ز ل م

ز ل م • (z-l-m)

1. related to concinnating by levigating

• Form I: زَلَمَ (zalama, “to cut off a bit of, to pare off, to take the edge from, to concinnate by levigating; to fill the water-vessel”)
  • Verbal noun: زَلْم (zalm)
  • Active participle: زَالِم (zālim)
  • Passive participle: مَزْلُوم (mazlūm)
• Form II: زَلَّمَ (zallama, “to cut off a bit of, to pare off, to take the edge from, to concinnate by levigating; to fill the water-vessel”)
  • Verbal noun: تَزْلِيم (tazlīm)
  • Active participle: مُزَلِّم (muzallim)
  • Passive participle: مُزَلَّم (muzallam)
• Form VIII: اِزْدَلَمَ (izdalama, “to extirpate, to root up, to amputate”)
  • Verbal noun: اِزْدِلَام (izdilām)
  • Active participle: مُزْدَلِم (muzdalim)
  • Passive participle: مُزْدَلَم (muzdalam)
• Form IX: اِزْلَمَّ (izlamma, “to be well-shaped and agile in one’s movements”)
  • Verbal noun: اِزْلِمَام (izlimām)
  • Active participle: مُزْلَمّ (muzlamm)
• Form XI: اِزْلَامَّ (izlāmma, “to be well-shaped and agile in one’s movements”)
  • Verbal noun: اِزْلِيمَام (izlīmām)
  • Active participle: مُزْلَامّ (muzlāmm)

• زَلَم (zalam, “arrow without head and feathers; cloven hoof, or the projecting part behind it; hyrax”) (see there for further derivations)
• أَزْلَم (ʔazlam, “having an edge cut”)
• مُزْلِم (muzlim, “well-formed and agile”)
• زَلِيم (zalīm, “well-formed, of polished proportions”)

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