mahlaka

dangerous situation, peril

مَهْلَكَة

Word

Noun · pattern مَفْعَلَة

Root

ه ل ك

Forms

Plural: مَهالِك

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فإنه ليس من المروءة أي يرمي الملك بعدته في المهالك المتلفة والمواضع المجحفة، بل يقيهم بماله ويدافع عنهم بنفسه.

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 12 entries

هَلَكَ Form I He, or it, perished, came to nought, came to an end, passed away, was not, was no more, or became non-existent or...

, 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.) ― -b2- هَلَكَتْ أَرْضُهُ His land had its herbage dried up by drought: see جَرِبَ.
وَادِى تُهُلِّكَ Form II Open entry

I. q. تُضُلِّل
أَهْلَكَهُ Form IV He destroyed, made an end of, or caused to perish or come to an end, made away, did away with, or brought to nought,...

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.
تَهَالَكَ غَمًّا Form VI He perished gradually by reason of grief

[app. He perished gradually by reason of grief.] (A, art. سوس: see 1 in that art.) ― -b2- تَهَالَكَ عَلَيْهِ He was vehemently eager for it. (TA.) ― -b3- 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.) ― -b4- تَهَالَكَتْ said of a she-camel, i. q. عَشِقَتْ [She vehemently desired the stallion]. (AA, TA in art. عشق.)
إِهْتَلَكَ Form VIII Open entry

see 6.
اِسْتَهْلَكَ Form X He sought, or courted, destruction

properly signifies He sought, or courted, destruction; like اِسْتَمَاتَ: see مُسْتَمِيتَ: and see an ex. voce شَرْشَرَةٌ. ― -b2- اِسْتَهْلَكَ فِى كَذَا He (a man) distressed, troubled, or fatigued, himself in, or respecting, such a thing. (TA.) See also 6.
هَلَكَةٌ The drying up of the plants, or herbage

The drying up of the plants, or herbage. (AHn, TA.) See هَلاَكٌ.
هَلاَكٌ Perdition; destruction; a state of perdition or destruction: a lost state

[Perdition; destruction; a state of perdition or destruction: a lost state;] death. (K.) ― -b2- هَلاَكٌ and ↓ هَلَكَةٌ are syn. (S, Msb, K.) ― -b3- اِرْتَبَكَ فِى اِنْهَلَكَاتِ He stuck fast in cases of perdition: see art. ربك.
هَالِكٌ Dead; or dying

Dead; or dying. (Bd, Jel in xii. 85) ― -b2- هَالِكٌ sometimes means Subject to perish; as in the Kur, xxviii. last verse.
مَهْلُكٌ Open entry

: see أَلُوكٌ.
مَهْلِكٌ Death

Death: see a verse cited voce سَهُوٌ.
مَهْلَِكَةٌ A cause of perdition, or of death

A cause of perdition, or of death. (TA in art. بخل.) ― -b2- (tropical:) 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.

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