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هلت

Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to the act of scraping or peeling, particularly of skin or blood, and also describes a specific type of reddish plant. It extends to the idea of moving or running quickly, possibly derived from the scraping motion.

Derived headwords

هَلَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to scrape skinclassical

    To scrape the skin of an animal, such as a camel's (بدنة), with a knife until blood appears.

انْهَلَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to run fastmodern

    To run with great speed and exertion.

انْسَلَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to run fastmodern

    To run with great speed and exertion, similar to انهلت.

سَلَتَverb
  1. 1.
    to peel offclassical

    To peel off or scrape something, such as blood from skin.

الهِلْتَىnoun
  1. 1.
    reddish plantmodern

    A type of plant that is reddish when dry, and also when growing. It resembles the الصليان plant.

الهِلْتَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    group of peopleclassical

    A group of people, whether settled or traveling.

Parallel reading

هلت دم البدنة إذا خدش جلدها بسكين حتى يظهر الدم
The camel's blood is scraped when its skin is scratched with a knife until blood appears.
انهلت يعدو
He was running fast.
انسلت يعدو
He was running fast.
سلته وهلته
He scraped it and peeled it.
سلت الدم وهلته أي قشره بالسكين
He scraped the blood and peeled it, meaning he scraped it with a knife.
الهلتى، على فعلى: نبت إذا يبس صار أحمر
Al-hilta, on the pattern of fi'la: a plant that becomes red when it dries.
الهلتى، على فعلى: شجرة، وهو كنبات الصليان، إلا أن لونه إلى الحمرة
Al-hilta, on the pattern of fi'la: a tree, and it is like the Salayan plant, except its color is reddish.
من الطريفة الهلتى، وهو نبت أحمر
Among the desirable plants is al-hilta, which is a red plant.
وهو مائي لا تكاد الماشية تأكله ما وجدت شيئا من الكلإ يشغلها عنه
It is watery, and livestock hardly eat it as long as they find any fodder to distract them from it.
الهلتاءة: الجماعة من الناس يقيمون ويظعنون
Al-hilta'ah: a group of people who are settled and who travel.