trad., مَنْ أُزِلَّتْ إِلَيْهِ نِعْمَةٌ فَلْيَشْكُرْهَا He to whom a benefit is done [let him be grateful for it]. (A'Obeyd, S, * Mgh, Msb.) And أَزْلَلْتُ لَهُ زُلَّةً I did to him a benefit: one should not say زللت [thus written, app. for زَلَّلْتُ : but see مُزَلِّلٌ ]. (TA.) And أَزْلَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ [alone] I gave to him: or I did to him a benefit. (Msb.) And أَزْلَلْتُ إِلَيْهِ مِنَ الطَّعَامِ وَغَيْرِهِ I gave to him of the food and other things. (IKtt, TA.) And أَزَلَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ حَقِّهِ شَيْئًا He gave to him somewhat of his due. (S, K.) And أَزَلَّ عَنْهُ نِعْمَةً He drew forth from him a benefit. (TA.)
Form 10إِسْتَزْلَلَ1 sense

Core sense — he made him slip; he drew a benefit from himgenerated

10.1

See form 4, in two places.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 10
3:155
إِنَّ ٱلَّذِينَ تَوَلَّوْا۟ مِنكُمْ يَوْمَ ٱلْتَقَى ٱلْجَمْعَانِ إِنَّمَا ٱسْتَزَلَّهُمُ ٱلشَّيْطَـٰنُ بِبَعْضِ مَا كَسَبُوا۟ ۖ وَلَقَدْ عَفَا ٱللَّهُ عَنْهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ غَفُورٌ حَلِيمٌ

Those of you who turned back on the day the two hosts Met,-it was Satan who caused them to fail, because of some (evil) they had done. But Allah Has blotted out (their fault): For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Forbearing.

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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see 4, in two places.
Form R. Q. 1زَلْزَلَهُ2 senses · 1 main
maṣdarزَلْزَلَةٌ

Core sense — he shook it, he made it quake violentlygenerated

R. Q. 1.1God made the earth quake, or put the earth into violent motion—زَلْزَلَ ٱللّٰهُ الأَرْضَ

Maṣdars زَلْزَلَةٌ and زِلْزَالٌ and زَلْزَالٌ and زُلْزَالٌ: he put it, or him, into a state of motion, commotion, or agitation; or into a state of convulsion, or violent motion. The first is a maṣdar by universal consent, and so is the second, but the third is a simple noun, though this and the fourth [which is the least known] have the authority of certain readings of passages of the Qur'ān, namely 99:1 for both of these, and 33:11 for the fourth.

he brought the camels, driving them roughly and violently—جَآءَ بِالإِبِلِ يُزَلْزِلُهَا
the people, or party, were turned away from the right course, and fear was cast into their hearts—زُلْزِلَ القَوْمُ

Some say that زَلْزَلَةٌ is from الزَّلَلُ فِى الرَّأْىِ [that is, the making a slip in judgment, or opinion].

O God, rout the combined forces, and make their state of affairs unsound, or unsettled—اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱهْزِمِ الأَحْزَابَ وَزَلْزِلْهُمْ

So in a tradition.

and they were affrighted [so that the Apostle said]—وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتَّى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ

According to IAmb, أَصَابَتِ القَوْمَ زَلْزَلَةٌ means an affrighting befell the people, or party; from the saying in the Qur'ān 2:210. Or: they were violently agitated.

R. Q. 1.1.1I have never put into my throat water slipping down cooler than the water of the ثَغَب—مَا زَلْزَلْتُ قَطُّ مَآءً أَبْرَدَ مِنْ مَآءِ الثغوبِ

Said by Aboo-Shembel. Or الثَّغَبِ, as it is written in the explanation of this saying, which is apparently the right reading. The water meant is that of a pool left by a torrent in the shade of a mountain.

