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الهطل

Root entry · 17 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of slow, continuous, or intermittent falling, especially of rain. It extends to describe slow movement, gradual emergence, and also encompasses terms for certain animals, people, and places, often with connotations of weakness or slowness.

Derived headwords

هَطَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to rain continuouslyboth

    Describing rain that falls weakly but persistently.

  2. 2.
    to flow graduallyboth

    Used for sweat emerging from a horse, or tears from an eye, appearing little by little.

  3. 3.
    to move slowlyclassical

    Describing a camel or a she-camel walking with a weak or slow gait.

الهَطْلnoun
  1. 1.
    weak, continuous rainboth

    A type of rain that is light and falls steadily.

  2. 2.
    intermittent heavy rainboth

    Rain characterized by large drops falling intermittently.

  3. 3.
    wolfclassical

    A term for a wolf.

  4. 4.
    foolish thiefclassical

    A descriptor for a thief who is foolish or incompetent.

  5. 5.
    incapable personclassical

    Someone who is weak, incapable, or unable to perform a task.

  6. 6.
    camel (specific condition)classical

    Specifically refers to a camel that is slow or weak.

الهُطْلnoun
  1. 1.
    weak, continuous rainboth

    A type of rain that is light and falls steadily.

  2. 2.
    intermittent heavy rainboth

    Rain characterized by large drops falling intermittently.

الهُطْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    weak, continuous rainboth

    A type of rain that is light and falls steadily.

  2. 2.
    intermittent heavy rainboth

    Rain characterized by large drops falling intermittently.

الهُطْلاءadjective
  1. 1.
    weak, continuous rainboth

    Describing rain that falls weakly but persistently.

الهُطْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    she-camel (slow gait)classical

    A she-camel that walks slowly or weakly.

الهُطْلِيّadjective
  1. 1.
    weak, continuous rainboth

    Describing rain that falls weakly but persistently.

الهُطْلىadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-moving (she-camel)classical

    Describing a she-camel that walks slowly and deliberately.

الهُطْلَىadjective
  1. 1.
    slow-moving (camels)classical

    Describing a herd of camels that are separated or moving without a driver.

الهَيْطَلnoun
  1. 1.
    foxclassical

    A term for a fox.

  2. 2.
    region beyond the riverclassical

    A name for a geographical area, specifically Transoxiana.

  3. 3.
    small raiding partyclassical

    A small group of people sent out for raids or warfare.

  4. 4.
    Turkic or Indian tribeclassical

    A name for a powerful group of Turks or Indians.

  5. 5.
    horse nameclassical

    The name of a specific horse belonging to Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i.

  6. 6.
    mountain nameclassical

    The name of a mountain.

الهَيَاطِلnoun
  1. 1.
    Turkic or Indian tribeclassical

    A name for a powerful group of Turks or Indians.

الهَيَاطِلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    Turkic or Indian tribeclassical

    A name for a powerful group of Turks or Indians.

الهَيْطَلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    copper vesselclassical

    A measure of copper, likely a pot or cauldron, of Persian origin.

تَهَطَّلَأَverb
  1. 1.
    to recover from illnessclassical

    To be cured or to recover from sickness.

الهُطْلانnoun
  1. 1.
    continuous rainboth

    The act or state of rain falling continuously.

التَّهْطالnoun
  1. 1.
    continuous rainboth

    The act or state of rain falling continuously.

ديمة هطلnoun
  1. 1.
    persistent rainboth

    A rain that is weak but lasts for a long time.

Parallel reading

المطر الضعيف الدائم
Weak, continuous rain.
تتابع المطر المتفرق العظيم القطر
The succession of scattered rain of large drops.
وقد هطل يهطل
And it rained, it rains.
وديمة هطل، بالضم
And a persistent rain, with dammah.
وهطلاء
And (a rain) that is persistent.
ولا يقال: سحاب أهطل
And it is not said: a cloud that rains continuously.
ومطر وسحاب هطل، ككتف وشداد
And rain and clouds that are persistent, like 'katif' and 'shidad'.
وسحائب هطل كركع
And clouds that are persistent, like 'rukk'.
وهطل الجري الفرس يهطلها: إذا خرج عرقها شيئا بعد شيء
And the sweat of the horse emerged, it emerges: when its sweat comes out little by little.
والناقة: سارت سيرا ضعيفا
And the she-camel: she walked a weak walk.
والعين بالدمع: سالت
And the eye with tears: it flowed.
والهطل، بالكسر: الذئب
And al-hatl, with kasrah: the wolf.
واللص الأحمق
And the foolish thief.
والمعيي، أو خاص بالبعير
And the incapable one, or specific to a camel.
وناقة هطلى، كسكرى: تمشي رويدا
And a she-camel that is hatla, like 'sukra': she walks slowly.
وإبل هطلى، كسكرى وجمزى: منقطعة أو مطلقة لا سائق لها
And camels that are hatla, like 'sukra' and 'jamza': separated or loose with no driver.
والهيطل، كحيدر: الثعلب
And al-haytal, like 'haydar': the fox.
واسم لبلاد ما وراء النهر
And a name for the lands beyond the river.
والجماعة القليلة يغزى بهم
And the small group with whom raids are made.
وجنس من الترك أو الهند كانت لهم شوكة، كالهياطل والهياطلة
And a kind of Turk or Indian who had power, like al-hayatil and al-hayatila.
وكشداد: فرس زيد الخيل الطائي، وجبل
And like 'shaddad': the horse of Zayd al-Khayl al-Ta'i, and a mountain.
والهيطلة: قدر م من صفر، معرب باتيله
And al-haytala: a measure of copper, a Persian loanword 'batiluh'.
وتهطلأ من المرض: برأ
And he recovered from the illness: he was cured.