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Kalimāt: Arabic for Islamic and Arabic Studies

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English: Arabic (vocalized/unvocalized):
to trip, to slip

زل، يزل، زلا‏

زَلَّ، يَزَلُّ، زَلّاً‏

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Categories:
Speech register: lofty
Knowledge: active
Frequency: 2
Part of speech: verb
Morphological category: verb
Morph. pattern: فَعَلَ
Form: I
Root: زلل
Subject: Health

Sample sentences:

زَلَّتْ قَدَمُهُ على الدَّرَجِ فَوَقَعَ وانْكَسَرَتْ رِجْلُهُ.

زَلَّ لِسانُهُ وقالَ السَّرَّ.