هَيْتَ
Root: هيت
Full Definition
هَيْتَ
an exclamation denoting wonder: the Arabs say, هَيْتَ لِلْحِلْمِ [What forbearing mildness, or clemency!]
2 هَيْتَ لَكَ, and هَيْتِ لك, and هَيْتَ لك, and the first letter is sometimes with kesreh; as is related on the authority of 'Alee, [so that you say هِيتَ and هِيتِ and هِيتُ, the first of which three forms is mentioned by Fr, Akh, IB, and the third by Fr, IB; but for the second I find no other authority than that implied above;] of all which, the most common is هَيْتَ لك, with fet-hah to the ه and ت: هَيْتَ is of the dial. of Howrán, whence it became introduced into Mekkeh; and هِيتَ, of the dial. of El-Medeeneh: [imper. verbal ns.] i. q. هَلُمَّ, Come! or تَعَالَ the same, or أَقْبِلْ, the same, or Come forward! It occurs in the Kur, xii. 23; where it is commonly read هَيْتَ لَكَ; but 'Alee and Ibn-'Abbás are said to have read هِئْتُ لَكَ, with hemzeh. [See art. هيأ.] هَيْتَ is itself invariable whether used to denote the sing. or pl. or fem. or masc.; but the difference of number is observed in what follows it; for you say هَيْتَ لَكُمَا [Come ye two!] and هَيْتَ لَكُنَّ [Come ye women! &c.]: you also say simply هَيْتَ [Come!] and this is also said to signify Hasten! and Set forth journeying through the land, or earth. Authorities differ respecting this word; whether it be Arabic or arabicized; and whether it be a noun or a verb; &c. Accord. to AZ, as related by Az, هيت لك is arabicized in the Kur, from the Hebrew هيتا كخ [app. a mistake for هيتا كخ, which I suppose to be meant forעַהׇּה לְבׇה “ Now, come! ” occurring in Gen. xxxi. 44].
2 هَيْتَ لَكَ, and هَيْتِ لك, and هَيْتَ لك, and the first letter is sometimes with kesreh; as is related on the authority of 'Alee, [so that you say هِيتَ and هِيتِ and هِيتُ, the first of which three forms is mentioned by Fr, Akh, IB, and the third by Fr, IB; but for the second I find no other authority than that implied above;] of all which, the most common is هَيْتَ لك, with fet-hah to the ه and ت: هَيْتَ is of the dial. of Howrán, whence it became introduced into Mekkeh; and هِيتَ, of the dial. of El-Medeeneh: [imper. verbal ns.] i. q. هَلُمَّ, Come! or تَعَالَ the same, or أَقْبِلْ, the same, or Come forward! It occurs in the Kur, xii. 23; where it is commonly read هَيْتَ لَكَ; but 'Alee and Ibn-'Abbás are said to have read هِئْتُ لَكَ, with hemzeh. [See art. هيأ.] هَيْتَ is itself invariable whether used to denote the sing. or pl. or fem. or masc.; but the difference of number is observed in what follows it; for you say هَيْتَ لَكُمَا [Come ye two!] and هَيْتَ لَكُنَّ [Come ye women! &c.]: you also say simply هَيْتَ [Come!] and this is also said to signify Hasten! and Set forth journeying through the land, or earth. Authorities differ respecting this word; whether it be Arabic or arabicized; and whether it be a noun or a verb; &c. Accord. to AZ, as related by Az, هيت لك is arabicized in the Kur, from the Hebrew هيتا كخ [app. a mistake for هيتا كخ, which I suppose to be meant for
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