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وه ل

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns states of fear, panic, and distress, often linked to confusion or being startled. It also extends to meanings of forgetting, making mistakes, and being mistaken or misled.

Derived headwords

يُوهِلverb
  1. 1.
    to be weak and frightenedboth

    To experience weakness, fear, and timidity.

وَهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be weak and frightenedboth

    To be weak, frightened, and timid.

كَاسْتَوْهَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to be weak and frightenedboth

    To become weak, frightened, and timid.

وَهِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    weak and frightenedboth

    Describing someone who is weak, frightened, and timid.

مُسْتَوْهِلٌadjective
  1. 1.
    weak and frightenedboth

    Describing someone who is weak, frightened, and timid.

وَهَلَ (عنه)verb
  1. 1.
    to forget itboth

    To forget something or make a mistake regarding it.

وَهَلَ في الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    to make a mistake in itboth

    To make a mistake or err concerning something.

وَهَلَ إلى الشيءverb
  1. 1.
    to forget itboth

    To forget something or make a mistake regarding it.

وَهَلَ (يَهِل)verb
  1. 1.
    to go towards itboth

    For one's intention or thought to be directed towards something.

تَوْهِيلverb
  1. 1.
    to frighten himboth

    To cause someone to be frightened or fearful.

وَهَلَ إلى الشيء (يُوهِل)verb
  1. 1.
    to go towards itboth

    For one's intention or thought to be directed towards something, often due to error or forgetfulness.

الوَهَلnoun
  1. 1.
    fearboth

    A state of fear, panic, or distress.

  2. 2.
    delusionclassical

    A false belief or misconception; a delusion.

المُسْتَوْهِلnoun
  1. 1.
    the frightened oneboth

    One who is experiencing fear or panic.

أَوَّل وَهْلَةadverbial phrase
  1. 1.
    at first sightboth

    The very first moment or instance of seeing or experiencing something.

أَوَّل وَاهِلَةadverbial phrase
  1. 1.
    at first sightboth

    The very first moment or instance of seeing or experiencing something.

تَوَهَّلَكَverb
  1. 1.
    to cause you to make a mistakeboth

    To cause someone to make a mistake or to be tested in their beliefs.

أَوْهَالnoun
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    fearsboth

    Plural of 'wahal', referring to multiple instances of fear or panic.

أَهْوَالnoun
  1. 1.
    terrorsboth

    Plural of 'hawl', referring to great fears, terrors, or dreadful events.

Parallel reading

فقمنا وهلين أي فزعين
We got up, frightened, meaning panicked.
وترى لجيضتهن عند رحيلنا ... وهلا كأنبهن جنة أولق
And you see their udders when we depart... like they are possessed or panicked.
وهل أنس " أي: غلط
"Have I forgotten?" meaning: I made a mistake.
وهل إلى الشيء وعنه: إذا نسيته وغلطت فيه
To forget something or make a mistake regarding it: if you forget it and err in it.
وهل إلى الشيء يوهل، بفتحهما، ووهل (يهل) ، كوعد يعد (وهلا) ، بالفتح: ذهب همه إليه
To direct one's intention towards something (verb, both vowels open), and 'wahala' (he fears/goes), like 'wa'ada' (he promised) (with fatḥa): his concern went towards it.
وهلت إلى الشيء أهل وهلا، وهو أن تخطئ بالشيء فتهل إليه وأنت تريد غيره
I directed my intention towards something, meaning I erred in it and directed my intention towards it while wanting something else.
{وهل ابن عمر "، أي: ذهب همه إلى ذلك
"Ibn Umar was mistaken," meaning: his concern went towards that.
كأنه يرفئي بات عن غنم ... مستوهل في سواد الليل مذؤوب
As if he were watching over sheep at night... panicked in the darkness of the night, being preyed upon.
ولقيته أول وهلة
And I met him at the very first moment.
كيف أنت إذا أتاك ملكان فتوهلاك في قبرك
How will you be when two angels come to you and cause you to make mistakes in your grave?
وهل إليه: إذا فزع إليه
To turn towards something in fear: if one turns to it in panic.
الوهل: الوهم
Al-wahal: delusion.
الوهلة: المرة من الفزع
Al-wahla: the instance of fear.
وقعوا في أوهال وأهوال
They fell into fears and terrors.