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زَلْزَالٌ

Root: زل

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زَلْزَالٌ [Motion, commotion, agitation, convulsion, or violent motion; and particularly an earthquake, or a violent earthquake;] a subst. from R. Q. 1: or an Verbal.Noun 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].
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