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لهله

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of returning, instability, and vastness, particularly in the context of deserts and open spaces where mirages appear. It also extends to descriptions of poor quality in textiles, speech, and even physical appearance.

Derived headwords

اللهلهةnoun
  1. 1.
    Returningclassical

    The act of returning or going back from something.

تلهلهverb
  1. 1.
    To waverclassical

    Used to describe a mirage that appears to waver or be unstable.

لهلهnoun
  1. 1.
    Vast, level landclassical

    A wide, level, and expansive desert or open land where mirages are seen to waver.

  2. 2.
    Vastness of the desertclassical

    The expansive nature of a desert or open plain.

  3. 3.
    Wide valleyclassical

    A broad and extensive valley.

  4. 4.
    Level groundclassical

    That which is level and even on the ground.

لهلهadjective
  1. 1.
    Poorly wovenclassical

    Describes a garment that is poorly or loosely woven.

  2. 2.
    Poor qualityclassical

    Refers to speech or poetry that is of poor quality or weak construction.

  3. 3.
    Ugly-facedclassical

    Describes a person with an unattractive facial appearance.

لهلهةnoun
  1. 1.
    Thinness of weaveclassical

    The quality of being thinly or poorly woven.

Parallel reading

الرجوع عن الشيء.
Returning from a thing.
وتلهله السراب: اضطرب.
And the mirage wavered: it was unstable.
وبلد لهله ولهله: واسع مستو يضطرب فيه السراب.
And a land, lehleh wa lehleh: vast and level where the mirage wavers.
وخرق مهارق دي لهله ... أجد الأب به مظمؤه
And a vast, trackless expanse of lehleh... I found the traveler thirsty in it.
ومخفق من لهله ولهله، من مهمه يجتبنه ومهمه
And a place of mirages from its lehleh and lehleh, from a desolate area that is chosen and a desolate area.
وكم دون ليلى من لهاله بيضها ... صحيح بمدحى أمه وفليق
And how many of its white expanses are between me and Layla... sound, praised by his mother and split.
اللهله الوادي الواسع.
The lehleh is the wide valley.
اللهاله ما استوى من الأرض.
The lehalih is what is level of the ground.
اللهله ما استوى من الأرض.
The lehleh is what is level of the ground.
واللهله، بالفتح: الثوب الرديء النسج، وكذلك الكلام والشعر.
And lehleh, with the فتح: the poorly woven garment, and likewise speech and poetry.
يقال: لهله النساج الثوب أي هلهله، وهو مقلوب منه.
It is said: the weaver lehleh-ed the garment, meaning he hahlalah-ed it, and it is an inversion of that.
وثوب لهله، بالفتح لا غير: رقيق النسج.
And a garment lehleh, with the فتح only: thinly woven.
واللهلهة: سخافة النسج.
And the lehleheh: the thinness of the weave.
واللهله: القبيح الوجه.
And the lehleh: the ugly-faced.