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تزلّق

Root: زلق

Form: 5

Full Definition

تزلّقV He, or it, slipped, or slid, along; like تزلّج. (S and TA in art. زلج. [See also 1.]) One says, تزلّقت الغُدَّةُ بَيْنَ الجِلْدِ وَاللَّحْمِ [The ganglion slipped about between the skin and the flesh]. (M in art. ديص.)
2 [Also It was, or became, smooth, or slippery: a signification indicated in the M, in art. ملس, where it is coupled with اِسْتَوَى.]
3 He anointed his body with oils and the like.
4 He ornamented, or adorned, himself; as also تزبّق: and led an easy, and a soft, or delicate, life, so that his colour, and the exterior of his skin, had a shining, or glistening.
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