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وهل

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns states of weakness, fear, and confusion. It extends to forgetting, making mistakes, and the initial moments of something or a sudden onset of fear.

Derived headwords

وَهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be weakboth

    To be weak, feeble, or lacking strength.

  2. 2.
    to be frightenedboth

    To be overcome with fear or terror.

وَهَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    weaknessboth

    A state of weakness or feebleness.

  2. 2.
    fearboth

    A state of fear or fright.

وَهِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    weakboth

    Characterized by weakness or feebleness.

  2. 2.
    frightenedboth

    Characterized by fear or fright.

مُسْتَوْهِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    frightenedboth

    One who is overcome with fear or terror.

تَوَهَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to make a mistakeboth

    To err or make a mistake regarding something.

  2. 2.
    to forgetboth

    To forget something.

  3. 3.
    to expose to errorclassical

    To expose someone or something to the possibility of making a mistake.

تَوْهِيلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    frighteningboth

    The act of causing someone to be frightened.

وَهَلَ إِلَى الشَّيْءِverb
  1. 1.
    to go towardsboth

    To go towards something, with one's mind and attention directed towards it.

وَهَلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fearboth

    A state of fear or fright.

مُسْتَوْهِلٌnoun
  1. 1.
    fearboth

    A state of fear or fright.

أَوَّلُ وَهْلَةٍnoun
  1. 1.
    first momentboth

    The very first instant or moment of something.

وَاهِلَةٌnoun
  1. 1.
    first momentboth

    The very first instant or moment of something.

Parallel reading

وَهَلَ، كفرح: ضعف، وفزع
He was weak, as in 'faraha': he was weak, and frightened.
فهو وهل، ككتف، ومستوهل
And he is weak/frightened, like 'katif', and a frightened one.
وعنه: غلط فيه، ونسيه
And about it: he made a mistake in it, and he forgot it.
ووهله توهيلا: فزعه
And he frightened him with a frightening.
ووهل إلى الشيء يوهل بفتحهما ويهل وهلا: ذهب وهمه إليه
And he went towards the thing, he goes towards it, and he went towards it: his concern went to it.
والوهل والمستوهل: الفزع
And the fear and the frightened one: the fear.
ولقيته أول وهلة
And I met him at the first moment.
ويحرك، وواهلة: أول شيء
And it is vocalized with harakat, and 'wahila': the first thing.
وتوهله: عرضه لأن يغلط
And he exposed it to error: he exposed it to the possibility of making a mistake.