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حيل

Root entry · 11 derived lemmas

This root primarily relates to deception, trickery, and cunning. It also encompasses concepts of change, transformation, and the passage of time, often in a way that implies subtlety or artifice.

Derived headwords

حَالَverb
  1. 1.
    to changeboth

    To undergo a transformation or alteration in state, condition, or appearance.

  2. 2.
    to occurboth

    To happen or take place, often referring to events or circumstances.

  3. 3.
    to befallclassical

    To happen to someone, usually something unfortunate.

حِيْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    trickboth

    A cunning plan or action designed to deceive or outwit someone.

  2. 2.
    stratagemboth

    A plan or scheme, especially one used to outwit an opponent or achieve an end.

  3. 3.
    meansboth

    A method, way, or resource used to achieve something.

حَوَلَverb
  1. 1.
    to turnboth

    To change direction or position; to revolve.

  2. 2.
    to transformboth

    To cause to change in form, nature, or appearance.

حَوَلَانnoun
  1. 1.
    changeboth

    The act or instance of changing; transformation.

  2. 2.
    revolutionboth

    A complete turn or rotation.

حَوَّلَverb
  1. 1.
    to changeboth

    To cause to change; to transform or convert.

  2. 2.
    to turnboth

    To cause to turn or revolve.

  3. 3.
    to divertboth

    To cause (something) to change course or direction.

مُحَالadjective
  1. 1.
    impossibleboth

    Not able to occur, exist, or be done.

مُحَوِّلnoun
  1. 1.
    transformermodern

    A device used to change the voltage of an electric current.

  2. 2.
    convertermodern

    A device that changes something from one form or use to another.

مُحَوَّلadjective
  1. 1.
    transformedboth

    Changed in form, nature, or appearance.

  2. 2.
    convertedboth

    Changed from one form or use to another.

الحُيَّلِيّname
  1. 1.
    Al-Ḥaylīboth

    A nisba (attribution) indicating origin from Ḥayl, or a surname derived from it.

حَوْلَةnoun
  1. 1.
    group nameclassical

    A name given to a group of people from Tripoli, Syria.

حيويلname
  1. 1.
    Ḥaywaylclassical

    A male given name, possibly a diminutive form.

Parallel reading

وكذلك الحيلي، بكسر ففتح.
And likewise Al-Ḥaylī, with kasra on the ḥāʾ and fatḥa on the yāʾ.
وحولة، بتشديد اللام: لقب جماعة بطرابلس الشام.
And Ḥawlah, with a shadda on the lām: a title for a group of people from Tripoli, Syria.
وحيويل بن ناشرة المصري الأعور، روى عن عمرو بن العاص، وشهد صفين مع معاوية.
And Ḥaywayl ibn Nāshirah the one-eyed Egyptian, who narrated from ʿAmr ibn al-ʿĀṣ, and witnessed Ṣiffīn with Muʿāwiyah.