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, aor. , inf. n. زَلْجٌ and زَلَجَانٌ and زَلِيجٌ; and ↓ انزلج; He went a gentle pace: and he walked, or ran, quickly: (L:) or زَلْجٌ signifies the being quick in going and in other things: and the going quickly: (TA:) and زَلَجَانٌ, the advancing, or preceding, (O, K, TA,) quickly, (O,) or in journeying: (TA: [see also زَلَخَانٌ:]) or, as some say, the going a gentle pace. (TA.) You say of a she-camel, زَلَجَتْ, aor. , inf. n. زَلْجٌ, She went swiftly, [appearing] as though she did not move her legs by reason of her swiftness. (Lth, TA.) 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. (TA.) You say also, زَلَجَتْ رِجْلُهُ His foot slipped; as also زَلَخَتْ. (AZ, L and TA in art. زلخ.) And مَرَّ يَزْلِجُ, inf. n. زَلْجٌ and زَلِيجٌ, He, or it, passed, going lightly upon the ground. (S, K.) And, of an arrow, يَزْلِجُ عَلَى وَجْهِ الأَرْضِ [app. It goes along lightly upon the ground]: and يَمْضِى مَضَآءً زَلْجًا [app. meaning the same]. (TA.) And زَلَجَ السَّهْمُ, aor. , inf. n. 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.]) ― -b2- زَلَجَ, aor. , also signifies He escaped from difficulties, troubles, or distresses. (TA.) ― -b3- And He drank vehemently of anything. (TA.) -A2- See also 4.

, inf. n. تَزْلِيجٌ, He uttered, and made current, his words, or speech, (K, TA,) and an ode, or an oration. (TA.) ― -b2- And تَزْلِيجٌ signifies also The striving to retain life with a bare sufficiency of the means of subsistence; التَّزْلِيجُ being expl. by مُدَافَعَةُ العَيْشِ بِالبُلْغَةِ. (K.)

He made the arrow to fall upon the ground, and not to go straight to the animal at which it was shot. (TA. [See also 4 in art. زلخ.]) ― -b2- ازلج البَابَ He closed, or made fast, the door with the مِزْلَاج [q. v.]; (S, * K;) as also ↓ زَلَجَهُ, (K,) inf. n. زَلْجٌ. (TA. [See, again, 4 in art. زلج.])

He, or it, slipped, or slid along or down; syn. تَزَلَّقَ: (S, TA:) his foot slipped. (KL. [See also 5 in art. زلخ.]) ― -b2- One says of an arrow, يَتَزَلَّجُ عَنِ القَوْسِ or ↓ يَنْزَلِجُ [It slips from the bow]. (S and K, accord. to different copies.) -A2- Also He persevered, or persisted, in drinking the beverage called نَبِيذ, (Lh, K, TA,) and wine; (Lh, TA;) like تسلّج. (TA.)

see 1, first sentence: ― -b2- and see also 5 and زَلُوجٌ, and مِزْلَاجٌ.

, as an epithet applied to a place, (S, TA,) Slippery; syn. [زَلْقٌ and] زَلَقٌ; [like زَلْخٌ;] as also ↓ زَلَجٌ (S, K) and ↓ زَلِيجٌ. (TA.) ― -b2- See also زَالِجٌ. -A2- [Explained by Freytag as meaning “ Quod aliquis in jaculando multum tollit manum, ut majori vi mittat telum, ” on the authority of Meyd, it is app. a mistranscription for زَلْخٌ, q. v.; or it may be a dial. var. of the latter.]

: see the next preceding paragraph.

Smooth rocks; (K;) because the feet slip from them. (TA.)

, like جَمَزَى [in measure and meaning], and ↓ زَلِيجَةٌ, (K, TA,) and ↓ زَلُوجٌ, (TA,) applied to a she-camel, Quick, or swift, (K, TA,) in pace, or journeying: or, as some say, that quickly finishes in being milked. (TA.)

: see مِزْلَاجٌ.

Quick, or swift; (K;) as also ↓ زَالِجٌ, applied to anything. (Ham p. 764.) See also زَلَجَى. [And see زَلُوخٌ.] ― -b2- An arrow, such as is called قِدْح, that slips (↓ يَنْزَلِجُ) quickly from the hand, (K, TA,) or from the bow. (TA.) See also زَالِجٌ. ― -b3- Applied to a well, i. q. زَلُوخٌ [q. v.]. (TA in art. زلخ.) ― -b4- عُقْبَةٌ زَلُوجٌ A far-extending, long [stage of a journey]; (Lh, K;) 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]. (Lh, TA.)

: see زَلْجٌ: ― -b2- and its fem., with ة: see زَلَجَى.