لهه

Root entry · 14 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to concepts of thinness, fineness, and lightness, particularly in the context of weaving and physical appearance. It also extends to descriptions of vast, flat lands where mirages appear and the act of searching for sparse vegetation.

Derived headwords

لَهَاverb

1.
to be fine and beautifulclassical
Referring to hair and speech, it means to be fine, delicate, and beautiful.

لَهْلَهَهُverb

1.
to weave thinlyclassical
The weaver wove the fabric thinly and poorly.

ولهله النساج الثوب لهلهة — The weaver wove the fabric thinly.

لَهْلَهَةnoun

1.
thinness of weavingclassical
Refers to the thinness and poor quality of weaving.

هَلْهَلَverb

1.
to weave thinlyclassical
An inverted form of 'لهلهه', referring to the act of weaving thinly and poorly.

لَهْلَهadjective

1.
thinly wovenclassical
Describing a garment that is thinly and poorly woven.

تَلَهْلَهَverb

1.
to search for sparse vegetationclassical
To search for and gather sparse or scattered vegetation.
2.
to shimmer (mirage)classical
Used to describe the shimmering or wavering appearance of a mirage.

وتلهله الكلأ: تتبع قليله — And 'talahala' the vegetation: to seek out its sparse parts.

اللَّهْلَهَةnoun

1.
vast, flat landclassical
A large, flat expanse of land where mirages are seen.
2.
return from somethingclassical
The act of turning back or returning from a matter.

اللَّهْلَهnoun

1.
vast, flat landclassical
A wide, flat area of land, often associated with mirages.
2.
valleyclassical
A wide valley.

لَهَالَةnoun

1.
vast, flat landclassical
A flat and even expanse of land.

لَهْلَهadjective

1.
vast and levelclassical
Describing a land that is vast, level, and where mirages appear.

لَهْلَهnoun

1.
vast and level landclassical
A vast and level expanse of land where mirages are seen.

اللَّهْلَهَةnoun

1.
vastness of the desertclassical
The expansive nature of a desert or open plain.

لَهْلَهadjective

1.
poorly composed (poetry)classical
Describing poetry that is weak in its composition or structure.

اللَّهْلَهnoun

1.
ugly facedclassical
Describing someone with an unattractive facial appearance.

Parallel reading

له الشعر والكلام يلهه لها

Hair and speech, it is fine and beautiful (lahaha) for it.

وهو مجاز كلهلهه

And it is a metaphor, all of it being fine and beautiful.

ولهله النساج الثوب لهلهة

And the weaver wove the fabric thinly (lahalahata).

وهو مقلوب منه، وهو سخافة النسج

And it is an inversion of it, and it is the thinness of the weaving.

وثوب لهله: رقيق النسج سخيف كهلهل

And a thinly woven garment (lahalah): thin and poor in weave, like 'halhal'.

وتلهله الكلأ: تتبع قليله

And 'talahala' the vegetation: to seek out its sparse parts.

اللهله (الأرض الواسعة يطرد فيها السراب)

The 'lahalah' (is) the vast land where the mirage runs.

ومخفق من لهله ولهله من مهمه يجتبنه ومهمه

And a place of much wind, from a vast plain, and a vast plain from a difficult terrain that one chooses and a difficult terrain.

وكم دون ليلى من لهاله بيضها صحيح بمدحى أمه وفليق

And how far from Layla is the vastness of her white plains, sound with the praise of her mother and her split (offspring).

اللهله الوادي الواسع

The 'lahalah' is the wide valley.

اللهاله ما استوى من الأرض

The 'lahalah' is what is level of the earth.

اللهلهة: الرجوع عن الشيء

The 'lahlahah' is the return from a thing.

وتلهله السراب: اضطرب

And the shimmering of the mirage: it wavered.

وبلد لهله ولهله، كجعفر وقنفذ: واسع مستو يضطرب فيه السراب

And a land 'lahalah' and 'lahalah', like Ja'far and Qunfudh: vast, level, in which the mirage wavers.

واللهله، بالضم: اتساع الصحراء

And the 'lahalah' (with dammah): the vastness of the desert.

وشعر لهله: رديء النظم

And 'lahalah' poetry: poorly composed.

واللهله، بالضم: القبيح الوجه

And the 'lahalah' (with dammah): the ugly-faced.