حال

Root entry · 24 derived lemmas

The root 'حال' primarily relates to change, transformation, and condition. It encompasses concepts like shifting states, moving from one situation to another, and the inherent condition or state of being. It also extends to physical movement, alteration of appearance, and the passage of time.

Derived headwords

حَلِيَverb

1.
to be adornedboth
To be decorated or embellished. This is the passive form of 'to adorn'.

حَلَيْتُverb

1.
I adornedboth
The first-person singular past tense of 'to adorn'.

حالnoun

1.
conditionboth
The state or situation of a person or thing; circumstances.
2.
timeboth
The specific moment or period in which something occurs; the present hour.
3.
dustclassical
Earth or soil, often referring to the ground.
4.
hasteclassical
Speed or celerity; a rapid movement.
5.
pathclassical
A way or course, whether good or evil.
6.
milkclassical
A liquid produced by mammals, specifically mentioned in relation to being mixed with something.
7.
womanclassical
A man's wife, metaphorically representing his soul or essence.
8.
stripesclassical
The patterns or markings on the back of a horse.
9.
falling leavesclassical
The leaves of a tree that are shed or fall.

حَوَلَverb

1.
to moveboth
To shift, change position, or move from one place or state to another.
2.
to changeboth
To alter or transform in nature, appearance, or condition.
3.
to come and goclassical
To move about or wander; to be in constant motion.

حَوَّلَverb

1.
to transformboth
To cause something to change or become different; to convert.
2.
to changeboth
To alter the state or condition of something.
3.
to moveboth
To cause to move from one place or position to another.

أَحَالَverb

1.
to mountclassical
To ascend or climb onto the back of an animal, like a horse.
2.
to changeclassical
To cause a change or alteration.
3.
to become oldclassical
To pass a year or a significant period of time, causing something to age or change.

حَوَلَverb

1.
to move awayclassical
To deviate or move away from one's original position or state.

حَوَلَverb

1.
to shiftclassical
To move or change from one position or state to another.

حَوَلَverb

1.
to become hotclassical
Used to describe the intensification of heat, specifically when the Pleiades are high in the sky.

مُحْتَالَةadjective

1.
unwateredclassical
An area of land that has not received rain.

حَوِيلnoun

1.
witnessclassical
A person who testifies or bears witness.
2.
guarantorclassical
A person who stands surety or is responsible for another.
3.
desireclassical
An intention or wish for something.

حِيَالَةnoun

1.
strapclassical
A strap that connects a camel's girth to its saddle pad to prevent slipping.
2.
oppositeclassical
Something that is in front of or facing something else; in opposition to.

حَيَالnoun

1.
oppositeclassical
In front of, facing, or beside something.

حَوَالَةnoun

1.
transferclassical
The act of transferring a debt or obligation from one person to another.

احْتَالَverb

1.
to schemeboth
To devise or employ a stratagem or trick to achieve a goal.
2.
to changeclassical
To undergo alteration or change, especially in condition or appearance.
3.
to pass byclassical
Used to describe a place or dwelling that has been inhabited for a long time, implying the passage of many 'ahwal' (periods).

حَوَلَانnoun

1.
movementclassical
The act of coming and going; wandering.

مُحِيلadjective

1.
agedclassical
Having passed through many years or changes; old.
2.
changedclassical
Altered in appearance or condition due to the passage of time.

حَوَّلَverb

1.
to turnboth
To change direction or orientation.

اسْتَحَالَverb

1.
to become crookedclassical
To bend or become distorted from its original shape, referring to a bow.

حَوَالَةname

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

حَوَلُولَةnoun

1.
clevernessclassical
Skillfulness or astuteness, often implying cunning.

بَنُو حَوَالَةname

1.
Banu Hawalahclassical
A tribal name, referring to a branch of a larger tribe.

بَنُو مُحَوَّلَةname

1.
Banu Muhawwalahclassical
A tribal name, derived from a person named Muhawwalah.

حُوَيْلname

1.
place nameclassical
A proper noun referring to a specific location.

Parallel reading

من الحلي، حليت فأنا حال.

Among adornments, I was adorned, so I am adorned.

ليست تسود غدا سود النفوس، فكم ... أغدو مضيع نور عامر الحال الحال هنا: التراب.

Tomorrow, the dark souls will not prevail, so how much... I become a loser of the light of the builder of the dust.

