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هرط

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily denotes concepts of tearing, ripping, and damaging, often violently or excessively. It extends to meanings of speaking ill, being weak or flabby, and also refers to specific types of meat and animals.

Derived headwords

هرطverb
  1. 1.
    to tear into, slanderboth

    To attack someone's honor or reputation by speaking ill of them, tearing into it, and diminishing it.

  2. 2.
    to tear violentlyclassical

    To rip or tear something apart with force.

يهرطهverb
  1. 1.
    he tears into itboth

    The present tense form of the verb 'هرط', indicating the action of slandering or tearing into someone's honor.

هرطاnoun
  1. 1.
    slandering, tearingboth

    The verbal noun (masdar) of 'هرط', signifying the act of attacking someone's honor or tearing something violently.

تهارطverb
  1. 1.
    they insulted each otherboth

    To engage in mutual verbal abuse or insults.

هرطnoun
  1. 1.
    violent tearingclassical

    A forceful and violent tearing or ripping.

  2. 2.
    flabby meatclassical

    Meat that is lean and unappetizing due to its poor quality and flabbiness.

هرتnoun
  1. 1.
    violent tearingclassical

    A forceful and violent tearing or ripping; considered a variant of 'هرط'.

هرطadjective
  1. 1.
    old and emaciated (she-camel)classical

    Describing an old she-camel that is emaciated and weak.

أهراطnoun
  1. 1.
    old, emaciated she-camelsclassical

    The plural of 'ناقة هرط', referring to old and emaciated she-camels.

هرطnoun
  1. 1.
    flabby meatclassical

    Lean, unappetizing meat that is considered worthless due to its poor quality.

هرطةnoun
  1. 1.
    emaciated sheepclassical

    A large, emaciated sheep that is not beneficial for its meat due to its poor quality.

  2. 2.
    flabby meatclassical

    The meat of an emaciated sheep, characterized by its poor quality and flabbiness.

هرطةadjective
  1. 1.
    emaciated (sheep)classical

    Describing a sheep that is emaciated and not beneficial for its meat.

هرطnoun
  1. 1.
    meat that disintegratesclassical

    Meat that falls apart when cooked, likely due to its poor quality.

هرطةnoun
  1. 1.
    foolish, cowardly manclassical

    A man who is foolish, cowardly, and weak.

هرطverb
  1. 1.
    to become weak and flabbyclassical

    For a person's flesh to become weak and flabby after being firm, due to illness or fright.

يهرطverb
  1. 1.
    he babbles and mixes wordsboth

    For a person to speak nonsensically, mixing words and babbling.

هيرطadjective
  1. 1.
    flabby, weakclassical

    Describing something or someone as soft, flabby, or weak.

Parallel reading

هرط الرجل في عرض أخيه
The man attacked his brother's honor.
هرط عرض أخيه يهرطه هرطا: طعن فيه ومزقه وتنقصه
He attacked his brother's honor, stabbing into it, tearing it apart, and diminishing it.
ومثله هرته وهرده ومزقه وهرطمه
And similar to it are 'haratahu', 'hardahu', 'mazzaqahu', and 'hartamahu'.
وتهارط الرجلان: تشاتما
And the two men insulted each other: they verbally abused one another.
وقيل: الهرط في جميع الأشياء المزق العنيف
And it is said: 'Al-hart' in all things is violent tearing.
والهرط لغة في الهرت وهو المزق العنيف
And 'al-hart' is a dialectal variant of 'al-hert', which is violent tearing.
وناقة هرط: مسنة
And a 'hirt' she-camel is an old one.
والجمع أهراط وهروط
And the plural is 'ahraat' and 'huroot'.
والهرط: لحم مهزول كأنه مخاط لا ينتفع به لغثاثته
And 'al-hart' is emaciated meat, as if it were mucus, from which no benefit can be derived due to its poor quality.
والهرط والهرطة: النعجة الكبيرة المهزولة
And 'al-hart' and 'al-harta' are the large, emaciated sheep.
والجمع هرط مثل قربة وقرب
And the plural is 'hart' like 'qurbah' and 'qurb'.
نعجة هرطة وهي المهزولة لا ينتفع بلحمها غثوثة
An emaciated sheep ('hirtah') is one that is emaciated and its meat is not beneficial due to its poor quality.
ولحمها الهرط، بالكسر
And its meat is 'al-hirt', with kasra.
الهرط، بفتح الهاء، وهو الذي يتفتت إذا طبخ
'Al-hart', with fatha on the ha, is that which disintegrates when cooked.
هرط الرجل إذا استرخى لحمه بعد صلابة من علة أو فزع
A man 'harata' when his flesh became relaxed after firmness, from illness or fright.
والإنسان يهرط في كلامه: يسفسف ويخلط
And a person 'yuhart' in his speech: he babbles and mixes words.
والهيرط: الرخو
And 'al-hayrat' is the flabby one.