مِعْجَالٌ

Also singular of مَعَاجِيلٌ (A, TA) which means, The مُخْتَصَرَات [i. e. nearer, or nearest, (in article خصر erroneously written مُخْتَصِرَات,)] of the roads, or ways. (A, O, K, TA.) One says also, أَخَذْتُ مِنَ الطَّرِيقِ مُسْتَعْجِلَةً (O, K, in the CK مُسْتَعْجَلَةً,) [I took a short cut,] and هٰذِهِ الطَّرِيقِ مُسْتَعَجِلَاتُ [These are the short cuts]: both denote nearness and shortness. (O, K.)