زحزح

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Arabic

Etymology

From the reduplicated root ز ح ز ح (z ḥ z ḥ); compare زَعْزَعَ (zaʕzaʕa, to move violently; to shake; to destabilize).

Pronunciation

Verb

زَحْزَحَ (zaḥzaḥa) Iq (non-past يُزَحْزِحُ (yuzaḥziḥu), verbal noun زَحْزَحَة (zaḥzaḥa))

  1. (transitive) to move away slightly, to push, to stir, to inch, to budge
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:96:
      يَوَدُّ أَحَدُهُمْ لَوْ يُعَمَّرُ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ وَمَا هُوَ بِمُزَحْزِحِهِ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ أَن يُعَمَّرَ
      yawaddu ʔaḥaduhum law yuʕammaru ʔalfa sanatin wa-mā huwa bi-muzaḥziḥihī mina l-ʕaḏābi ʔan yuʕammara
      Some of them wish that they were left to live a thousand years, and it would not inch them away from their torment that they be left to live.

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