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حلن

Root entry · 3 derived lemmas

This root primarily discusses a premature or difficult birth, specifically a lamb or kid born from its mother's womb, often implying a difficult or violent expulsion. It also touches upon the concept of something being 'wasted' or 'void'.

Derived headwords

الحَلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    premature birthclassical

    A premature birth, specifically referring to a lamb or kid that is born from its mother's womb, often implying it was difficult or violent.

  2. 2.
    wasted, voidclassical

    Meaning 'wasted' or 'void', referring to something that is rendered null or without effect.

حَلَامnoun
  1. 1.
    premature birthclassical

    A premature birth, similar to 'حلان', referring to a young animal born from its mother's womb.

حَلَالnoun
  1. 1.
    premature birthclassical

    The young of sheep or goats born prematurely, considered synonymous with 'حلان'.

  2. 2.
    wasted, voidclassical

    Meaning 'wasted' or 'void', similar to 'حلان'.

Parallel reading

الحَلَان: الجدي يشق عليه بطن أمه فيخرج.
Al-Halān: A kid that splits its mother's belly and comes out.
هو فعال مبدل من حلام، وهما بمعنى
It is 'fa'āl' substituted from 'ḥalām', and they both mean the same.
وإن جعلته من الحلال فهو فعلان، والميم مبدلة منه.
And if you derive it from 'al-ḥalāl', it is 'fa'lān', and the 'm' is substituted from it.
الحلان والحلال واحد، وهما ما يولد من الغنم صغيرا
Al-Halān and Al-Ḥalāl are one, and they refer to what is born small from sheep.
كل قتيل في كلاب حلان
Every slain person among the dogs of Ḥalān
حتى ينال القتل آل شيبان
Until the killing reaches the family of Shaybān.
ويروى: حلال وآل همام
And it is narrated: Ḥalāl and the family of Hammām.
ومعنى حلان هدر وفرغ
And the meaning of Ḥalān is wasted and void.
وقد ذكر (في اللام) ، في (ح ل ل) لأنه مضاعف.
And it has been mentioned (in the letter Lām), under (ḥ-l-l), because it is geminated.