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هَتْ

Root: هت

Full Definition

هَتْ , or هَتْ هَتْ, A cry by which a camel is urged (يُزْجَرُ) on the occasion of drinking.
2 إِذَا وَقَّفْتَ البَعِيرَ عَلَى الرَّدْهَةِ فَلَا تَقُلْ لَهُ هَتْ; or, as some say, فَلَا تُهَتْهِتْ بِهِ; [When thou hast made the camel to stand over the hollow in the rock in which the rain-water has collected, say not to him هَتْ]. A proverb; meaning, accord. to AHeyth, when thou hast shewn a man his right course of conduct, do not urge him.
3 هَتُّ قَوَائِمِ البَعِيرِ The sound of the falling of the camel's feet [upon the ground].

def.2 تَرَكَهُمْ هَتًّا بَتًّا [He left them routed, or broken asunder, and cut off;] he broke them asunder: or he cut them in pieces.
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