هلس

Root entry · 13 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns wasting away, emaciation, and severe illness, particularly consumption (tuberculosis). It also extends to concepts of weakness, faintness, and secrecy, especially in relation to speech and laughter.

Derived headwords

الهَلَسnoun

1.
Consumption, wasting diseaseclassical
A severe wasting disease, akin to consumption or tuberculosis, characterized by extreme emaciation.
2.
Emaciationclassical
The state of being extremely thin and wasted due to illness or frailty.

الهَلَاسnoun

1.
Consumption, wasting diseaseclassical
Specifically refers to consumption (tuberculosis) or a severe wasting illness.
2.
Wasting awayclassical
The process of becoming emaciated and weak, often due to sickness.

هَلَسَverb

1.
To waste away, become emaciatedclassical
To suffer from a wasting disease, leading to extreme thinness and weakness.
2.
To be emaciatedclassical
To be in a state of extreme thinness, as if close to the bone.

مُهَلَّسadjective

1.
Wasted, emaciatedclassical
Describing a person suffering from a wasting disease, extremely thin and weak.
2.
Lean, bonyclassical
Describing a person or animal that is very lean, with flesh clinging tightly to the bones.
3.
Weak-minded, mentally impairedclassical
Describing someone whose mind is weakened or impaired, as if by illness.

هَلَسَهُ الدَّاءُverb

1.
The illness afflicted himclassical
The disease afflicted or affected him, causing him to waste away.

مُهَلَّس العَقْلadjective

1.
Mentally impaired, weak-mindedclassical
Someone whose intellect is weakened or diminished, as if by illness or disease.

مُهْتَلِس العَقْلadjective

1.
Mentally impaired, lost of mindclassical
Someone whose mind is gone or severely impaired, suggesting a complete loss of mental faculties.

الإهْلَاسnoun

1.
Feeble laughterclassical
A type of laughter that is weak, subdued, or lacking in vigor.
2.
Concealing laughterclassical
The act of hiding or suppressing one's laughter.

أَهْلَسَ في الضَّحِكverb

1.
To suppress laughterclassical
To hold back or conceal one's laughter, to laugh weakly or feebly.

المُهَلِّسadjective

1.
Dim, faint (darkness)classical
Describing darkness that is weak, dim, or faint, not completely dark.

الهَلَسnoun

1.
Weakness, frailtyclassical
A state of weakness or frailty, particularly in men, who are thin and weak.
2.
Thinnessclassical
The quality of being thin or slender.

أَهْلَسَ إِلَيْهِverb

1.
To whisper to himclassical
To impart a message or story to someone secretly or in a hushed tone.

هَامَسَverb

1.
To whisper, to confideclassical
To speak to someone in a low voice, often to share a secret or confide in them.

Parallel reading

الهلس والهلاس: شبه السلال، وفي التهذيب: شدة السلال من الهزال.

Al-halas and al-halas: resembles consumption, and in Al-Tahdhib: severe consumption from emaciation.

ورجل مهلوس، وهلسه الداء يهلسه هلسا: خامره؛

And a wasted man, and the disease afflicted him, wasting him away: it entered him.

والمهلوس من الرجال: الذي يأكل ولا يرى أثر ذلك في جسمه.

And the wasted man among men: is one who eats but its effect is not seen on his body.

وركب مهلوس: قليل اللحم لازق على العظم يابس، وقد هلس هلسا.

And a wasted mount: little flesh clinging to the bone, dry, and it had become wasted.

وامرأة مهلوسة: ذات ركب مهلوس كأنما جفل لحمه جفلا.

And a wasted woman: having a wasted mount as if her flesh had shrunk away suddenly.

الجوهري: الهلاس السل.

Al-Jawhari: Al-halas is consumption.

ورجل مهلوس العقل أي مسلوبه.

And a man whose mind is wasted, meaning it is taken from him.

ورجل مهتلس العقل ذاهبه.

And a man whose mind is gone, lost.

ويقال: السلاس في العقل والهلاس في البدن.

And it is said: Al-salās is in the mind and al-halās is in the body.

ولا ينهلس ؛ الهلاس: السل، وقد هلسه المرض.

And he does not waste away; al-halas: consumption, and the illness had wasted him.

نوازع تقرع العظم وتهلس اللحم.

Pulling that strikes the bone and wastes the flesh.

والإهلاس: ضحك فيه فتور.

And al-ihlas: laughter with weakness in it.

وأهلس في الضحك: أخفاه؛

And he suppressed laughter: he hid it.

تضحك مني ضحكا إهلاسا

You laugh at me with a suppressed laugh.

طرق الخيال فهاج لي، من مضجعي، ... رجع التحية في الظلام المهلس

The imagination visited me and stirred me, from my resting place, ... returning the greeting in the dim darkness.

ابن الأعرابي: الهلس النقة من الرجال، والهلس الضعفاء وإن لم يكونوا نقها.

Ibn Al-A'rabi: Al-halas refers to lean men, and al-halas refers to the weak, even if they are not lean.

وأهلس إليه أي أسر إليه حديثا.

And he whispered to him, meaning he secretly told him a story.

وهالس الرجل: ساره؛

And he whispered to the man: he confided in him.

مهالسة، والستر بيني وبينه، ... بدارا كتكحيل القطا جاز بالضحل

Whispering, and the screen between me and him, ... hastening like the kohl of the sandgrouse crossing the shallow water.