تهلكة

See also: تهلكه

Arabic

Root
ه ل ك (h l k)
10 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tah.lu.ka/

Noun

تَهْلُكَة or تَهْلِكَة or تَهْلَكَة • (tahluka or tahlika or tahlaka) f

1. verbal noun of هَلَكَ (halaka) (form I)
2. danger
3. ruin
4. what leads to ruin
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:195:

     وَلَا تُلُقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ

     wa-lā tuluqū bi-ʔaydīkum ʔilā at-tahlukati

     and do not throw yourselves with your hands into destruction

Declension

Declension of noun تَهْلُكَة (tahluka)‎; تَهْلِكَة (tahlika)‎; تَهْلَكَة (tahlaka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	تَهْلُكَة‎; تَهْلِكَة‎; تَهْلَكَة tahluka‎; tahlika‎; tahlaka	التَّهْلُكَة‎; التَّهْلِكَة‎; التَّهْلَكَة at-tahluka‎; at-tahlika‎; at-tahlaka	تَهْلُكَة‎; تَهْلِكَة‎; تَهْلَكَة tahlukat‎; tahlikat‎; tahlakat
Nominative	تَهْلُكَةٌ‎; تَهْلِكَةٌ‎; تَهْلَكَةٌ tahlukatun‎; tahlikatun‎; tahlakatun	التَّهْلُكَةُ‎; التَّهْلِكَةُ‎; التَّهْلَكَةُ at-tahlukatu‎; at-tahlikatu‎; at-tahlakatu	تَهْلُكَةُ‎; تَهْلِكَةُ‎; تَهْلَكَةُ tahlukatu‎; tahlikatu‎; tahlakatu
Accusative	تَهْلُكَةً‎; تَهْلِكَةً‎; تَهْلَكَةً tahlukatan‎; tahlikatan‎; tahlakatan	التَّهْلُكَةَ‎; التَّهْلِكَةَ‎; التَّهْلَكَةَ at-tahlukata‎; at-tahlikata‎; at-tahlakata	تَهْلُكَةَ‎; تَهْلِكَةَ‎; تَهْلَكَةَ tahlukata‎; tahlikata‎; tahlakata
Genitive	تَهْلُكَةٍ‎; تَهْلِكَةٍ‎; تَهْلَكَةٍ tahlukatin‎; tahlikatin‎; tahlakatin	التَّهْلُكَةِ‎; التَّهْلِكَةِ‎; التَّهْلَكَةِ at-tahlukati‎; at-tahlikati‎; at-tahlakati	تَهْلُكَةِ‎; تَهْلِكَةِ‎; تَهْلَكَةِ tahlukati‎; tahlikati‎; tahlakati

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: təhlükə
• → Ottoman Turkish: تهلكه (tehlike, tehlüke)
  • Turkish: tehlike
• → Urdu: تہلکہ (tehelka)
• → Uyghur: تەھلىكە (tehlike)
• → Uzbek: tahlika

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “تهلكة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “هلك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN