Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon

أَلْتٌ

Root: الت

Full Definition

أَلْتٌ Deficiency: as in the saying, مَا فِى مَزَاوِدِهِمْ أَلْتٌ [There is not, in their provision-bags, any deficiency].

def.2 A swearing; syn. حَلِفٌ [Perhaps an Verbal.Noun in this sense.]
2 An oath: as in the saying, when one has not given thee thy right, or due, قَيِّدْهُ بِالْأَلْتِ [Bind thou him by oath].

def.3 Calumny, slander, or false accusation. [Perhaps an Verbal.Noun in this sense also.]


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