أهلك

أَهْلَكَ • (ʔahlaka) IV (non-past يُهْلِكُ (yuhliku), verbal noun إِهْلَاك (ʔihlāk)) (transitive)

1. to make perish; to destroy, to extinguish
   1. to kill

      Synonym: أَمَاتَ (ʔamāta)

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 45:24:

        وَقَالُوا۟ مَا هِیَ إِلَّا حَیَاتُنَا ٱلدُّنۡیَا نَمُوتُ وَنَحۡیَا وَمَا یُهۡلِكُنَاۤ إِلَّا ٱلدَّهۡرُ ۚ وَمَا لَهُم بِذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ مِنۡ عِلۡمٍ ۖ إِنۡ هُمۡ إِلَّا یَظُنُّونَ

        waqālū mā hiya ʔillā ḥayātunā d-dunyā namūtu wanaḥyā wamā yuhlikunā ʔillā d-dahru wamā lahum biḏālika min ʕilmin ʔin hum ʔillā yaẓunnūna

        They said, "It is only this life and this world. It is here that we die, and it is here that we live. Only time extinguishes us." But they do not know it! They only speculate!

   2. to wipe out; to exterminate; to cleanse

      Synonyms: اِسْتَأْصَلَ (istaʔṣala), أَبَادَ (ʔabāda)

      • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, section 53:

        وَأَنَّهُ أَهْلَكَ عَادًا الأُولَى / وَثَمُودَ فَمَا أَبْقَى

        waʔannahu ʔahlaka ʕādan al-ʔūlā / waṯamūda famā ʔabqā

        And that it was he who exterminated ʿĀd, the first, / And Ṯamūd, he did not leave out.

أهلك (form I)

1. أَهْلِكُ (ʔahliku) /ʔah.li.ku/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, to die”), هَلَكَ (halaka, “to ruin, to destroy”), and هَلَكَ (halaka, “to be greedy”)
2. أَهْلَكُ (ʔahlaku) /ʔah.la.ku/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, to die”) and هَلِكَ (halika, “to perish”)
3. أَهْلِكَ (ʔahlika) /ʔah.li.ka/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, to die”), هَلَكَ (halaka, “to ruin, to destroy”), and هَلَكَ (halaka, “to be greedy”)
4. أَهْلَكَ (ʔahlaka) /ʔah.la.ka/: first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, to die”) and هَلِكَ (halika, “to perish”)
5. أَهْلِكْ (ʔahlik) /ʔah.lik/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, to die”), هَلَكَ (halaka, “to ruin, to destroy”), and هَلَكَ (halaka, “to be greedy”)
6. أَهْلَكْ (ʔahlak) /ʔah.lak/: first-person singular non-past active jussive of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to perish, to die”) and هَلِكَ (halika, “to perish”)
7. أُهْلَكُ (ʔuhlaku) /ʔuh.la.ku/: first-person singular non-past passive indicative of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to ruin, to destroy”)
8. أُهْلَكَ (ʔuhlaka) /ʔuh.la.ka/: first-person singular non-past passive subjunctive of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to ruin, to destroy”)
9. أُهْلَكْ (ʔuhlak) /ʔuh.lak/: first-person singular non-past passive jussive of هَلَكَ (halaka, “to ruin, to destroy”)