Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ز

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1 زَلَلْتَ ذ , [third pers. زَلَّ,] aor. تَزِلُّ; (S, K;) and زَلِلْتَ, [third pers. likewise زَلَّ,] aor. تَزَلُّ; (Fr, S, K;) inf. n. زَلِيلٌ, (Lh, S, K,) which is of the former verb, (S,) and زَلٌّ, (Lh, K,) also of the former verb, (Msb,) and زُلُولٌ and زِلِّيلَى [or, accord. to the S, this is a simple subst.,] and زِلِّيلَآءُ (Lh, K) and مَزِلَّةٌ, (K,) [all app. of the former verb,] and زَلَلٌ, (Fr, S, K,) which is of the latter verb; (Fr, S;) Thou slippedst (K) in mud, or in speech, (S, K,) or in judgment, or opinion, or in religion: (TA:) or you say, زَلَّ عَنْ مَكَانِهِ, aor. يَزِلُّ, inf. n. زَلٌّ [&c. as above]; and زَلَّ, aor. يَزَلُّ, inf. n. زَلَلٌ; the former verb of the class of ضَرَبَ; and the latter, of the class of تَعِبَ; meaning he, or it, moved away, or aside, [or slipped,] from his, or its, place: and زَلَّ فِى مَنْطِقِهِ, or فِعْلِهِ, aor. يَزِلُّ, like يَضْرِبُ, inf. n. زَلَّةٌ, he made a slip, or mistake, in his speech, or his action. (Msb.) فَإِِنْ زَلَلْتُمْ, in the Kur ii. 205, means But if ye turn away, or aside, from entering thereinto fully: (Jel:) this is the common reading: but some read زَلِلْتُمْ. (TA.) And you say, زَلَّ زَلَّةً He committed a slip in speech and the like. (TA.) Accord. to IAth, زَلِيلٌ signifies The passing of a body from one place to another: and ― -b2- hence it is metaphorically used in like manner in relation to a benefit: one says, زَلَّتْ مِنْهُ إِِلَى فُلَانٍ نِعْمَةٌ, inf. n. زَلِيلٌ, meaning (tropical:) A benefit passed, or was transferred, from him, (i. e. a benefactor,) to such a one. (TA.) ― -b3- زَلَّ, inf. n. زَلِيلٌ and زُلُولٌ, also signifies He (a man) passed along quickly: (ISh, K:) and زَلَّ, inf. n. زَلِيلٌ, he ran: and زَلِيلٌ, a light, or an agile, walking or pacing: (TA:) [and زَلَلٌ, mentioned above as an inf. n., seems to have the same, or a similar, signification:] a rájiz says, (S,) namely, Aboo-Mohammad El- Hadhlemee, (TA,) or Aboo-Mohammad ElFak'asee, (O,) “ إِِنَّ لَهَا فِى العَامِ ذِى الفُتُوقِ
وَزَلَلِ النِّيَّةِ وَالتَّصْفِيقِ
رِعْيَةَ مَوْلًى نَاصِحٍ شَفِيقِ
” (S in the present art., * and in art. صفق, * and art. فتق, but in this last with رَبٍّ in the place of مَوْلًى, and TA,) [i. e. Verily they have, in the year of little rain, (thus الفتوق, as here used, is expl. in the S in art. فتق,) and in the passing along lightly to the place which is the object of the journey, and in the being removed from a tract which they have depastured to a place in which is pasture, (thus التصفيق, as here used, is expl. in the S in art. صفق,) the tending of a master honest in his conduct, or desirous of their good, benevolent, or compassionate]: he is speaking of his camels: (S in art. فتق:) he means that they pass along lightly [so I render تَزِلُّ] from place to place in search of herbage: and النيّة means the place to which they purpose journeying. (S.) ― -b4- [Hence,] زَلَّ عُمُرُهُ (assumed tropical:) His life went, or passed, [or glided,] away. (K, TA.) ― -b5- زَلَّتِ الدَّرَاهِمُ, (S, Msb, * K,) aor. زَلِ3َ , (S, Msb,) inf. n. زُلُولٌ, (S, K,) or زَلِيلٌ, (Msb,) The dirhems, or pieces of money, poured out, or forth: (K:) or were, or became, deficient in weight. (S, Msb, * K.) ― -b6- زَلَّ, inf. n. زَلَلٌ, (K,) said of a man, (TA,) [and app. of a wolf, (see أَزَلُّ,)] He was, or became, light [of flesh] in the hips, or haunches: (K:) or زَلَلٌ signifies a woman's having little flesh in the posteriors and thighs. (S.) -A2- زَلَّ, aor. يَزِلُّ, accord. to analogy, as an intrans. v., from أَزْلَلْتُ إِِلَيْهِ meaning “ I gave to him ” of food &c., should signify He took, or received: and hence the saying of the lawyers, وَيَزِلُّ إِِنْ عَلِمَ الرِّضَى And he shall take, or receive, or the food [if he have knowledge of permission, or consent]. (Msb.) -A3- زُلَّ i. q. دُقِّقَ [app. as meaning He, or it, was made, or rendered, thin, or slender]. (IAar, TA.)