تدور دار الدنى بالنفس تنقلها ... عن حالها، كصبي راكب الحال الحال هنا: العجلة.

The world's abode turns with the soul, moving it... from its state, like a child riding in haste.

فالمرء يبعث يوم الحشر من جدث ... بما جنى، وعلى ما فات من حال الحال هنا: مذهب خير أو شر.

Man will be resurrected on the Day of Judgment from his grave... for what he has earned, and according to what has passed of his path (of good or evil).

لو كنت أعقل حالي عقل ذي نظر، ... لكنت مشتغلا بالوقت والحال الحال هنا: الساعة التي أنت فيها.

If I were to understand my condition with the intellect of one who observes, I would be occupied with time and the present moment.

لكنني بلذيذ العيش مغتبط، ... كأنما هو شهد شيب بالحال الحال هنا: اللبن؛ حكاه كراع فيما حكاه ابن سيده

But I am delighted with the pleasure of life, as if it were honey mixed with milk.

ما المحال الذي ما زلت أعشقه، ... ضيعت عقلي فلم أصلح به حالي

What is this unattainable thing that I keep desiring, I have lost my mind and have not mended my state with it.

حال الرجل: امرأته وهي عبارة عن النفس هنا.

A man's 'hal': his wife, which here refers to his soul.

ركبت للذنب طرفا ما له طرف، ... فيا لراكب طرف سيء الحال

I embarked on sin with an extreme, which has no end, so woe to the rider of an extreme of bad condition.

حال الفرس: طرائق ظهره، وقيل متنه.

The 'hal' of a horse: the patterns of its back, or its spine.

يا رب غفرا يهد الذنب أجمعه، ... حتى يخر من الآراب كالحال الحال هنا: ورق الشجر يسقط.

O Lord, forgive all my sins, until they fall from the limbs like falling leaves.

يقال ما أحسن حال متن الفرس وهو موضع اللبد، والحال: لحمة المتن.

It is said, 'How excellent is the condition of the horse's back, which is the place of the saddle pad, and 'al-hal' is the flesh of the back.'

حلت في متن الفرس أحول حؤولا إذا ركبته، وفي الصحاح: حال في متن فرسه حؤولا إذا وثب وركب.

I moved with difficulty on the horse's back, moving back and forth, when I rode it, and in Al-Sihah: he moved with difficulty on his horse's back, moving back and forth, when he leaped and rode.

وحال عن ظهر دابته يحول حولا وحؤولا أي زال ومال.

And he moved away from his mount, moving back and forth, meaning he deviated and inclined.

ابن سيده وغيره: حال في ظهر دابته حولا وأحال وثب واستوى على ظهرها، وكلام العرب حال على ظهره وأحال في ظهره.

Ibn Sidah and others said: he mounted his animal, moving back and forth, and 'ahala' means to leap and settle on its back, and the speech of the Arabs is 'hala 'ala zahrihi' and 'ahala fi zahrihi'.

ويقال: حال متنه وحاذ متنه وهو الظهر بعينه.

And it is said: his back moved, and his back moved, and it is the back itself.

الجوهري: أحال في متن فرسه مثل حال أي وثب؛ وفي المثل: تجنب روضة وأحال يعدو أي ترك الخصب واختار عليه الشقاء.

Al-Jawhari said: 'Ahala' on his horse's back is like 'hala', meaning he leaped; and in the proverb: 'He avoided a meadow and leaped,' meaning he abandoned prosperity and chose hardship over it.

ويقال: إنه ليحول أي يجيء ويذهب وهو الجولان.

And it is said: he moves back and forth, meaning he comes and goes, which is wandering.

وحولت المجرة: صارت شدة الحر في وسط السماء؛ قال ذو الرمة:

And the galaxy 'hawwalat': the intensity of heat became in the middle of the sky; Dhu al-Rummah said:

وشعث يشجون الفلا في رؤوسه، ... إذا حولت أم النجوم الشوابك

And dusty ones, their heads filled with the desert, when the mother of stars, the Pleiades, has shifted.

وحولت بمعنى تحولت، ومثله ولى بمعنى تولى.

'Hawwalat' means 'tahawwalat' (transformed), and similarly 'walla' means 'tawalla' (turned away).

وأرض محتالة إذا لم يصبها المطر.

And a 'muhtalah' land if rain does not reach it.

وما أحسن حويله، قال الأصمعي: أي ما أحسن مذهبه الذي يريد.