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, (S, * Msb, K, &c.,) inf. n. زَلْزَلَةٌ and زِلْزَالٌ and زَلْزَالٌ and زُلْزَالٌ , (K,) or the first of these is an inf. n. [by universal consent], (S,) and so is the second, but the third is a simple subst., (Zj, S, Msb,) though this and the fourth [which is the least known] have the authority of certain readings of passages of the Kur, namely, xcix. 1 for both of these, and xxxiii. 11 for the latter of them, (TA,) He put it, or him, into a state of motion, commotion, or agitation: (Msb, K, TA:) or into a state of convulsion, or violent motion. (Zj, TA.) You say, زَلْزَلَ ٱللّٰهُ الأَرْضَ [i. e. God made the earth to quake: or to quake violently:] (S:) [or] put the earth into a state of convulsion, or violent motion. (Zj, TA) And جَآءَ بِالإِبِلِ يُزَلْزِلُهَا He came with, or brought, the camels, driving them with roughness, violence, or vehemence. (TA.) Some say that زَلْزَلَةٌ is from الزَّلَلُ فِى الرَّأْىِ [i. e. “ the making a slip in judgment, or opinion ”]: so when one says, زُلْزِلَ القَوْمُ the meaning is, The people, or party, were turned away from the right course, and fear was cast into their hearts. (TA.) It is said in a trad., اَللّٰهُمَّ ٱهْزِمِ الأَحْزَابَ وَزَلْزِلْهُمْ i. e. [O God, rout, defeat, or put to flight, the combined forces, and] make their state of affairs to be unsound, or unsettled. (TA.) Accord. to IAmb, أَصَابَتِ القَوْمَ زَلْزَلَةٌ means An affrighting befell the people, or party; from the saying in the Kur [ii. 210], وَزُلْزِلُوا حَتَّى يَقُولَ الرَّسُولُ i. e. And they were affrighted [so that the Apostle said]: (L, TA:) or were vehemently agitated. (Ksh, Bd.) مَا زَلْزَلْتُ قَطُّ مَآءً أَبْرَدَ مِنْ مَآءِ الثغوبِ [or الثَّغَبِ , as it is written in the explanation of this saying, the latter being app. the right reading], said by Aboo-Shembel, means I have not put into my throat, or fauces, ever, water slipping into it cooler than the water of the ثَغَب [or pool left by a torrent in the shade of a mountain]. (Az, TA.)
Form R. Q. 2تَزَلْزَلَ1 sense

Core sense — it shook, it quaked, it was in commotiongenerated

R. Q. 2.1the earth quaked, or was in a state of motion or commotion—تَزَلْزَلَتِ الأَرْضُ

The verb in this phrase, and in others, is quasi-passive of R. Q. 1.

his soul reciprocated in his chest at death—تَزَلْزَلَتْ نَفْسُهُ

on this sense It was, or became, in a state of motion, commotion, agitation, convulsion, or violent motion.

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It was, or became, in a state of motion, commotion, agitation, convulsion, or violent motion. (Msb, TA.) You say, تَزَلْزَلَتِ الأَرْضُ (S, Msb, TA) The earth [quaked: or quaked violently:] was, or became, in a state of motion, commotion, &c.: (Msb:) the verb in this phrase [and in others] is quasi-pass. of R. Q. 1. (S, TA.) And تَزَلْزَلَتْ نَفْسُهُ His soul reciprocated in his chest at death. (TA.)

Derived nouns 24

Nounزُلٌّ1 sense

Core sense — slippery; a place in which one slipsgenerated

1slippery; a place in which one slips—زَلَلٌ
a place in which the foot slips—زَلُولٌ
[a standing-place] in which one slips—مَقَامٌ زُلٌّ

The headword means: slippery; a place in which one slips.

One says also زَلَلٌ and مَقَامَةٌ زُلٌّ and زَلَلٌ.

a slippery [sloping slide or rolling-place, etc.]—زُحْلُوقَةٌ زُلٌّ

Also زَلَلٌ.

