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هَلَكَ

Root: هلك

Form: 1

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هَلَكَI , Verbal.Noun هَلَاكٌ &c., He, or it, perished, came to nought, came to an end, passed away, was not, was no more, or became non-existent or annihilated: (KL, PS in explanation of هَلاَكٌ, &c.:) or fell: or became in a bad, or corrupt, state; became corrupted, vitiated, marred, or spoiled: or went away, no one knew whither: (Mgh in explanation of هَلاَكٌ:) he died.
2 هَلَكَتْ أَرْضُهُ His land had its herbage dried up by drought: see جَرِبَ.
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