تَزَحْلَفَ
Root: زحلف
Form: Q. 2
Full Definition
تَزَحْلَفَ
He, or it, rolled down or along. One says, يَتَزَحْلَفُونَ فِيهِ [They roll down it]; namely, a smoothed descending, or sloping, place.
2 And He, or it, became pushed, impelled, repelled, or driven away or back. [Hence,] El-Ajjáj says,
3 One says also تَزَحْلَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ meaning The sun inclined to setting: or declined from the meridian, at midday.
2 And He, or it, became pushed, impelled, repelled, or driven away or back. [Hence,] El-Ajjáj says,
[And the sun had almost become near to setting, and to turning yellow; I repelling it with the palm of the hand in order that it might be warded off; تَزَحْلَفَا being for تَتَزَحْلَفَ]. See also the next paragraph.وَالشَّمْسُ قَدْ كَادَتْ تَكُونُ دَنَفَا أَدْفَعُهَا بِالرَّاحِ كَىْ تَزَحْلَفَا
3 One says also تَزَحْلَفَتِ الشَّمْسُ meaning The sun inclined to setting: or declined from the meridian, at midday.
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