زلزل

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Arabic

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Etymology

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From the reduplicated root ز ل ز ل (z-l-z-l).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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زَلْزَلَ (zalzala) Iq (non-past يُزَلْزِلُ (yuzalzilu), verbal noun زَلْزَلَة (zalzala) or زِلْزَال (zilzāl))

  1. to shake (transitive)
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 99:1:
      إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ ٱلأَرْضُ زِلْزَالَهَا
      ʔiḏā zulzilati l-ʔarḍu zilzāla
      When the earth is shaken in its ultimate quaking.
  2. to convulse, to tremble

Conjugation

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