مِعْجَالٌ
Root: عجل
Full Definition
2 Also sing. of مَعَاجِيلٌ which means, The مُخْتَصَرَات [i. e. nearer, or nearest, (in art. خصر erroneously written مُخْتَصِرَات,)] of the roads, or ways. One says also, أَخَذْتُ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ (O, K, in the CK مُسْتَعْجَلَةً,) [I took a short cut,] and هٰذِهِ الطَّرِيقِ [These are the short cuts]: both denote nearness and shortness.
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