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زُحْلُوفَةٌ

Root: زحلف

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زُحْلُوفَةٌ The traces of the sliding of children from the top to the bottom of a hill: of the dial. of the people of El-'Áliyeh: in the dial. of Temeem, with ق [in the place of ف]: or [a sloping slide, or rolling-place; i. e.] a smoothed descending, or sloping, place; because they roll down it (يَتَزَحْلَفُونَ فِيهِ): or a slippery place of a mountain of sands, upon which children play; and likewise on smooth rock: pl. زَحَالِيفُ and زَحَالِفُ.
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