حيلة

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See also: حیله

Arabic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the root ح و ل(ḥ-w-l); compare حَاوَلَ(ḥāwala, to try, to deceive by artifice).

Noun[edit]

حِيلَة (ḥīlaf (plural حِيَل(ḥiyal) or حِيلَات(ḥīlāt))

  1. trick, artifice, maneuver
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:98:
      إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا
      ʔillā l-mustaḍʕafīna mina r-rijāli wan-nisāʔi wal-wildāni lā yastaṭīʕūna ḥīlatan walā yahtadūna sabīlan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  2. shift
  3. means to an end
  4. dodge

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “حيلة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN