قَلَتٌ
1.
[verbal noun of 1: used as a simple subst.,] Perdition; a state of destruction; or death. (S, O, K.) An Arab of the desert said, إِنَّ المُسَافِرَ
وَمَتَاعَهُ لَعَلَى قَلَتٍ إِلَّا مَا وَقَى اللّٰهُ [Verily the traveller and his goods are in danger of destruction, except what God protects]. (S, O.) And one says, أَصْبَحَ عَلَى قَلَتٍ i. e. [He became] on the brink of destruction: or in fear of a thing that beguiled him to venture upon an evil undertaking. (TA.) And أَمْسَى عَلَى قَلَتٍ i. e. [He became] in a state of fear. (TA.)