Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

زَلُوجٌ

Root: زلج

Full Definition

زَلُوجٌ Quick, or swift; as also زَالِجٌ , applied to anything. See also زَلَجَى. [And see زَلُوخٌ.]
2 An arrow, such as is called قِدْح, that slips ( ) quickly from the hand, or from the bow. See also زَالِجٌ.
3 Applied to a well, i. q. زَلُوخٌ [q. v.]. (TA in art. زلخ.)
4 عُقْبَةٌ زَلُوجٌ A far-extending, long [stage of a journey]; as also زَلُوقٌ. (Lh, K in art. زلق, and TA. [In the CK, in this art. and in art. زلق, عَقَبَةٌ: in my MS. copy of the K, in this art., عقَبةٌ; but in art. زلق, عُقْبَةٌ, which is the right reading. See also زَلُوخٌ.]) So in the saying, سِرْنًا عقبةً زَلُوجًا [We journeyed a farextending, long stage].


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