زلط

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Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ز ل ط (z-l-ṭ).

Verb

زَلَطَ (zalaṭa) I, non-past يَزْلُطُ‎ (yazluṭu)

  1. to gobble, to gulp down
Conjugation

Verb

زَلَّطَ (zallaṭa) II, non-past يُزَلِّطُ‎ (yuzalliṭu)

  1. to make naked, to bare, to denude

Conjugation

Noun

زُلْط or زَلْط (zulṭ or zalṭm

  1. poverty, destitution
  2. nudity
Declension

Etymology 2

From the root ز ل ط (z-l-ṭ), in the sense of being broken down, larger stones eaten away or smoothed down, stripped down.

Noun

زَلَط (zalaṭm (collective, singulative زَلَطَة f (zalaṭa))

  1. gravel, pebble; asphalt
Declension

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1833) “زلط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 248
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “زلط”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 527