شُلْشُلٌ

A man light, active, or agile; (S;) [and] so مِشَلٌّ, (O,) and شَلُولٌ: (O, TA:) or the first, a boy, or young man, sharp-headed; light, or active, in spirit; brisk, lively, or sprightly, in his work; and so شُعْشُعٌ, and جُلْجُلٌ: (IAar, TA:) or a man clever, ingenious, acute, or sharp; light, active, or agile: (O:) or light, active, or agile, in accomplishing that which is wanted; quick; a good companion; cheerful in mind; as also شَلْشَلٌ, and مِشَلٌّ [in the CK (erroneously) مُشِلٌّ], and شَلُولٌ, and شُلُلٌ, and شُلَلٌ, (K, TA,) of which last the plural is شُلَلُونَ, it having no broken plural because of the rareness of فُعَلٌ as the measure of an epithet: (Sb, TA:) and having little flesh; light, active, or agile, in that which he commences, (K, TA,) of work &c.; (TA;) as also مُتَشَلْشِلٌ: (K, TA:) or this latter [simply] lean, or having little flesh. (S, O.)

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