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حول

Root entry · 1 derived lemma

حُولَةٌ حول حوله حولة : see حُوَّلٌ: ― -b2- and حِيلَةٌ. ― -b3- Also A wonder, or wonderful thing; pl. حُولٌ. (K: [but probably this should be حُوَلٌ, as below.]) ― -b4- [It is also used as a pl., signifying Wonders. ] You say, هٰذَا مِنْ حُولَةِ الدَّهِْ This is of the wonders of the age, or of time, or fortune; as also من ↓ حَوَلَانِهِ, and ↓ حِوَلِهِ [pl. of ↓ حِيلَةٌ], and ↓ حُوَلَائِهِ. (K, TA: the last, in one copy of the K, ↓ حُوَلَانِهِ, and in the CK ↓ حُوْلانهِ.) ― -b5- An evil, or abominable, event or accident; (K, * TA;) a calamity, or misfortune: pl. حُوَلٌ: as in the saying, هُوَ حُولَةٌ مِنَ الحُوَلِ It is a calamity of calamities. (S, TA.) It is also used as an epithet; so that one says, جَاآءَ بِأَمْرٍ حُولَةٍ [ He did, or brought to pass, an evil, or abominable, thing ]. (M, TA.)

Derived headwords

حُولَةٌ
  1. 1.
هٰذَا مِنْ حُولَةِ الدَّهِْ
هُوَ حُولَةٌ مِنَ الحُوَلِ
جَاآءَ بِأَمْرٍ حُولَةٍ