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تخلّج

Root: خلج

Form: 5

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تخلّجV : see 1, first sentence.
2 [Hence,] تخلّج فِى مِشْيَتِهِ He walked in a loose manner, as though disjointed, and inclined from side to side, as one dragging a thing: it is similar to تخلّع: and signifies also he inclined from side to side in his gait, as though he were drawing along, now to the right and now to the left; and so خَلَجَ فى مشيته, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun خَلَجَانٌ.
3 See also 8, in two places.
4 And see 6.

def.2 [It branched off, like a خَلِيج, from a large river: occurring in this sense in art. دجل of the T and TA; where دُجَيْل is described as نَهْرٌ صَغِيرٌ يَتَخَلَّجُ مِنْ دِجْلَةَ.]
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