And how excellent is his 'hawiluh' (intention/path), Al-Asma'i said: meaning how excellent is his desired course.

ويقال: ما أضعف حوله وحويله وحيلته والحيال: خيط يشد من بطان البعير إلى حقبه لئلا يقع الحقب على ثيله.

And it is said: how weak is his strength, his intention, and his stratagem. And 'al-hiyal': a strap tied from the camel's girth to its saddle pad so that the pad does not fall on its tail.

وهذا حيال كلمتك أي مقابلة كلمتك؛ عن ابن الأعرابي ينصبه على الظرف، ولو رفعه على المبتدإ والخبر لجاز، ولكن كذا رواه عن العرب؛ حكاه ابن سيده.

And this is 'hiyal' to your word, meaning opposite to your word; from Ibn Al-A'rabi, he makes it accusative as an adverb, and if he raised it as a subject and predicate, it would be permissible, but thus he narrated it from the Arabs; Ibn Sidah recounted it.

وقعد حياله وبحياله أي بإزائه، وأصله الواو.

And he sat 'hiyaluhu' and 'bihialuhu', meaning beside him, and its origin is 'waw'.

والحويل: الشاهد.

And 'al-hawil': the witness.

والحويل: الكفيل، والاسم الحوالة.

And 'al-hawil': the guarantor, and the noun is 'al-hawalah'.

واحتال عليه بالدين: من الحوالة.

And he schemed against him regarding the debt: from 'al-hawalah'.

وحاولت الشيء أي أردته، والاسم الحويل؛ قال الكميت:

And I 'hawaltu' the thing, meaning I desired it, and the noun is 'al-hawil'; Al-Kumait said:

وذات اسمين والألوان شتى ... تحمق، وهي كيسة الحويل

And possessing two names, and various colors... she acts foolishly, and she is the clever one of desire.

حول نفسه، يتعدى ولا يتعدى؛ قال ذو الرمة يصف الحرباء:

'Hawwala' himself, it is transitive and intransitive; Dhu al-Rummah said, describing the chameleon:

يظل بها الحرباء للشمس مائلا ... على الجذل، إلا أنه لا يكبر إذا حول الظل، العشي، رأيته ... حنيفا، وفي قرن الضحى يتنصر

The chameleon remains leaning towards the sun on the log... except that it does not grow larger when the shadow shifts, in the evening, I saw it... turning towards the Qibla, and in the morning it turns towards Christianity.

يقول إذا حول الظل العشي وذلك عند ميل الشمس إلى جهة المغرب صار الحرباء متوجها للقبلة، فهو حنيف، فإذا كان في أول النهار فهو متوجه للشرق لأن الشمس تكون في جهة المشرق فيصير متنصرا، لأن النصارى تتوجه في صلاتها جهة المشرق.

He says: when the shadow shifts in the evening, and that is when the sun leans towards the west, the chameleon turns towards the Qibla, so it is 'hanif' (turning towards the Qibla), and when it is in the early part of the day, it turns towards the east because the sun is in the east, so it becomes 'mutanasir' (turning towards Christianity), because Christians turn towards the east in their prayers.

واحتال المنزل: مرت عليه أحوال؛ قال ذو الرمة:

And the dwelling 'ihtalat': periods have passed over it; Dhu al-Rummah said:

فيا لك من دار تحمل أهلها ... أيادي سبا، بعدي، وطال احتيالها

Oh, what a dwelling whose people have carried away... favors of Saba, after me, and its time has been long.

واحتال أيضا: تغير؛ قال النمر:

And 'ihtala' also means: to change; Al-Nimr said:

ميثاء جاد عليها وابل هطل، ... فأمرعت لاحتيال فرط أعوام

A fertile land, heavy rain poured upon it, and it became verdant due to the change of many years.

وحاولت له بصري إذا حددته نحوه ورميته به؛ عن اللحياني.

And I directed my sight towards him when I focused on him and aimed it at him; from Al-Lihyani.

وحال لونه أي تغير واسود.

And his color 'halat', meaning it changed and became black.

وأحالت الدار وأحولت: أتى عليها حول، وكذلك الطعام وغيره، فهو محيل؛ قال الكميت:

And the dwelling 'ahalat' and 'ahawlat': a year has passed over it, and likewise food and other things, so it is 'muhil'; Al-Kumait said:

ألم تلمم على الطلل المحيل ... بفيد، وما بكاؤك بالطلول؟

Have you not approached the aged ruin... in Fayd, and why is your weeping over the ruins?