[See also مَزِلَّةٌ.]

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Slippery: (S:) a place in which one slips; (K;) and زَلَلٌ signifies the same; (S, K;) and زَلُولٌ [likewise, i. e.] a place in which the foot slips. (TA.) You say مَقَامٌ زُلٌّ and زَلَلٌ , and مَقَامَةٌ زُلٌّ and زَلَلٌ , [A standing-place] in which one slips. (K.) And زُحْلُوقَةٌ زُلٌّ and زَلَلٌ A slippery [sloping slide or rolling-place &c.]. (S.) [See also مَزِلَّةٌ .]
Nounزَلَّةٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a slip, or lapse; a benefit, or gift; a feast for guestsgenerated

1a slip in mud, or in speech—زِلِّيلَى

The headword is a noun from form 1 in the meaning explained at the start of this root; but this word is mentioned by Lh and in the K as a maṣdar.

Also a slip, or lapse; a fault, a wrong action, a mistake, or an error; or a sin, or crime; a fall into sin or crime.

So in the Msb under عثر.

the man made a foul slip—زَلَّ الرَّجُلُ زَلَّةً قَبِيحَةً

Or: he fell into the commission of a disapproved, hateful, or foul act; or committed an exorbitant, abominable, or foul mistake.

we seek protection by God from the slip of the learned man—نَعُوذُ بِٱللّٰهِ مِنْ زَلَّةِ العَالِمِ

From a tradition.

the slip of the learned man is the slip of the world at large—زَلَّةٌ العَالِمِ زَلَّةُ العَالَمِ

A well-known saying.

1.1a benefit, or good action; a gift—زُلَّةٌ

The headword also has this meaning.

1.2such a one prepared a feast for guests—اِتَّخَذَ فُلَانٌ زَلَّةً

A feast, or repast, prepared for guests.

Hence it is also a name for food carried from the table of one's friend or relation; a word of the dialect of El-ʿIrāq, or, in this sense, a vulgar word used by the common people of El-ʿIrāq.

we were at the marriage-feast of such a one—كُنَّا فِى زَلَّةِ فُلَانٍ

It also means the same as عُرْسٌ, a marriage-feast.

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A slip (S, Msb, * K) in mud, or in speech; a subst. from 1 meaning as expl. in the first sentence of this art.; (S, K:) as also زِلِّيلَى : (S: [but this latter is mentioned by Lh and in the K as an inf. n.:]) a slip, or lapse; (K:) a fault, a wrong action, a mistake, or an error; (Msb, K;) or a sin, or crime; (K, * TA;) a fall into sin or crime. (Msb in art. عثر .) One says, زَلَّ الرَّجُلُ زَلَّةً قَبِيحَةً The man [made a foul slip; or] fell into the commission of a disapproved, or hateful, or foul, act; or committed an exorbitant, an abominable, or a foul, mistake: whence the trad., نَعُوذُ بِٱللّٰهِ مِنْ زَلَّةِ العَالِمِ [We seek protection by God from the slip of the learned man]: and the well-known saying, زَلَّةٌ العَالِمِ زَلَّةُ العَالَمِ [The slip of the learned man is the slip of the world at large]. (TA.) A benefit, or good action; (Mgh, * K;) as also زُلَّةٌ : (K:) a gift. (Msb.) A feast, or repast, that is prepared for guests. (Lth, O, Msb.) One says, اِتَّخَذَ فُلَانٌ زَلَّةً [Such a one made, or prepared, a feast for guests]. (Lth, O, Msb.) Hence, (Lth, TA,) it is also a name for Food that is carried from the table of one's friend or relation: a word of the dial. of El-'Irák: (Lth, Msb, K:) or in this sense it is a vulgar word, (K, TA,) used by the common people of El-'Irák (TA.) And i. q. عُرْسٌ [as meaning A marriage-feast]. (ISh, Az, Msb, K.) So in the saying, كُنَّا فِى زَلَّةِ فُلَانٍ [We were at the marriage-feast of such a one]. (ISh, Az, Msb, TA.)
Nounزُلَّةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a slip, or lapse; a straitened state of the breathgenerated

1

See زَلَّةٌ.

