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ولس

Root entry · 20 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns treachery, deceit, and betrayal. It also extends to meanings of speed, particularly in the context of a camel's gait, and can refer to a wolf.

Derived headwords

الوَلْسnoun
  1. 1.
    treacheryboth

    Betrayal or perfidy.

  2. 2.
    deceitboth

    The act of deceiving or misleading.

والسverb
  1. 1.
    to betrayboth

    To act with treachery or deceit towards someone.

  2. 2.
    to deceiveboth

    To mislead or trick someone.

يوالسverb
  1. 1.
    to betrayboth

    Present or continuous form of betrayal or deceit.

  2. 2.
    to deceiveboth

    Present or continuous form of deceiving or misleading.

يدالسverb
  1. 1.
    to deceiveboth

    To act deceitfully or craftily.

  2. 2.
    to be cunningclassical

    To employ trickery or slyness.

دلسnoun
  1. 1.
    deceitboth

    Deception, trickery, or fraud.

  2. 2.
    treacheryclassical

    Betrayal or perfidy.

الموالسةnoun
  1. 1.
    deceptionboth

    The act or practice of deceiving.

  2. 2.
    flatteryclassical

    Insincere praise or compliments used to gain favor.

  3. 3.
    speedclassical

    The state of moving quickly.

توالسواverb
  1. 1.
    to deceive each otherboth

    To engage in mutual deception or trickery.

  2. 2.
    to conspireclassical

    To plot or act together in a deceitful manner.

تراقدواverb
  1. 1.
    to conspireclassical

    To plot or act together secretly, often with deceitful intent.

  2. 2.
    to support each other deceitfullyclassical

    To mutually assist one another in a cunning or treacherous way.

خَدِيعَةnoun
  1. 1.
    deceptionboth

    An act or device intended to deceive.

  2. 2.
    trickboth

    A cunning act or plan.

خِبّnoun
  1. 1.
    deceitclassical

    Cunning, treachery, or fraud.

  2. 2.
    trickeryclassical

    The use of tricks to deceive someone.

لاسnoun
  1. 1.
    wolfclassical

    A wild carnivorous mammal, often associated with cunning.

الولسnoun
  1. 1.
    speedclassical

    The quality of moving with great rapidity.

ولستverb
  1. 1.
    to be fastclassical

    To move with great speed, especially referring to a camel.

  2. 2.
    to gallopclassical

    To run at a speed faster than a trot.

تلسverb
  1. 1.
    to move fastclassical

    To proceed with great speed, particularly a camel.

  2. 2.
    to gallopclassical

    To run at a fast pace.

ولساناnoun
  1. 1.
    fast gaitclassical

    A gait of a camel that is faster than a trot but not a full gallop.

  2. 2.
    swift runningclassical

    The act of running with great speed.

ولوسadjective
  1. 1.
    fast (camel)classical

    Describing a camel that moves with great speed.

الولسانnoun
  1. 1.
    swift gaitclassical

    A gait of a camel that is a fast run, exceeding a trot.

يوالسverb
  1. 1.
    to run fastclassical

    To move at a high speed, referring to camels running together.

الولوسnoun
  1. 1.
    swiftnessclassical

    The quality of being fast, especially for a camel.

السريعةadjective
  1. 1.
    fastboth

    Moving or capable of moving at high speed.

Parallel reading

لا يوالس ولا يدالس.
He does not betray nor does he deceive.
وما لي في هذا الأمر ولس ولا دلس.
And I have no deceit or treachery in this matter.
والموالسة: الخداع.
And al-muwālasah: deception.
قد توالسوا عليه وتراقدوا عليه أي تناصروا عليه في خب وخديعة.
They conspired against him and supported each other in cunning and deceit.
ووالسه: خادعه.
And he deceived him: he tricked him.
والموالسة: شبه المداهنة في الأمر.
And al-muwālasah: a semblance of appeasement in the matter.
ويقال للذئب ولاس.
And a wolf is called wālisan.
والولس: السرعة.
And al-wals: speed.
وولست الناقة تلس ولسانا فهي ولوس: أسرعت.
And the she-camel ran fast, with a swift gait, so she is fast: she hurried.
وقيل: أعنقت في سيرها.
And it was said: she sped up in her pace.
وقيل: الولسان سير فوق العنق والإبل يوالس بعضها بعضا في السير، وهو ضرب من العنق.
And it was said: al-walsān is a gait faster than a trot, and camels run fast, some of them alongside others in their pace, and it is a type of fast running.
التهذيب: الولوس الناقة التي تلس في سيرها ولسانا، والولوس: السريعة من الإبل.
Al-Tahdhib: Al-walūs is the she-camel that runs fast in her pace with a swift gait, and al-walūs: the fast she-camels.