قلت

Root entry · 16 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns depressions or hollows, particularly those that hold water, and by extension, places of danger or peril. It also extends to concepts of scarcity, lack, and barrenness, especially in relation to reproduction.

Derived headwords

القِلْتnoun

1.
depression in a mountainboth
A depression or hollow in a mountain that retains water.
2.
hollow in the groundboth
A hollow or depression in the ground or even on a body, which collects water.

قِلْتnoun

1.
thinness of fleshclassical
A person who is thin and has little flesh, resembling a 'qilt' (a water-holding depression).

قَلَتَverb

1.
to perishclassical
To perish or be destroyed.

قَلْتًاnoun

1.
destructionclassical
The state of perishing or destruction; ruin.

مَقْلَتَةnoun

1.
place of destructionclassical
A place of destruction or peril.

مَقْلَتnoun

1.
dangerous placeclassical
A dangerous or perilous place.

مُقْلَاتadjective

1.
barren (female animal)classical
A female animal, especially a camel, that gives birth to one offspring and then does not conceive again.
2.
barren (woman)classical
A woman who has only one child or whose children do not survive.

أَقَلَّتَتْverb

1.
to become barrenclassical
To give birth to one offspring and then cease to conceive (used for female animals and women).

إِقْلَاتًاnoun

1.
barrennessclassical
The state of being barren after having one offspring.

قُلْتَةnoun

1.
water-holding hollowboth
A hollow or depression, especially in rocks, that holds water.
2.
village in Yamamaclassical
A place name in Al-Yamama.
3.
village in Egyptclassical
A place name in Egypt, in the Monufia region.

القُلَّتَيْنname

1.
place nameclassical
A place name, possibly referring to two distinct locations or features.

أَهْلَكَهُ اللهُverb

1.
God destroyed himclassical
God caused him to be destroyed or perish.

أَقْلَتَهُverb

1.
to expose to destructionclassical
To expose someone or something to destruction or peril.

قُلْتَة شَاةnoun

1.
sheep not sweet in milkclassical
A sheep whose milk is not sweet.

قِلْتnoun

1.
hollow of the flankclassical
The hollow or depression in the flank.
2.
hollow of the kneeclassical
The hollow or depression in the knee.
3.
hollow of the thumbclassical
The hollow or depression at the base of the thumb.
4.
hollow of the clavicleclassical
The hollow or depression of the clavicle.
5.
hollow of the templeclassical
The hollow or depression of the temple.
6.
space between collarbone and neckclassical
The area between the collarbone and the neck.
7.
space in horse's mouthclassical
The space in a horse's mouth from its soft palate to its chin.
8.
hollow of the handclassical
The hollow part of the hand between the thumb and index finger.

قَلَتَةnoun

1.
groove between lipsclassical
The groove between the upper lip and the nose.

Parallel reading

كالنقرة تكون في الجبل يستنقع فيها الماء

Like a depression in the mountain where water collects.

وهي جمع قلت، وهو النقرة في الجبل يستنقع فيها الماء إذا انصب السيل

It is the plural of 'qilt', which is the depression in the mountain where water collects when the torrent flows.

أبرد من ماء القلت

Colder than the water of the qilt.

الرجل القليل اللحم كالقلت

A man with little flesh, like the qilt.

قلت كفرح يقلت قلتا

Qalata, like faraha, means to perish, perishing (qaltan).

ما انفلتوا، ولكن قلتوا

They did not escape, but rather they perished.

إن المسافر ومتاعه لعلى قلت إلا ما وقى الله

Indeed, the traveler and his belongings are on the verge of destruction, except for what God protects.

وأصبح علي قلت

And I woke up in a state of peril.

أي على شرف هلاك، أو خوف شيء يغره بشر

Meaning, on the brink of destruction, or fearing something that will deceive him with evil.

والمقلتة: المهلكة

And 'maqalta' means the place of destruction.

لو قلت لرجل وهو على مقلتة: اتق الله، رعته، فصرع، غرمته

If you said to a man who was in a perilous place: 'Fear God,' you would startle him, he would fall, and you would be liable for his blood money.

ناقة بها قلت

A she-camel that has 'qilt' (barrenness).

وهو أن تضع واحدا ثم تقلت رحمها فلا تحمل

It is when she gives birth to one and then her womb becomes barren and does not conceive.

امرأة مقلات: لا يعيش لها ولد

A 'muqlat' woman: her children do not survive.

تظل مقاليت النساء يطأنه

The barren women of the people tread upon it (a man).

تكون المرأة مقلاتا فتجعل على نفسها إن عاش لها ولد أن تهوده

A woman might be barren and make a vow upon herself that if her child lives, she will make him a Jew.

إن الحزاة يشتريها أكايس النساء للخافية والإقلات

Indeed, the 'hizah' is bought by shrewd women for the unseen (jinn) and for barrenness.

شاة قلتة: ليست بحلوة اللبن

A 'qultah' sheep: its milk is not sweet.

قلته: ة، بمصر من أعمال المنوفية

Qultah: a village in Egypt, in the Monufia region.

أقلته الله فقلت

God destroyed him, so he perished.

أقلته السفر البعيد

The long journey exposed him to destruction.

هي نقر في رؤوس قفافها يملوها ماء السماء في الشتاء

They are hollows on the tops of its plateaus that are filled with rainwater in winter.

غاض قلت عينها

The hollow of her eye became sunken.

طعنه في قلت خاصرته

He stabbed him in the hollow of his flank.

وضربه في قلت ركبته

And he struck him in the hollow of his knee.

واجتمع الدسم في قلت الثريدة

And the fat gathered in the hollow of the thareed (stew).

وهي الوقبة، هي أنقوعتها

It is the hollow, it is its concavity.

القلت: ما بين الترقوة والعنق

The 'qilt': what is between the collarbone and the neck.

وقلت الفرس: ما بين لهواته إلى محنكه

And the 'qilt' of a horse: what is between its soft palate and its chin.

وقلت الكف: ما بين عصبة الإبهام، والسبابة

And the 'qilt' of the hand: what is between the base of the thumb and the index finger.

وهي البهرة التي بينهما

And it is the hollow between them.

وقلت الإبهام: النقرة التي في أسفلها

And the 'qilt' of the thumb: the hollow at its base.

وقلت الصدغ

And the 'qilt' of the temple.

والقلته: مشق ما بين الشاربين بحيال الوترة

And the 'qaltah': the groove between the mustache and the philtrum.