الهلس

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of weakness, emaciation, and illness, often leading to a state of frailty or diminished capacity. It also extends to meanings related to secrecy, quietness, and a lack of vigor in actions or speech.

Derived headwords

الهَلْسnoun

1.
Abundant goodclassical
A large amount of goodness or benefit.
2.
Thinnessboth
The state of being thin, slender, or emaciated.
3.
Wasting diseaseclassical
A disease causing significant wasting of the body, such as tuberculosis.

الهَلَاسnoun

1.
Wasting diseaseclassical
A disease causing significant wasting of the body, similar to 'al-hals'.

هَلَسَverb

1.
To waste awayboth
To become thin or emaciated, especially due to illness.

مَهْلُوسadjective

1.
Emaciatedboth
Suffering from wasting or emaciation, often due to illness.

مَرِضَ فُلَانٌ فَهَلَسَهُ المَرَضُverb

1.
Illness made him emaciatedboth
The illness caused him to become thin and weak.

الهَوَالِسnoun

1.
Light-bodied peopleclassical
Individuals who are physically light or slender in build.

مَهْلُوسَةadjective

1.
Having emaciated fleshclassical
Describing a woman whose flesh is thin and wasted, as if startled.

الهُلْسnoun

1.
Convalescenceclassical
The state of recovery from illness, when one is weak.
2.
The weakclassical
People who are weak or frail, even if not in the process of convalescence.

الإهْلَاسnoun

1.
Feeble laughterclassical
Laughter that is weak, lacking energy or conviction.
2.
Whispering secretsclassical
Speaking in a low voice, often to conceal or share secrets.

التَهْلِيسnoun

1.
Emaciationclassical
The state of being extremely thin or wasted.

مُهْتَلِس العَقْلadjective

1.
Bereft of mindclassical
Someone whose mind has been taken away or is absent; mentally incapacitated.

هَالَسَهُverb

1.
To confide inclassical
To speak secretly with someone, sharing private matters.

Parallel reading

الهلس: الخير الكثير، والدقة، والضمور، ومرض السل، كالهلاس، بالضم، هلس، كعني، فهو مهلوس.

Al-hals: abundant good, thinness, emaciation, and the wasting disease, like al-halas, with damma, to become thin, as in 'ani, and he is emaciated.

وهلسه المرض يهلسه: هزله.

And the illness made him emaciated (yahlasuhu): it weakened him.

والهوالس: الخفاف الأجسام.

And al-hawalis: those who are light of body.

وامرأة مهلوسة: ذات ركب مهلوس، كأنما جفل لحمه.

And a woman mahlusah: having emaciated flesh, as if her flesh had shrunk away.

والهلس، بضمتين: النقه، والضعفى، وإن لم يكونوا نقها.

And al-huls, with two dammahs: convalescence, and the weak, even if they are not convalescing.

والإهلاس: ضحك في فتور، وإسرار الحديث، وإخفاؤه.

And al-ihlas: laughter with weakness, and whispering of speech, and concealing it.

والتهليس: الهزال.

And al-tahlees: emaciation.

ومُهْتَلِس العقل: مسلوبه.

And muhtalis al-'aql: one whose mind is taken away.

وهالسه: ساره.

And haalasahu: he confided in him.