هلك

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هلك

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From Proto-Semitic *halak-. Cognate with Hebrew הָלַךְ (“to go; to go on; to go away”).

verb هَلَكَ · halaka · يَهْلِكُ · يَهْلَكُ · هُلْك · هَلَاك

intransitive To cease to exist, to vanish from being, to perish كُلُّ شَيْءٍ هَالِكٌ إِلَّا وَجْهَهُ
Similar: فَنِيَ
intransitive to die إِنِ ٱمْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَهُ أُخْتٌ فَلَهَا نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ
Similar: مَاتَ, نَفَقَ
intransitive to perish spiritually, to be doomed, to be eternally damned
intransitive to be lost to someone while still existing elsewhere, to depart (+عَنْ (ʕan)) هَلَكَ عَنِّي سُلْطَانِيَهْ
intransitive to decay, to spoil, to rot هَلَكَ الطَّعَامُ

verb هَلَكَ · halaka · يَهْلِكُ · هَلْك · هَالِك

intransitive, transitive to ruin, to annihilate, to destroy

verb هَلَكَ · halaka · يَهْلِكُ · هَلَاك · هَالِك

intransitive, transitive to be avaricious, to be greedy

verb هَلِكَ · halika · يَهْلَكُ · هَلَك · -

intransitive, transitive to perish physically, to die
intransitive, transitive to perish spiritually, to be doomed, to be eternally damned

noun هُلْك · hulk · الْهُلْك · هُلْكٌ

intransitive, noun from verb, transitive verbal noun of هَلَكَ (halaka) (form I)

noun هَلْك · halk · الْهَلْك · هَلْكٌ

intransitive, noun from verb, transitive verbal noun of هَلَكَ (halaka) (form I)

noun هَلَك · halak · الْهَلَك · هَلَكٌ

intransitive, noun from verb, transitive verbal noun of هَلِكَ (halika) (form I)

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {هلك},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87%D9%84%D9%83},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}