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هَلَتَ

Root: هلت

Form: 1

Full Definition

هَلَتَI , [Present.T ـُ and ـِ?] Verbal.Noun هَلْتٌ, He peeled a thing; or deprived it of its outer covering, or crust; syn. قَشَرَ.
2 هَلَتَ الدَّمَ, as also سَلَتَ, He peeled off, or scraped off, (قشَرَ,) the [dried] blood with a knife.
3 هَلتَ دَمَ البَدَنَةِ, [as also سَلَتَ,] He scratched the skin of the بدنة [or beast brought to Mekkeh for sacrifice, or there sacrificed, or the right reading is النَّدَبَةِ, i. e. the sear. (see سَلَتَ,)] with a knife, so that he made the blood to appear.
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