والمحيل: الذي أتت عليه أحوال وغيرته، وبخ نفسه على الوقوف والبكاء في دار قد ارتحل عنها أهلها متذكرا أيامهم مع كونه أشيب غير شاب؛ وذلك في البيت بعده وهو:

And 'al-muhil': is that over which periods have passed and changed it, and he blames himself for standing and weeping at a dwelling whose people have departed, remembering their days while he is old, not young; and that is in the verse after it, which is:

أأشيب كالوليد، رسم دار ... تسائل ما أصم عن السؤول؟

Am I, an old man like a child, at the remains of a dwelling... asking what is deaf to the question?

أي أتسأل أشيب أي وأنت أشيب وتسائل ما أصم أي تسائل ما لا يجيب فكأنه أصم؛ وأنشد أبو زيد لأبي النجم:

Meaning: do you ask, O old man, meaning you are old, and ask what is deaf, meaning you ask what does not answer, as if it were deaf; Abu Zayd recited for Abu Al-Najm:

يا صاحبي عرجا قليلا، ... حتى نحيي الطلل المحيلا

O my two companions, halt a little... until we greet the aged ruin.

وأنشد ابن بري لعمر بن لجإ: ألم تلمم على الطلل المحيل، ... بغربي الأبارق من حقيل؟

And Ibn Al-Barri recited for Umar ibn Laja': Have you not approached the aged ruin... west of Al-Abariq from Haqil?

قال ابن بري: وشاهد المحول قول عمر بن أبي ربيعة: قفا نحيي الطلل المحولا، ... والرسم من أسماء والمنزلا،

Ibn Al-Barri said: And the evidence for 'al-muhawwal' is the saying of Umar ibn Abi Rabi'ah: Stop, let us greet the changed ruin... and the trace of names and the dwelling,

قال: تقديره قفا نحيي الطلل المحول بأن يؤهل، من أهله الله؛ وقال الأخوص: ألمم على طلل تقادم محول

He said: The estimation is: Stop, let us greet the changed ruin by it being inhabited, by God making it inhabited; and Al-Akhwas said: Approach a ruin that has passed through time and changed.

وقال امرؤ القيس: من القاصرات الطرف لو دب محول، ... من الذر فوق الإتب منها، لأثرا

And Imru' al-Qais said: Among the modest-eyed, if a changed one, from the ants, crawled upon her garment, she would leave a mark.

أبو زيد: فلان على حول فلان إذا كان مثله في السن أو ولد على أثره.

Abu Zayd said: So-and-so is 'ala hawl' of so-and-so if he is similar in age or was born after him.

وحالت القوس واستحالت، بمعنى، أي انقلبت عن حالها التي غمزت عليها وحصل في قابها اعوجاج.

And the bow 'halat' and 'istahalat', meaning it overturned from the state it was bent to, and a crookedness occurred in its curve.

وحوال: اسم موضع؛ قال خراش بن زهير:

And 'Hawal': is a place name; Kharash ibn Zuhayr said:

فإني دليل، غير معط إتاوة ... على نعم ترعى حوالا وأجربا

For I am a guide, not giving tribute... over camels grazing in Hawal and Ajrab.

الأزهري في الخماسي: الحولولة الكيسة، وهو ثلاثي الأصل ألحق بالخماسي لتكرير بعض حروفها.

Al-Azhari in the Al-Khumasi: 'Al-Hawalulah' is cleverness, and it is of tri-literal origin, attached to the pentiliterals due to the repetition of some of its letters.

وبنو حوالة: بطن.

And Banu Hawalah: a clan.

وبنو محولة: هم بنو عبد الله بن غطفان وكان اسمه عبد العزى فسماه سيدنا رسول الله، صلى الله عليه وسلم، عبد الله فسموا بني محولة لذلك.

And Banu Muhawwalah: they are the children of Abdullah ibn Ghaftan, whose name was Abd Al-Uzza, so our master, the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, named him Abdullah, and they were named Banu Muhawwalah for that reason.

وحويل: اسم موضع؛ قال النابغة الجعدي:

And 'Huwail': is a place name; Al-Nabigha Al-Ja'di said:

تحل بأطراف الوحاف ودونها ... حويل، فريطات، فرعم، فأخرب

They settle at the edges of Al-Wihaf, and beyond them are Huwail, Faryatat, Far'am, and Akhrib.