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ه ط ل س

Root entry · 5 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to taking, seizing, and moving quickly or stealthily. It encompasses concepts of theft, predatory animals like wolves, and rapid movement, often with a connotation of cunning or urgency.

Derived headwords

الهطلسnoun
  1. 1.
    thiefclassical

    A thief, specifically one who seizes or takes everything they find.

  2. 2.
    wolfclassical

    A wolf, so named because it moves quickly or runs fast in pursuit of prey.

  3. 3.
    large armyclassical

    A large army or host.

يهطلسverb
  1. 1.
    to seize everythingclassical

    To take or seize everything that is found, used to describe a thief.

  2. 2.
    to move quicklyclassical

    To move quickly or run fast, used to describe a wolf in pursuit of prey.

تهطلسverb
  1. 1.
    to scheme and takeclassical

    To scheme or use cunning in seeking or taking something.

  2. 2.
    to run fastclassical

    To run fast or move quickly.

  3. 3.
    to recover from illnessclassical

    To recover or regain health after an illness.

  4. 4.
    to approachclassical

    To approach or come forward, possibly a variant or related meaning.

الهطلسةnoun
  1. 1.
    takingclassical

    The act of taking or seizing, from which the name for a thief is derived.

  2. 2.
    running fastclassical

    The act of running fast or moving quickly, from which the name for a wolf is derived.

الهطاليسnoun
  1. 1.
    tattered clothesclassical

    Tattered, worn-out, or ragged clothes.

Parallel reading

اللص القاطع يهطلس كل ما وجده، أي يأخذه
The cutthroat thief seizes everything he finds, meaning he takes it.
وهو في الجمهرة لابن دريد، ولم يذكر صاحب اللسان هذا المعنى هنا، وإنما ذكره في هطلس.
It is in Al-Jamhara by Ibn Duraid, and the author of Al-Lisan did not mention this meaning here, but rather mentioned it under (the root) H-T-L-S.
والهطلس أيضا: الذئب، لكونه يهطلس في طلب الصيد، أي يهرول.
And Al-Hatlas is also: the wolf, because it moves quickly in pursuit of prey, meaning it runs fast.
وتهطلس اللص: احتال في الطلب
And the thief's tahatlas: he schemed in seeking.
تهطلس: هرول، واحتال في طلب اللص.
Tahatlas: he ran fast, and schemed in seeking the thief.
تهطلس الرجل من علته، إذا أفاق وأبل
The man tahatlas from his illness, if he recovered and regained health.
وزاد في العباب: وأقبل.
And in Al-Abab it was added: and he approached.
الهطلسة: الأخذ، وبه سمي اللص.
Al-Hatlasah: the taking, and by it the thief was named.
الهطلسة: الهرولة، وبه سمي الذئب.
Al-Hatlasah: the running fast, and by it the wolf was named.
والهطلس، والهطلس،: العسكر الكبير
And Al-Hatlas, and Al-Hatlas: the large army.
والهطاليس: الخلقان
And Al-Hattalis: the tattered clothes.