2

Also a straitened state of the breath [unless النَّفَسِ is a mistranscription for النَّفْس, the soul, which I think not unlikely].

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: see زَلَّةٌ . Also A straitened state of the breath [unless النَّفَسِ be a mistranscription for النَّفْس the soul, which I think not improbable]. (K.)
Nounزِلَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — stones, or smooth stonesgenerated

1

Stones, or smooth stones; plural زِلَلٌ.

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Stones: or smooth stones: (K:) pl. زِلَلٌ . (TA.)
Nounزَلَلٌ3 senses

Core sense — a slip, or lapse; a deficiencygenerated

1

A maṣdar of form 1, in two [or three] senses.

2

See also زُلٌّ, in four places.

3in its weight there is a deficiency—فِى مِيزَانِهِ زَلَلٌ

It also means a deficiency.

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an inf. n. of 1, [q. v,] (Fr, S, Msb, K,) in two [or three] senses. (K.) See also زُلٌّ , in four places. Also A deficiency: so in the saying, فِى مِيزَانِهِ زَلَلٌ [In its weight is a deficiency]. (Lh, K.)
Nounزُلَالٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — cool, sweet, clear water; a small white animal that cools watergenerated

1

A certain animal, with a small, white body; when it dies it is put into water and makes the water cool, or cold.

[Golius describes it as a worm bred in snow, of which Aristotle speaks in his Hist. Animalium; and he adds, on the authority of Dmr, that it is the length of a finger, generally marked with yellow spots, and that it swells in water of the kind called ماء الزلال.]

1.1sweet, clear, pure water, easy in its descent, slipping into the throat—زُلَازِلٌ
water quick in its descent and passage in the throat, cool, sweet, clear, easy in its descent—زَلِيلٌ

Hence, [it is said to be] applied to water, meaning cool, or cold; or, so applied, sweet.

Also زَلُولٌ and زُلَازِلٌ.

1.2

Also clear, applied to anything.

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A certain animal, of small, white body; which, when it dies, is put into water, and renders it cool, or cold: (TA:) [Golius describes it as a worm that is bred in snow; of which Aristotle speaks in his Hist. Animalium, l. ↓. 19; and he adds, on the authority of Dmr, that it is of the length of a finger, generally marked with yellow spots; and swelling in water such as is termed ماء الزلال .] Hence, [it is said to be] applied to water, as meaning Cool, or cold: (TA:) or, so applied, sweet: (S:) or sweet, clear, or limpid, pure, easy in its descent, that slips into the throat; as also زُلَازِلٌ : (TA:) or quick in its descent and passage in the throat, (K, * TA,) cool, or cold, sweet, clear, or limpid, easy in its descent; as also زَلِيلٌ and زَلُولٌ and زُلَازِلٌ . (K.) And Clear, as applied to anything. (TA.)
Nounزَلُولٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — water that slips quickly down the throat; a slippery placegenerated

1

See زُلٌّ.

1.1

And see also زُلَالٌ.

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: see زُلٌّ : and see also زُلَالٌ .
Nounزَلِيلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — quick, light in pace; a kind of sweet foodgenerated

1

See زُلَالٌ.

1.1

Also [the kind of sweet food called] فَالُوذ.

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: see زُلَالٌ . Also [The kind of sweet food called] فَالُوذ [q. v.]. (Sgh, K.)
Nounزِلِّيَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a carpet, a sort of woollen carpetgenerated

1

An Arabicized word from the Persian زِيلُو.

So in the K under زلى; in the CK زَيْلُو [“a sort of woollen blanket”].

