halhala

weave flimsily, wear out

هَلْهَلَ

Word

Verb

Root

ه ل ل

Forms

Present: يُهَلْهِلُ

In the library

فقد قيل: إنّك سُمَّيت بذلك لأنَّك أوَّل من هلهل الشِّعر أيّ رقَّقه.

The Epistle of Forgiveness, page 100 →

Conjugation

Person	Past	Present	Command
he هُوَ	هَلْهَلَ	يُهَلْهِلُ	—
she هِيَ	هَلْهَلَت	تُهَلْهِلُ	—
they two (m.) هُما	هَلْهَلا	يُهَلْهِلانِ	—
they two (f.) هُما	هَلْهَلَتا	تُهَلْهِلانِ	—
they (m.) هُمْ	هَلْهَلُوا	يُهَلْهِلُونَ	—
they (f.) هُنَّ	هَلْهَلْنَ	يُهَلْهِلْنَ	—
you (m.) أَنْتَ	هَلْهَلْتَ	تُهَلْهِلُ	هَلْهِلْ
you (f.) أَنْتِ	هَلْهَلْتِ	تُهَلْهِلِينَ	هَلْهِلِي
you two أَنْتُما	هَلْهَلْتُما	تُهَلْهِلانِ	هَلْهِلَا
you (m. pl.) أَنْتُمْ	هَلْهَلْتُم	تُهَلْهِلُونَ	هَلْهِلُوا
you (f. pl.) أَنْتُنَّ	هَلْهَلْتُنَّ	تُهَلْهِلْنَ	هَلْهِلْنَ
I أَنا	هَلْهَلْتُ	أُهَلْهِلُ	—
we نَحْنُ	هَلْهَلْنا	نُهَلْهِلُ	—

From the same root

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Lane's Lexicon

Arabic–English, 1863–93 · 6 entries

أَهْلَلْنَا هِلَالَ شَهْرِ كَذَا Form IV Open entry

: see سَلَخَ.
اِسْتَهَلَّ Form X Open entry

: see a verse cited at the close of the first paragraph of art. ضحك. ― -b2- See also a verse cited voce أَفْثَأَ. ― -b3- See مُسْتَهَلٌّ.
هَلْ Open entry

may be originally هَلْو or هَلْى or هَلّ: (Akh, in S, voce بل:) see بَلْ. ― -b2- هَلْ followed by إِلَى: see the latter. ― -b3- حَىّ هَلَ: see حى. ― -b4- هَلَّا: see حَضَّةٌ and عَنْ, latter part, and لَوْلَا, and أَلَّا.
هَلَّةٌ Open entry

: see بَلَّةٌ.
الهِلاَلُ The new moon; or the moon when it is termed هِلاَل

The new moon; or the moon when it is termed هِلاَل: it may be explained as meaning, generally, the moon when near the sun, or moon a little after or before the change. ― -b2- See سَمَا.
مُسْتَهَلُّ الشَّهْرِ The first night of the lunar month

The first night of the lunar month. (Msb.)

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