ه ل ط

Root entry · 4 derived lemmas

This root appears to relate to concepts of looseness, slackness, and perhaps a type of indistinct or unverified information. It includes terms for a flaccid belly and a type of unconfirmed report.

Derived headwords

الهالطnoun

1.
flaccid bellyclassical
A belly that is loose or flaccid, lacking firmness.

هاطلnoun

1.
dense vegetationclassical
Vegetation that is dense and intertwined, growing thickly together.

هلطةnoun

1.
unverified reportclassical
A piece of information that one has heard but has neither confirmed nor denied.

لهطةnoun

1.
unverified reportclassical
A piece of information that one has heard but has neither confirmed nor denied.

Parallel reading

الهالط، أهمله الجوهري.

Al-Hālit, Jawhari neglected it.

وقال ابن الأعرابي: الهالط: المسترخي البطن.

And Ibn al-A'rabi said: Al-Hālit is the one with a flaccid belly.

والهاطل: الزرع الملتف، هكذا نقله الأزهري والصاغاني،

And Al-Hātil is the dense vegetation, thus it was transmitted by Al-Azhari and Al-Sagani,

وقد وهم المصنف فجعل الزرع الملتف من معنى الهالط،

And the author erred, for he made dense vegetation from the meaning of Al-Hālit,

وإنما هو الهاطل، مقلوبه،

Rather, it is Al-Hātil, its inversion,

وقد وقع له مثل ذلك في ور ش فليتنبه لذلك.

And something similar happened to him in W-R-Sh, so let it be noted.

وهلطة من خير، ولهطة من خبر بمعنى واحد،

And a halṭah from khayr, and a lahṭah from khabar are one in meaning,

وهو الذي تسمعه ولم تصدقه ولم تكذبه.

And it is that which you hear and do not believe it nor deny it.