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Root entry · 6 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to states of fear, agitation, and distress, often affecting the heart or mind. It also extends to terms for driving or urging animals, and to expressions indicating uncertainty or unknown locations.

Derived headwords

هالاهverb
  1. 1.
    to frightenboth

    To cause someone to be frightened or terrified.

فازعهadjective
  1. 1.
    frightenedboth

    A state of being frightened, terrified, or alarmed.

قلب هاولهnoun
  1. 1.
    agitated heartclassical

    A heart that is in a state of agitation, fear, or distress.

وهلاverb
  1. 1.
    to urge (horses)classical

    To drive or urge horses forward, often with a specific sound or command.

هليانnoun
  1. 1.
    unknown placeclassical

    A place or location that is unknown or uncertain.

بليانnoun
  1. 1.
    unknown placeclassical

    A place or location that is unknown or uncertain.

Parallel reading

هالاه: فازعه، قلب هاوله.
He frightened her: she was terrified, her heart was agitated.
وهلا: زجر للخيل.
Wahla: an urging sound for horses.
وذهب بذي هليان، وذي بليان، بكسرتين وشد لامهما، وقد يصرفان، أي: حيث لا يدرى.
And he went to a place of uncertainty, and a place of uncertainty, with two kasras and a shadda on their lams, and they may be inflected, meaning: where it is not known.