A carpet; the same as بِسَاطٌ; a certain sort of بُسُط [or carpets, said by Golius to be generally woollen and shaggy, but by Freytag to be woollen but not shaggy]: [in Johnson's Pers. Arab. and Engl. Dict. explained as a coverlet of wool, without a pile, neither striped nor painted]: plural زَلَالِىٌّ.

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, an arabicized word from the Pers. زِيلُو , (K in art. زلى , in the CK زَيْلُو , [“ a sort of woollen blanket, ”] A carpet; syn. بِسَاطٌ : (K in the present art.:) a certain sort of بُسُط [or carpets, said by Golius to be generally woollen and villous, but by Freytag to be woollen but not villous]: (Msb:) [in Johnson's Pers. Arab. and Engl. Dict. expl. as meaning a coverlet of woollen, without a pile, neither striped nor painted:] pl. زَلَالِىٌّ . (S, Msb, K.)
Nounزِلِّيلَى1 sense

Core sense — a carpetgenerated

1

See زَلَّةٌ.

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Nounزَلْزِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — household goods, the utensils and furniture of a house or tentgenerated

1household goods; the utensils and furniture of a house or tent—زَلْزَلٌ

MF adds زُلَزِلٌ; also زَلَزٌ in the same meaning.

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(S, K) and زَلْزَلٌ , and MF adds زُلَزِلٌ , (TA,) Household-goods; or utensils and furniture of a house or tent; (S, K;) as also زَلَزٌ . (Sh, TA.)
Nounزُلْزُلٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — light, or agile; a skilful player on the drumgenerated

1light, or agile—أَزَلُّ

The headword is used as an adjective for a boy, or young man.

[See also زُلْزُولٌ.]

1.1

And a skilful player on the drum.

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Light, or agile; (TA;) as also أَزَلُّ : (IAar, TA:) the former applied as an epithet to a boy, or young man. (TA.) [See also زُلْزُولٌ .] And A skilful player on the drum. (Fr, K.)
Nounزُلَزِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — household goods, the utensils and furniture of a house or tentgenerated

1

See زَلْزِلٌ.

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: see زَلْزِلٌ .
Nounزَلْزَلَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a violent shaking; an earthquakegenerated

1

See what next follows.

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: see what next follows.
Nounزَلْزَالٌ1 sense

Core sense — violent shaking, commotion; an earthquakegenerated

1

[Motion, commotion, agitation, convulsion, or violent motion; and particularly an earthquake, or a violent earthquake;] a noun from R. Q. 1; or a maṣdar of R. Q. 1, as also زِلْزَالٌ and زُلْزَالٌ and زَلْزَلَةٌ [this last often used as a simple noun, and as such having for its plural زَلَازِلُ, and explained in the Jel on 22:1 as meaning a violent earthquake].

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[Motion, commotion, agitation, convulsion, or violent motion; and particularly an earthquake, or a violent earthquake;] a subst. from R. Q. 1: (Zj, S, Msb:) or an inf. n. of R. Q. 1, as also زِلْزَالٌ and زُلْزَالٌ and زَلْزَلَةٌ [which last is often used as a simple subst., as such having for its pl. زَلَازِلُ , and is expl. in Jel xxii. 1 as signifying a violent earthquake]. (K.)
Nounزُلْزُولٌ3 senses · 2 main

Core sense — light and active, quick-witted; lightness; conflict and evil conditiongenerated

1

Light, or active, in spirit and body; sharp, or quick, in intellect; clever, or ingenious.

[See also زَلْزُلٌ.]

2

Lightness, or activity.

2.1I left the people, or party, in conflict, or fight, and evil condition—تَرَكْتُ القَوْمَ فِى زُلْزُولٍ وَعُلْعُولٍ

Also conflict, or fight, and evil condition.

