ز ل ط

Arabic

Etymology

Considered a variant or closely related to ب ل ط (b-l-ṭ) in the sense of "even earth or smooth stones", "a pick-axe used to break up or break down larger rocks"; possible connections also with the root ز ل ع (z-l-ʕ) meaning "to swallow up", itself likely being a variation of ب ل ع (b-l-ʕ) also meaning "to swallow or chew up".

Root

ز ل ط • (z-l-ṭ)

1. related to things being eaten away

Derived terms

• Form I: زَلُطَ (zaluṭa, “to gobble down”)
  • Active participle: زَالِط (zāliṭ)
• Form II: زَلَّطَ (zallaṭa, “to denude”)
  • Verbal noun: تَزْلِيط (tazlīṭ)
  • Active participle: مُزَلِّط (muzalliṭ)
  • Passive participle: مُزَلَّط (muzallaṭ)
• Form V: تَزَلَّطَ (tazallaṭa, “to be denuded”)
  • Verbal noun: تَزَلُّط (tazalluṭ)
  • Active participle: مُتَزَلِّط (mutazalliṭ)
• Form VII: اِنْزَلَطَ (inzalaṭa, “to become poor”)
  • Verbal noun: اِنْزِلَاط (inzilāṭ)
  • Active participle: مُنْزَلِط (munzaliṭ)

• زُلِيط (zulīṭ, “miserable”)

References

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “ز ل ط”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 599
• Freytag, Georg (1833) “ز ل ط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 248
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “ز ل ط”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 527