هال

Root entry · 12 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the act of pouring, falling, or descending, often in large quantities, like sand or dust. It extends to concepts of abundance, accumulation, and things that descend or are suspended, including celestial phenomena and even abstract philosophical concepts.

Derived headwords

هَالَ عَلَيْهِ التُّرَابُ يَهِيْلُ هَيْلاً وَأَهَالَهُ فَانْهَالَ وَهَيَّلَهُ فَتَهَيَّلَverb

1.
to pour downboth
To pour down upon something, especially dust or sand.
2.
to fall in torrentsboth
To fall or descend in large quantities, like a torrent.

الهَيْلُ وَالهَيَالُ وَالهَيَلَانُnoun

1.
poured sand/dustclassical
What has poured down, specifically referring to sand or dust.

رَمْلٌ هَالٌ وَأَهِيْلٌadjective

1.
pouring downclassical
Describing sand that pours down or falls easily.

مِنْهَالٌadjective

1.
pouringclassical
That which pours or falls abundantly.

الهَيْلُ وَالهَيْلَمَانُnoun

1.
abundant wealthclassical
A large amount of wealth or possessions.
2.
abundant sand/windclassical
A large quantity of sand or a strong wind.

انْهَالُوا عَلَيْهِverb

1.
to follow successivelyboth
To come one after another in succession.
2.
to heap abuse/blowsboth
To heap insults or blows upon someone.

الأَهَيْلُname

1.
a place nameclassical
A proper noun, likely a place name.

الهَيُولُnoun

1.
suspended dustclassical
Fine dust suspended in the air.
2.
sunlight in a roomclassical
The visible rays of sunlight seen within a room.

الهَالَةُnoun

1.
haloboth
The luminous circle around the moon or sun.

الهَيْلَاءُname

1.
a mountain nameclassical
A proper noun, referring to a black mountain in Mecca.

الهَيُولَىnoun

1.
cottonclassical
Cotton.
2.
prime matter (philosophical)classical
In philosophical or theological contexts, it refers to the primordial substance of the universe, or a concept of God's existence prior to creation.

هَيْلَةٌnoun

1.
a specific goatclassical
The name of a particular goat belonging to a woman, known for its unpredictable behavior.

Parallel reading

هال عليه التراب يهيل هيلا وأهاله فانهال وهيله فتهيل: صبه فانصب.

Dust poured down on him, pouring, a pouring; he poured it, so it poured down; and he made it pour, so it poured down: he poured it, and it poured down.

والهيل والهيال، كسحاب، والهيلان: ما انهال من الرمل.

And al-hayl, and al-hayāl, like saḥāb, and al-hayalān: what poured down of sand.

ورمل هال وأهيل: منهال.

And sand that pours and is poured: pouring down.

وجاء بالهيل والهيلمان، وتضم لامه، أي بالمال الكثير أو بالرمل ms1488 والريح.

And he came with al-hayl and al-haylamān, and its lām is doubled, meaning with abundant wealth or with sand and wind.

وانهالوا عليه: تتابعوا، وعلوه بالشتم والضرب.

And they followed one another upon him: they succeeded each other, and they overwhelmed him with insults and blows.

والهيول، كصبور: الهباء المنبث، وما تراه في البيت من ضوء الشمس، معربة.

And al-hayūl, like ṣabūr: the dispersed dust, and what you see in the room of sunlight, it is Arabic.

والهالة: دارة القمر ج: هالات.

And al-hālāh: the circle of the moon, plural: hālāt.

وهيلاء: جبل أسود بمكة.

And al-haylā': a black mountain in Mecca.

والهيولى، وتشدد الياء مضمومة عن ابن القطاع: القطن.

And al-hayūlā, and the yā' is doubled and has a dammah according to Ibn al-Qiṭṭā': cotton.

وشبه الأوائل طينة العالم به، أو هو في اصطلاحهم موصوف بما يصف به أهل التوحيد الله تعالى، أنه موجود بلا كمية وكيفية، ولم يقترن به شيء من سمات الحدث، ثم حلت به الصنعة، واعترضت به الأعراض، فحدث منه العالم.

And the ancients likened the clay of the world to it, or in their terminology it is described as the people of Tawhid describe God Almighty, that He exists without quantity or quality, and nothing of the attributes of the created accompanied Him, then craftsmanship settled upon it, and accidents occurred to it, and from it the world came into being.

وهيلة: عنز لامرأة كان من أساء عليها درت له، ومن أحسن إليها نطحته.

And Haylah: a goat of a woman, if one treated her badly she would give him milk, and if one treated her well she would butt him.

ومن المثل: "هيل، خير حالبيك تنطحين".

And from the proverb: 'Haylah, your two best horns are butting.'