تهلكة

Arabic

Noun

تَهْلُكَة or تَهْلِكَة or تَهْلَكَة • (tahluka or tahlika or tahlaka) f

  1. verbal noun of هَلَكَ (halaka) (form I)
  2. danger
  3. ruin
  4. what leads to ruin
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:195:
      وَلَا تُلُقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
      wa-lā tuluqū bi-ʔaydīkum ʔilā at-tahlukati
      and do not throw yourselves with your hands into destruction

Declension
Declension of noun تَهْلُكَة (tahluka)‎; تَهْلِكَة (tahlika)‎; تَهْلَكَة (tahlaka)
Singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal تَهْلُكَة‎; تَهْلِكَة‎; تَهْلَكَة
tahluka‎; tahlika‎; tahlaka		 التَّهْلُكَة‎; التَّهْلِكَة‎; التَّهْلَكَة
at-tahluka‎; at-tahlika‎; at-tahlaka		 تَهْلُكَة‎; تَهْلِكَة‎; تَهْلَكَة
tahlukat‎; tahlikat‎; tahlakat
Nominative تَهْلُكَةٌ‎; تَهْلِكَةٌ‎; تَهْلَكَةٌ
tahlukatun‎; tahlikatun‎; tahlakatun		 التَّهْلُكَةُ‎; التَّهْلِكَةُ‎; التَّهْلَكَةُ
at-tahlukatu‎; at-tahlikatu‎; at-tahlakatu		 تَهْلُكَةُ‎; تَهْلِكَةُ‎; تَهْلَكَةُ
tahlukatu‎; tahlikatu‎; tahlakatu
Accusative تَهْلُكَةً‎; تَهْلِكَةً‎; تَهْلَكَةً
tahlukatan‎; tahlikatan‎; tahlakatan		 التَّهْلُكَةَ‎; التَّهْلِكَةَ‎; التَّهْلَكَةَ
at-tahlukata‎; at-tahlikata‎; at-tahlakata		 تَهْلُكَةَ‎; تَهْلِكَةَ‎; تَهْلَكَةَ
tahlukata‎; tahlikata‎; tahlakata
Genitive تَهْلُكَةٍ‎; تَهْلِكَةٍ‎; تَهْلَكَةٍ
tahlukatin‎; tahlikatin‎; tahlakatin		 التَّهْلُكَةِ‎; التَّهْلِكَةِ‎; التَّهْلَكَةِ
at-tahlukati‎; at-tahlikati‎; at-tahlakati		 تَهْلُكَةِ‎; تَهْلِكَةِ‎; تَهْلَكَةِ
tahlukati‎; tahlikati‎; tahlakati

Descendants
  • Azerbaijani: təhlükə
  • Turkish: tehlike
  • Urdu: تہلکہ (tehelka)

References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تهلكة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “هلك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.