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Light, or active, (K, TA,) in spirit and body; (TA;) acute, sharp, or quick, in intellect; clever, or ingenious. (K, TA.) [See also زَلْزُلٌ .] Lightness, or activity. (K.) Conflict, or fight, and evil condition. (Sh, K.) One says, تَرَكْتُ القَوْمَ فِى زُلْزُولٍ وَعُلْعُولٍ (As, Sh) i. e. [I left the people, or party.] in conflict, or fight, and evil condition. (Sh, TA.)
Nounزَلَازِلُ1 sense

Core sense — difficulties; terrors, or causes of feargenerated

1

[A plural of which the singular is not mentioned:] difficulties; and terrors, or causes of fear.

[See also زَلْزَالٌ.]

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[a pl. of which the sing. is not mentioned,] Difficulties; (S, TA;) and terrors, or causes of fear. (TA.) [See also زَلْزَالٌ .]
Nounزُلَازِلٌ1 sense

Core sense — difficulties; terrors, or causes of feargenerated

1

See زَُلَالٌ, in two places.

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Nounزَالٌّ1 sense

Core sense — deficient in weight, said of a dirhem or a deenárgenerated

1some of your deenárs are deficient in weight, and some are of full weight—مِنْ دَنَانِيرِكَ زِلَّلٌ وَمِنْهَا وُزَّنٌ

Deficient in weight; applied to a dirhem, and to a deenár; plural زَوَالٌّ or زُلَّلٌ.

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Deficient in weight; applied to a dirhem, (S, Msb, K, TA,) and to a deenár: (TA:) pl. زَوَالٌّ , (Msb,) or زُلَّلٌ . (TA.) One says, مِنْ دَنَانِيرِكَ زِلَّلٌ وَمِنْهَا وُزَّنٌ [Of thy deenárs are such as are deficient in weight, and of them are such as are of full weight]. (TA.)
Nounأَزَلُّ4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — quick, or swift; having little flesh in the hips, haunches, and buttocksgenerated

1

Quick, or swift.

1.1

See also زُلْزُلٌ.

1.2the wolf that has little flesh in the rump and thighs—السِّمْعُ الأَزَلُّ

Also light [of flesh] in the hips, or haunches; and having little flesh in the posteriors and thighs; or having small buttocks sticking together; the same as أَرْسَحُ — in the copies of the K, wrongly, أَشَجُّ.

Or it means one who is more than أَرْسَح, whose waist-wrapper will not keep its hold.

Feminine زَلَّآءُ, applied to a woman: the same as رَسْحَآءُ, or having no buttock. Plural زُلٌّ.

الذِّئْبُ الأَرْسَحُ in the S; in the K ذِئْبٌ أَرْسَحُ.

Begotten between the wolf and the she-hyena. [The words والخِفَّةُ والقِتالُ والشَّرُّ, immediately following here in the CK, should be erased; their proper place is in the second of the lines below in that edition, where they are inserted again, as Freytag observed.]

And this adjective is inseparable.

Or, according to IAth, الأَزَلُّ primarily means small in the buttock; and, as an adjective applied to the wolf, light, or active; and it is said to be from زَلَّ, meaning “he ran.”

he is more quick of hearing than the سمع that is lean in the rump and thighs—هُوَ أَسْمَعُ مِنَ السِّمْعِ الأَزَلِّ

A proverb; or: than the light, or active, سمع.

