هلك

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Form 1هَلَكَ2 senses · 1 main

maṣdarهَلَاكٌ

Core sense — he perished, he came to an end, he diedgenerated

1.1

and others: he, or it, perished, came to nothing, came to an end, passed away, ceased to be.

So explained for هَلاَكٌ and the like.

Or: he fell; or he became bad, corrupt, or spoiled; or he went away and no one knew where.

Of هَلاَكٌ: he died.

1.1.1his land had its herbage dried up by drought—هَلَكَتْ أَرْضُهُ

See جَرِبَ.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 1 2 shown of 4

40:34

وَلَقَدْ جَآءَكُمْ يُوسُفُ مِن قَبْلُ بِٱلْبَيِّنَـٰتِ فَمَا زِلْتُمْ فِى شَكٍّ مِّمَّا جَآءَكُم بِهِۦ ۖ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا هَلَكَ قُلْتُمْ لَن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ مِنۢ بَعْدِهِۦ رَسُولًا ۚ كَذَٰلِكَ يُضِلُّ ٱللَّهُ مَنْ هُوَ مُسْرِفٌ مُّرْتَابٌ

"And to you there came Joseph in times gone by, with Clear Signs, but ye ceased not to doubt of the (Mission) for which he had come: At length, when he died, ye said: 'No messenger will Allah send after him.' thus doth Allah leave to stray such as transgress and live in doubt,-

69:29

هَلَكَ عَنِّى سُلْطَـٰنِيَهْ

"My power has perished from me!"...

Occurrences of this form in the Qur’ān, not Lane’s choice of verse. They show the word in use; they do not say which sense above applies. Where more occur than are shown, the shortest āyāt are chosen.

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, inf. n. هَلَاكٌ &c., (S, K, &c.,) He, or it, perished, came to nought, came to an end, passed away, was not, was no more, or became non-existent or annihilated: (KL, PS in explanation of هَلاَكٌ , &c.:) or fell: or became in a bad, or corrupt, state; became corrupted, vitiated, marred, or spoiled: or went away, no one knew whither: (Mgh in explanation of هَلاَكٌ :) he died. (K.) هَلَكَتْ أَرْضُهُ His land had its herbage dried up by drought: see جَرِبَ .

Form 2وَادِى تُهُلِّكَ1 sense

Core sense — a valley of destructiongenerated

2.1

Same as تُضُلِّل.

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I. q. تُضُلِّل

Form 4أَهْلَكَهُ1 sense

Core sense — he destroyed him, he made an end of himgenerated

4.1

He destroyed him, or it; made an end of it; did away with it; brought it to nothing; took away his life.

Qur’ānic occurrences Form 4 1 shown of 49

77:16

أَلَمْ نُهْلِكِ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Did We not destroy the men of old (for their evil)?

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He destroyed, made an end of, or caused to perish or come to an end, made away, did away with, or brought to nought, him, or it; took away his life.

Form 6تَهَالَكَ غَمًّا4 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he strove and exerted himself; he was eager for itgenerated

6.1

[Apparently: he perished gradually because of grief.]

See sense 1 in the article سوس.

6.1.1he was violently eager for it—تَهَالَكَ عَلَيْهِ

6.1.2he strove, toiled, or exerted himself in it, namely in running—تَهَالَكَ فِيهِ

Also اِهْتَلَكَ.

Also: he strove, toiled, or exerted himself, and hastened, in it, namely in an affair; also استهلك فيه.

6.1.3she strongly desired the stallion—تَهَالَكَتْ

Said of a she-camel; same as عَشِقَتْ. According to AA, in the article عشق.

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[app. He perished gradually by reason of grief.] (A, art. سوس : see 1 in that art.) تَهَالَكَ عَلَيْهِ He was vehemently eager for it. (TA.) تَهَالَكَ فِيهِ He strove, laboured, toiled, or exerted himself, in it, namely in running; as also اِهْتَلَكَ . (TA.) He strove, laboured, toiled, or exerted himself, and hastened, in it, namely an affair; as also استهلك فيه . (TA.) تَهَالَكَتْ said of a she-camel, i. q. عَشِقَتْ [She vehemently desired the stallion]. (AA, TA in art. عشق .)

Form 8إِهْتَلَكَ1 sense

Core sense — he strove, he exerted himselfgenerated

8.1

See form 6.

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see 6.

Form 10اِسْتَهْلَكَ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he sought destruction; he wore himself out over somethinggenerated

10.1

Properly: he sought, or courted, destruction; like اِسْتَمَاتَ.

