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هلد

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

This root appears to relate to the concept of taking or encompassing something, particularly in a way that affects a group. It suggests an action of seizing or affecting a population.

Derived headwords

هَلَدَverb
  1. 1.
    to take themclassical

    To seize or take hold of people.

  2. 2.
    to encompass themclassical

    To affect or cover them broadly.

Parallel reading

هَلَدَ الوعك الناس: أخذهم، وعمهم.
The illness took the people: it seized them, and encompassed them.