1.3a bow from which the arrow slips, because of the speed with which it goes forth—قَوْسٌ زَلَّآءُ
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Quick, or swift. (IAar, K.) See also زُلْزُلٌ . Also Light [of flesh] in the hips, or haunches: (AA, S, K:) and having little flesh in the posteriors and thighs; or having small buttocks sticking together; syn. أَرْسَحُ ; (M, TA;) in the copies of the K, erroneously, أَشَجُّ : (TA:) or it signifies one who is more than أَرْسَح ; (K, * TA;) whose waist-wrapper will not retain its hold: (TA:) fem. زَلَّآءُ , (S, K,) applied to a woman; i. q. رَسْحَآءُ : (S:) or having no buttock: pl. زُلٌّ . (TA.) السِّمْعُ الأَزَلُّ means The wolf that has little flesh in the rump and thighs, ( الذِّئْبُ الأَرْسَحُ , S, in the K ذِئْبٌ أَرْسَحُ ,) begotten between the wolf and the she-hyena; (S, K; [the words والخِفَّةُ والقِتالُ والشَّرُّ here immediately following in the CK should be erased; their proper place being in the second of the lines below in that edition, where they are again inserted; as observed by Freytag;]) and this epithet ( الازلّ ) is inseparable: (S:) or, accord. to IAth, الأَزَلُّ primarily signifies the small in the buttock: and as an epithet applied to the wolf, the light, or active; and it is said to be from زَلَّ signifying “ he ran. ” (TA.) It is said in a prov., هُوَ أَسْمَعُ مِنَ السِّمْعِ الأَزَلِّ [He is more quick of hearing than the سمع that is lean in the rump and thighs; or than the light, or active, سمع ]. (S, TA.) قَوْسٌ زَلَّآءُ A bow from which the arrow slips, by reason of the rapidity with which it goes forth. (K.)
Nounإِزِلْزِلْ1 sense

Core sense — an exclamation of alarm, or of distressgenerated

1

[Said by Freytag to be written in the CK زِلْزِلْ, but in my copy of that edition it is اِزِلْزِلْ.]

It is a word uttered on the occasion of the زَلْزَلَة, or on the occasions of زَلَازِل [apparently an exclamation expressing alarm, or distress; the Turkish translator of the K thinks that it is originally أَزُلْزِلَ, contracted and altered in its vowels to make it easier to utter because the time is short].

But IJ says that a word of four radical letters does not receive an added letter like this at the beginning; and he holds it to be, in letter and in meaning, from الأَزْلُ [that is, “straitness, distress,” etc.], and of the measure فِعِلْعِلْ.

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[said by Freytag to be written in the CK زِلْزِلْ , but in my copy of that edition it is اِزِلْزِلْ ,] is a word uttered on the occasion of the زَلْزَلَة , (so in copies of the K,) or on the occasions of زَلَازِل : (so in the TA:) [app. an ejaculation expressive of alarm, or of distress: the Turkish translator of the K thinks that it is originally أَزُلْزِلَ , contracted and altered in the vowels for the purpose of alleviating the utterance on account of the straitness of the time:] but IJ says that a word of four radical letters does not receive an augmentative like this as an initial; and holds it to be, as to the letter and the meaning, from الأَزْلُ [i. e. “ straitness, distress, ” &c.], and of the measure فِعِلْعِلْ . (TA.)
Nounمَزَلَّةٌ1 sense

Core sense — a slippery place; a cause of slippinggenerated

1

See the following entry.

[Its primary meaning is probably a cause of slipping: compare مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ.]

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: see the next paragraph. [Its primary signification is probably A cause of slipping: compare مَبْخَلَةٌ and مَجْبَنَةٌ &c.]
Nounمَزِلَّةٌ2 senses

Core sense — a slippery place, such as a smooth rockgenerated

1

A slippery place, such as a smooth rock and the like; مَزَلَّةٌ is used as well, the first being the more chaste, the second mentioned by AA.

The صِرَاط is said to be such a place.

[See also زُلٌّ.]

2

It is also a maṣdar of form 1.

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and مَزَلَّةٌ , (S, Msb, K,) the former the more chaste, (Msb,) the latter mentioned by AA, (TA,) A slippery place; (S, Msb, K, TA;) such as a smooth rock, and the like; and such the صِرَاط is said to be. (TA.) [See also زُلٌّ .] The former is also an inf. n. of 1 [q. v.]. (K.)
Nounمُزَلِّلٌ1 sense

Core sense — one who bestows many benefits and giftsgenerated

1

One who bestows many benefits and gifts.

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One who bestows many benefits (K, TA) and gifts. (TA.)