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هطل

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily describes the continuous falling or flowing of liquids, especially rain and tears. It also extends to describe things that are abundant or continuous, and can refer to specific geographical locations or types of people and animals.

Derived headwords

هطلتverb
  1. 1.
    The sky rainedboth

    The sky rained

هطلnoun
  1. 1.
    A continuous cloud and continuous rain, much flowingboth

    A continuous cloud and continuous rain, much flowing

هطلاناnoun
  1. 1.
    A continuous flow (with fatha on the ṭāʾ)both

    A continuous flow (with fatha on the ṭāʾ)

تهطالاnoun
  1. 1.
    A continuous flowboth

    A continuous flow

هطلadjective
  1. 1.
    A continuous cloud and continuous rain, much flowingboth

    A continuous cloud and continuous rain, much flowing

هاطلadjective
  1. 1.
    Continuous clouds, plural of haṭilboth

    Continuous clouds, plural of haṭil

هطلاءadjective
  1. 1.
    A continuous light rainboth

    A continuous light rain

هطلnoun
  1. 1.
    A continuous cloud and continuous rain, much flowingboth

    A continuous cloud and continuous rain, much flowing

هطلىadjective
  1. 1.
    walking slowlyclassical

    Describing a female camel that walks slowly and deliberately.

الهطالname
  1. 1.
    name of a mountainclassical

    A proper noun referring to a specific mountain.

الهيطلnoun
  1. 1.
    group of warriorsclassical

    A group of people gathered for an expedition, not very numerous.

  2. 2.
    foxclassical

    A fox.

الهياطلةnoun
  1. 1.
    a people/tribeclassical

    A group of people who were powerful and inhabited lands like Tukharestan, Khalkh, and Khunjinah.

Parallel reading

تتابع المطر والدمع وسيلانه
The continuous falling and flowing of rain and tears.
هطلت السماء تهطل هطلا وهطلانا وتهطالا
The sky rained, raining heavily and continuously.
وسحاب هطل، ومطر هطل: كثير الهطلان
And clouds that rain continuously, and rain that is heavy with continuous falling.
وديمة هطلاء فيها وطف طبق الأرض تحرى وتدر
And a heavy, continuous rain with a strong downpour covering the earth, flowing and dripping.
البعير المعيي
The exhausted camel.
وناقة هطلى: تمشي رويدا
And a female camel that walks slowly.
أبابيل هطلى من مراح ومهمل
Groups walking slowly, some from excitement and some from neglect.
والهطال: اسم جبل
And Al-Hattal: the name of a mountain.
على هطالهم منهم بيوت كأن العنكبوت هو ابتناها
Upon their mountain, among them, are tents that look as if a spider built them.
والهيطل: الجماعة يغزى بهم ليسوا بالكثير
And Al-Haytal: a group of people with whom one goes on an expedition, though they are not numerous.
ويقال الهياطلة: جيل من الناس كانت له شوكة وكانت لهم بلاد طخيرستان
And it is said Al-Hayatilah: a generation of people who had power and possessed the lands of Tukharestan.
وأتراك خلخ وخنجينة من بقاياهم
And the Turks of Khalkh and Khunjinah are remnants of them.
والهيطل، يقال: هو الثعلب
And Al-Haytal, it is said: it is the fox.