هيل

Root entry · 21 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns concepts of fear, awe, and the terrifying. It extends to encompass things that cause fear, such as frightening events or places. Additionally, it relates to adornment, varied colors, and things that are impressive or astonishing.

Derived headwords

هائلadjective

1.
frighteningboth
Causing fear or awe; terrifying.
2.
impressiveboth
Inspiring awe or admiration due to its magnitude or grandeur.

مهولadjective

1.
frighteningboth
Causing fear or dread; terrifying. It is sometimes disliked by some scholars but appears in eloquent poetry.
2.
awe-inspiringclassical
Inspiring awe, often due to its imposing nature.

تهاويلnoun

1.
varied colorsboth
Different colors, such as red, yellow, and green, often seen in nature or adornments.
2.
adornmentsboth
Ornaments, decorations, fine clothing, weapons, and jewelry.
3.
splendorclassical
The beauty and splendor of gardens adorned with flowers.

تهويلnoun

1.
adornmentboth
The act of adorning oneself with clothing and jewelry.
2.
exaggerationboth
Making a matter seem terrible or frightening.
3.
ritual oathclassical
A practice in the pre-Islamic era where people would swear an oath over a fire, into which salt was thrown.
4.
colorsclassical
The varied colors of flowers in a garden.

هولnoun

1.
fearboth
A strong feeling of fear or dread.
2.
aweboth
A feeling of reverential respect mixed with fear or wonder.
3.
terrorboth
Extreme fear.

هولتverb

1.
adorned herselfboth
A woman adorned herself with her jewelry and clothing.

يهولverb

1.
sees visionsclassical
A drunk person sees frightening visions or illusions during intoxication.

يهولونverb

1.
made frighteningclassical
They made it frightening for him by throwing salt into the fire during an oath-taking ceremony.

المهولnoun

1.
oath-takerclassical
The person who throws salt into the fire during a pre-Islamic oath-taking ritual.

الهولةnoun

1.
astonishmentboth
A state of wonder or amazement.
2.
awe-inspiring womanboth
A woman who impresses or astonishes onlookers with her beauty, adornments, or attire.
3.
frightening thingclassical
Something that causes fear or fright, used to calm a child.
4.
sacred fireclassical
The fire used in pre-Islamic oath ceremonies.

تهولverb

1.
appears likeclassical
A female camel appears like a lion to its young to make it more affectionate.
2.
aims to harmclassical
To intend to harm something with the evil eye.

الهولولadjective

1.
lightweightclassical
A man who is light or agile.

الهالةnoun

1.
haloboth
The halo or circle of light around the moon.
2.
Hala
A name of a woman, mother of Hamza.
3.
Hala
A name of a female companion (Sahabiyyah).
4.
sunclassical
The sun, used poetically.

الهالnoun

1.
mirageboth
The shimmering heat haze seen on the horizon, also known as 'al'.

هالinterjection

1.
Hoo!classical
A cry used to urge horses forward.

مهيلadjective

1.
frighteningclassical
A place that is frightening or fearsome.

مهالadjective

1.
fearsomeclassical
A place that is fearsome or intimidating.

استهالverb

1.
found frighteningclassical
To find something frightening or terrifying.

هويلاname

1.
Huwayla
A diminutive form of a name, possibly related to 'hawaal'.

اهولالnoun

1.
terrorclassical
A state of intense fear or dread, derived from 'al-hawl'.

هالةname

1.
Hala
The name of Khadijah's sister, mother of Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi'.

Parallel reading

أمر مهول

A frightening matter.

مكان مهول: فيه هول

A frightening place: it contains terror.

تهاويل: الألوان المختلفة

Varied colors: different colors.

تهاويل: زينة التصاوير والنقوش

Adornments: the beauty of pictures and designs.

رأيت لجبريل عليه السلام ستمائة جناح ينتثر من ريشه التهاويل والدر والياقوت

I saw Gabriel, peace be upon him, with six hundred wings from which scattered were varied colors, pearls, and rubies.

هولت المرأة تهويلا: إذا تزينت بحليها ولباسها

A woman adorned herself (tahwilan): if she adorned herself with her jewelry and clothing.

هول الأمر إذا شنعه

The matter was made terrible if it was made dreadful.

إذا أرادوا أن يستحلفوا إنسانا أوقدوا نارا ليحلف عليها

When they wanted to make someone swear an oath, they would light a fire for him to swear upon.

يهولون بها عليه

They made it frightening for him.

كما صد عن نار المهول حالف

As he turned away from the fire of the oath-taker, the swearer.

وجهه هولة من الهول؛ أي: عجب

His face is a wonder from awe; meaning: astonishing.

إنها لهولة من الهول

She is indeed astonishing from awe.

ناقة هول الجنان

A camel that is like a lion of the plains.

تهول للناقة تهولا

The camel appears like a lion to the young.

تهول ماله

He aimed to harm his property (with the evil eye).

هولول إذا دنا القوم نزل

Lightweight when people approached, he descended.

لا يخرج من جهالته حتى يخرج القمر من هالته

He will not emerge from his ignorance until the moon comes out of its halo.

يهال: إذا رأى تهاويل في سكره

He sees visions: if he sees illusions in his drunkenness.

أبو الهول: تمثال رأس إنسان أكبر ما يكون عند الهرمين بمصر

Abu al-Hawl: A statue of a human head, the largest at the Pyramids in Egypt.

والهال: الآل، وهو السراب

And al-Haal: the mirage, which is the shimmering heat haze.

زجر للخيل: "هال"

A cry to urge horses: 'Haal!'

مكان مهيل، أي: مخوف

A frightening place, meaning: fearsome.

مكان مهال

A fearsome place.

ما هو إلا هولة من الهول: إذا كان كريه المنظر

It is nothing but a fright from terror: if it is ugly in appearance.

كهولة ما أوقد المحلفون لدى الحالفين وما هولوا

Like the fire that the oath-takers lit for those swearing, and what they made frightening.

وهول على الرجل: حمل

And it was a burden upon the man.

ما يخرج من ألوان الزهر في الرياض: جمعه تهاويل

What emerges from the colors of flowers in gardens: its plural is 'tahaweel'.

سموا هويلا وهويلة، مصغرين

They named them Huwayla and Huwaylah, in the diminutive.

إذا ما حشوناهن جوز تنوفة سباريت ينزو بالقلوب اهولالها

When we filled them with the middle of the desert, swift ones, their terror stirred in the hearts.