ق • ل • ق

, aor. قَلَقَ , (M, Msb, TA,) inf. n. قَلَقٌ, (S, M, Msb, K,) It was, or became, unsettled, unsteady, unfixed, loose, mobile, unquiet, or restless; it did not settle, become fixed or motionless or quiet or at rest, or it did not rest or remain or continue, in its place. (TA.) He, or it, became disquieted, disturbed, agitated, flurried, or in a state of unrest or commotion; syn. اِنْزَعَجَ, (S, K, TA,) and اِضْطَرَبَ. (M, Msb.) قَلِقَ إِلَيْهِ, or الى لِقَائِهِ, see جَنَبَ.

He, or it, disquieted him; disturbed him; agitated him; flurried him. (S, Msb.) He moved it, a thing, from its place; as also ↓ قَلَّقَهُ. (M.)

Looseness in an expression. (TA &c., passim.)

Unsteady; loose. عِبَارَةٌ قَلْقَةٌ A loose expression. (TA &c., passim.)