زَلَجَ

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زَلَجَI , Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun زَلْجٌ and زَلَجَانٌ and زَلِيجٌ; and ; He went a gentle pace: and he walked, or ran, quickly: or زَلْجٌ signifies the being quick in going and in other things: and the going quickly: and زَلَجَانٌ, the advancing, or preceding, quickly, or in journeying: (TA: [see also زَلَخَانٌ:]) or, as some say, the going a gentle pace. You say of a she-camel, زَلَجَتْ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun زَلْجٌ, She went swiftly, [appearing] as though she did not move her legs by reason of her swiftness. And زَلَجَتْ occurring in a verse of Dhu-r-Rummeh, [app. referring to draughts of water,] is expl. as meaning They descended quickly into the entrance of the gullet, by reason of vehemence of thirst. You say also, زَلَجَتْ رِجْلُهُ His foot slipped; as also زَلَخَتْ. (AZ, L and TA in art. زلخ.) And مَرَّ يَزْلِجُ, Verbal.Noun زَلْجٌ and زَلِيجٌ, He, or it, passed, going lightly upon the ground. And, of an arrow, يَزْلِجُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ [app. It goes along lightly upon the ground]: and يَمْضِى مَضَآءً زَلْجًا [app. meaning the same]. And زَلَجَ السَّهْمُ, Present.T ـِ Verbal.Noun زُلُوجٌ and زَلِيجٌ, The arrow fell upon the ground, and did not go straight to the animal at which it was shot. (TA. [See also زَلَخَ.])
2 زَلَجَ, Present.T ـِ also signifies He escaped from difficulties, troubles, or distresses.
3 And He drank vehemently of anything.

def.2 See also 4.

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