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هَيْهَاتَ

Root: هيه

Full Definition

هَيْهَاتَ Far, or far from being believed or from the truth, is such a thing; as also هَيْهَاتَ لِكَذَا: or the latter means remoteness, or remoteness from being believed or from the truth, is to be attributed to such a thing: هَيْهَاتَ followed by لِ means بَعُدَ, or بَعُدَ التَّصْدِيقُ or الصِّحَّةُ: or البُعْدُ: and without لِ after it, it denotes the pronouncing [a thing] remote. See أَيْهَاتَ.
2 هَيْهَات denotes one's deeming a thing remote, or improbable, and despairing of it; and means بَعُدَ جِدًّا [Very far, &c.], or ما أَبْعَدَ [How far, &c.]; implying more than بَعُدَ though we render it by this word.
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