चपल mfn. (
-लः-ला-लं)
1. Trembling, tremulous, shaking.
2. Wavering, unsteady.
3. Inconsiderately criminal.
4. Swift, expeditious; (also in this sense, or swiftly, adv.
n. (
-लं)
5. Momentary, instantaneous.
6. Agitated violently, overcome with alarm, &c. m. (
-लः)
1. Quicksilver.
2. A kind of stone.
3. A fish.
4. A thief.
f. (
-ला)
1. The goddess LAKSHMI or fortune.
2. Light- ning.
3. A whore.
4. Long pepper.
5. The tongue.
6. Spirituous liquor.
7. A species of the Arya metre.
E. चप् to go, affix
अलच् or
चुप् to move, Unadi affix
कल and the radical vowel changed.