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هلث

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes a large, noisy group of people. It can also refer to the lower strata or the common folk within a group.

Derived headwords

الهلثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, noisy groupclassical

    A large multitude of people whose voices are raised.

الْهَلَثَاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, noisy groupclassical

    A large multitude of people whose voices are raised.

الهلثاءةnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, noisy groupclassical

    A large multitude of people whose voices are raised.

الْهَلَثَاءَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Large, noisy groupclassical

    A large multitude of people whose voices are raised.

هلثاءnoun
  1. 1.
    Group of peopleclassical

    A group of people, often with raised voices.

جاء فلان في هلثاء من أصحابه — So-and-so came with a group of his companions.
هلثاءةnoun
  1. 1.
    Group of peopleclassical

    A group of people, often with raised voices.

هلثةnoun
  1. 1.
    Group of peopleclassical

    A group of people.

هلثىnoun
  1. 1.
    Group of peopleclassical

    A group of people.

هلثاةnoun
  1. 1.
    Groupclassical

    A group of people.

هلاثىnoun
  1. 1.
    Group of peopleclassical

    A group of people who settle upon a smaller group, either fewer or slightly more numerous.

الْهَلَائِثnoun
  1. 1.
    Lowly peopleclassical

    The base or lower strata of people.

  2. 2.
    Common folkclassical

    The common people or the masses.

Parallel reading

الجماعة الكثيرة من الناس تعلو أصواتها
A large multitude of people whose voices are raised.
يقال: جاء فلان في هلثاء من أصحابه
It is said: So-and-so came with a group of his companions.
هلثاء من الناس
A group of people.
وهلثاءة أي جماعة
And a group.
الهلثة الجماعة من الناس
The group of people.
الهلثى الجماعة من الناس
The group of people.
الهلثاة، مقصور: الجماعة
The group, short form: a multitude.
وهم أكثر من الوضيمة
And they are more than the 'wadimah' (a small group).
هلثاءة وهلاثى: القوم ينزلون على قوم أقل منهم كالوضيمة أو أكثر شيئا
A group and a multitude: people who settle upon a group smaller than them, like the 'wadimah' or slightly more.
وجاءت هلثاءة [هلثاءة] من كل وجه أي فرق
And a group came from every direction, meaning a division.
والهلائث: السفلة
And the 'hala'ith': the base ones.
وهو من هلائثهم
And he is from their base people.
أرى أن معناه: من خشارتهم أو جماعتهم
I think its meaning is: from their riff-raff or their common folk.