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الحتل

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of giving, inferiority, and resemblance. It also encompasses terms for a young boy, a bird's chick, weakness, and shortness.

Derived headwords

الحَتْلnoun
  1. 1.
    givingboth

    The act of bestowing or granting something.

  2. 2.
    inferiorityclassical

    The quality of being poor, bad, or of low standard in any matter.

الحَتْلnoun
  1. 1.
    likenessboth

    A resemblance or similarity between two things.

الحَاتِلadjective
  1. 1.
    brokenclassical

    Describing something that is fractured or damaged.

الحُوتِلnoun
  1. 1.
    adolescent boyclassical

    A young boy who is approaching puberty.

  2. 2.
    chickclassical

    The young of a sandgrouse bird.

  3. 3.
    weaklingclassical

    A person or animal that is physically weak or frail.

بهاءadjective
  1. 1.
    shortclassical

    Describing someone who is of low stature.

Parallel reading

الحتل: العطاء
Al-Hatla: the giving.
والرديء من كل شيء
And the inferior of everything.
والمثل والشبه
And the likeness and the resemblance.
ويكسر، كالحاتل
And it is broken (in pronunciation), like Al-Hatil.
والحوتل، كجوهر: الغلام حين راهق
And Al-Hawtal, like Jawhar: the boy when he is adolescent.
وفرخ القطا
And the chick of the sandgrouse.
والضعيف
And the weak one.
وبهاء: القصير
And Baha': the short one.