Arabic vocabulary
تَخَلَّتْdeparted in Arabic
تَخَلَّتْ is how you say “departed” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in a real example sentence from classical texts below.
Root خ ل و (kh-l-w)verb (form V, perfect tense, 3rd person feminine singular)Pronounced takhallat
Meaning of departed in Arabic
- departed, went away — perfect tense, feminine subject
- withdrew, absented herself (from a place)
Rooted in the core sense of "emptiness" — the same root gives خَلَا (a place or thing becoming empty, vacant, or free of something) and خَلْوَةٌ (being alone with someone in private). تَخَلَّتْ, a form V verb, carries this notion reflexively: the subject removes or empties herself from a place, i.e. departs or withdraws.
Words from the same root
- خَلَاto be empty, vacant, or devoid (of a place, vessel, or thing); to be free from a fault
- خَلَّىto leave a place empty, to vacate it
- خَلْوَةٌprivacy; a private meeting, being alone with someone
- خَلَآءٌemptiness, a vacant open space; also privacy or seclusion
- خَالٍempty, vacant; alone (active participle of khalā)
- مُسْتَخْلٍone who withdraws in seclusion, devoting himself to religious exercises
Common questions
- How do you say "departed" in Arabic?
- تَخَلَّتْ (takhallat) — "she departed/withdrew," from the root خ‑ل‑و (kh-l-w), whose core meaning is emptiness or vacancy.
- What does the root خ‑ل‑و mean?
- It centers on being empty, vacant, or devoid of something — a place empty of people, a vessel empty of contents, or a person free from a fault — and also gives words for being alone or in private with someone.
Definitions synthesised from Lane's Arabic-English Lexicon (E. W. Lane, 1863–1893).
Example sentences
هَيْهَاتَ، رَحَلَ كُلٌّ بِمَا فِيهِ، فَلَيْتَ اَلذُّنُوبَ إِذَا تَخَلَّتْ خَلَتْ
Alas! Everything has departed with what is in it; I wish that the sins, when they depart, would vanish.
تَخَلَّتْ — departed. A past-tense verb ('depart') marked feminine by the final '-t', agreeing with 'the sins' treated as a feminine singular (the usual agreement for a non-human plural). It is the verb of the 'when' clause set up by the particle before it.
From: Guarding the Heart from Heedlessness →
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