See مُسْتَمِيتَ, and an example under شَرْشَرَةٌ.

10.1.1he (a man) distressed, troubled, or wearied himself about such a thing—اِسْتَهْلَكَ فِى كَذَا

Derived nouns 7

Nounهَلَكَةٌ1 sense

Core sense — the drying up of plants, or herbagegenerated

The drying up of the plants, or herbage.

See هَلاَكٌ.

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The drying up of the plants, or herbage. (AHn, TA.) See هَلاَكٌ .

Nounهَلاَكٌ3 senses · 1 main

Core sense — perdition, destruction; deathgenerated

[Perdition; destruction; a state of perdition or destruction; a lost state;] death.

1.1

هَلاَكٌ and هَلَكَةٌ are synonymous.

1.2he stuck fast in situations of perdition—اِرْتَبَكَ فِى اِنْهَلَكَاتِ

See the article ربك.

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[Perdition; destruction; a state of perdition or destruction: a lost state;] death. (K.) هَلاَكٌ and هَلَكَةٌ are syn. (S, Msb, K.) اِرْتَبَكَ فِى اِنْهَلَكَاتِ He stuck fast in cases of perdition: see art. ربك .

Nounهَالِكٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — dead, or dying; subject to perishgenerated

Dead, or dying.

Lane cites “Jel in xii. 85” — a commentary, not the verse; no modern number is given

1.1subject to perish—هَالِكٌ

This meaning occurs sometimes, as in the Qurʾān, chapter 28, last verse.

Qur’ānic occurrences هَالِك

12:85

قَالُوا۟ تَٱللَّهِ تَفْتَؤُا۟ تَذْكُرُ يُوسُفَ حَتَّىٰ تَكُونَ حَرَضًا أَوْ تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْهَـٰلِكِينَ

They said: "By Allah! (never) wilt thou cease to remember Joseph until thou reach the last extremity of illness, or until thou die!"

28:88

وَلَا تَدْعُ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ إِلَـٰهًا ءَاخَرَ ۘ لَآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ ۚ كُلُّ شَىْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُۥ ۚ لَهُ ٱلْحُكْمُ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ

And call not, besides Allah, on another god. There is no god but He. Everything (that exists) will perish except His own Face. To Him belongs the Command, and to Him will ye (all) be brought back.

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Dead; or dying. (Bd, Jel in xii. 85) هَالِكٌ sometimes means Subject to perish; as in the Kur, xxviii. last verse.

Nounمَهْلُكٌ1 sense

Core sense — death, a perishinggenerated

See أَلُوكٌ.

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: see أَلُوكٌ .

Nounمَهْلِكٌ1 sense

Core sense — deathgenerated

Death.

See a verse cited under سَهُوٌ.

Qur’ānic occurrences مَهْلِك 1 shown of 2

18:59

وَتِلْكَ ٱلْقُرَىٰٓ أَهْلَكْنَـٰهُمْ لَمَّا ظَلَمُوا۟ وَجَعَلْنَا لِمَهْلِكِهِم مَّوْعِدًا

Such were the populations we destroyed when they committed iniquities; but we fixed an appointed time for their destruction.

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Death: see a verse cited voce سَهُوٌ .

Nounمَهْلَِكَةٌ2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — a cause of death; a place of perdition; a desertgenerated

A cause of perdition, or of death.

In the article بخل.

1.1figurative · مجاز

A place of perdition or death; and a desert.

Or a [desert, or such as is termed] مَفَازَة, because people perish in it, or because it drives [or leads] to destruction.

See جَادَّةٌ.

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A cause of perdition, or of death. (TA in art. بخل .) A place of perdition or death: and a desert: (KL:) or a [desert, or such as is termed] مَفَازَة ; (S, K, TA;) because persons perish therein; (Z, TA;) or because it urges [or leads] to perdition. (TA.) See جَادَّةٌ .

Nounهُوَ مُسْتَهْلِكٌ إِلَى كَذَا2 senses · 1 main

Core sense — he is eagerly desirous of such a thinggenerated

Same as مُسْتَمِيتٌ.

In the article موت, from the A.

1.1a road that destroys the seeker of water because of its great length—مُسْتَهْلِكُ الوِرْدِ

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i. q. مُسْتَمِيتٌ [q. v.]. (TA, art. موت , from the A.) مُسْتَهْلِكُ الوِرْدِ A road that destroys him who seeks water, by reason of its far extent. (O.)