Edward William Lane, An Arabic-English Lexicon, ز

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1 زَجَّهُ ذ , (S, A, Msb,) aor. زَجُ3َ , (S,) inf. n. زَجٌّ, (S, A, Msb, K,) He pierced him, or thrust him, (i. e. a man, S, Msb,) with the زُجّ [or pointed iron foot of the spear]; (S, A, Msb, K; *) and cast at him with it: and زَجَّ also signifies he pierced, or thrust, with haste. (TA.) And زَجَجْتُهُ بِالرُّمْحِ I cast at him with the spear. (A, and Ham p. 147.) ― -b2- [Hence,] زَجَّ بِالشَّىْءِ (tropical:) He cast, or threw, the thing from himself: (A:) or زَجَّ بِالشَّىْءِ مِنْ يَدِهِ, aor. زَجُ3َ , (TA,) inf. n. as above, (K, TA,) (tropical:) he cast, or threw, the thing from his hand. (K, * TA.) ― -b3- [And hence,] زَجٌّ signifies also (tropical:) The running or the ostrich. (K, TA.) You say of the ostrich, زَجَّ بِرِجْلَيْهِ, (A, TA,) inf. n. as above, (TA,) (tropical:) He ran, (A, TA,) throwing out his legs. (TA.) ― -b4- [Hence also,] نَزَلْنَا بِوَادٍ يَزُجُّ النَّبَاتَ (tropical:) We alighted in a valley putting forth herbage; as though casting it from itself. (A, TA.) ― -b5- See also 4. -A2- زَجَّ, sec. pers. زَجِجْتَ, aor. زَجَ3َ , inf. n. زَجَجٌ, It (an eyebrow) was, or became, narrow and long: (TK:) or arched: (MA:) [or narrow and long and full and arched: see زَجَجٌ below.]