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حلط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

The root حلط (ḥalaṭa) primarily relates to strong emotions like anger and haste, as well as actions involving entering or penetrating. It also encompasses concepts of making oaths, settling in a place, and specific sexual acts, though some of these might be textual variants.

Derived headwords

حَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    sworeclassical

    To make a strong oath or vow.

  2. 2.
    enteredclassical

    To penetrate or enter into something.

  3. 3.
    became angryclassical

    To become enraged or intensely angry.

  4. 4.
    hurriedclassical

    To proceed quickly or hasten in an affair.

أَحْلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    swore diligentlyclassical

    To exert oneself greatly in taking an oath.

  2. 2.
    angeredclassical

    To cause someone to become angry.

  3. 3.
    settledclassical

    To reside or stay in a place, especially a perilous one.

  4. 4.
    penetrated (animal)classical

    To insert the penis into the vulva of a female camel.

اِحْتَلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    sworeclassical

    To make an oath.

  2. 2.
    enteredclassical

    To penetrate or enter.

  3. 3.
    became angryclassical

    To become angry.

  4. 4.
    hurriedclassical

    To hasten in an affair.

كَحْلَطَverb
  1. 1.
    enteredclassical

    To enter or penetrate.

Parallel reading

حَلَطَ: حَلَفَ
He swore: he took an oath.
وَلَجَ
and entered.
وَغَضِبَ
and became angry.
وَأَسْرَعَ فِي الأَمْرِ
and hastened in the affair.
كَحْلَطَ، بِالْكَسْرِ فِيهِمَا
Kaḥlaṭa, with a kasra in both.
وَأَحْلَطَ: نَزَلَ بِدَارِ مَهْلَكَةٍ
And aḥlaṭa: he descended upon a dwelling of destruction.
وَأَغْضَبَ
and angered.
وَأَقَامَ
and stayed.
وَفِي الْيَمِينِ: اجْتَهَدَ
And in the oath: he exerted himself.
وَفُلَانٌ الْبَعِيرَ: أَدْخَلَ قَضِيبَهُ فِي حَيَاءِ النَّاقَةِ
And [he did something to] the camel: he inserted his penis into the vulva of the she-camel.
أَوْ هَذَا تَصْحِيفٌ، وَالصَّوَابُ فِيهِ بِالْخَاءِ
Or this is a textual corruption, and the correct reading is with the letter khāʼ.