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حيلة

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See also: حیله

Arabic

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Root
ح و ل (ḥ w l)
31 terms

Etymology

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Compare حَاوَلَ (ḥāwala, to try, to deceive by artifice).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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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

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Declension of noun حِيلَة (ḥīla)
singular singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
indefinite definite construct
informal حِيلَة
ḥīla
الْحِيلَة
al-ḥīla
حِيلَة
ḥīlat
nominative حِيلَةٌ
ḥīlatun
الْحِيلَةُ
al-ḥīlatu
حِيلَةُ
ḥīlatu
accusative حِيلَةً
ḥīlatan
الْحِيلَةَ
al-ḥīlata
حِيلَةَ
ḥīlata
genitive حِيلَةٍ
ḥīlatin
الْحِيلَةِ
al-ḥīlati
حِيلَةِ
ḥīlati
dual indefinite definite construct
informal حِيلَتَيْن
ḥīlatayn
الْحِيلَتَيْن
al-ḥīlatayn
حِيلَتَيْ
ḥīlatay
nominative حِيلَتَانِ
ḥīlatāni
الْحِيلَتَانِ
al-ḥīlatāni
حِيلَتَا
ḥīlatā
accusative حِيلَتَيْنِ
ḥīlatayni
الْحِيلَتَيْنِ
al-ḥīlatayni
حِيلَتَيْ
ḥīlatay
genitive حِيلَتَيْنِ
ḥīlatayni
الْحِيلَتَيْنِ
al-ḥīlatayni
حِيلَتَيْ
ḥīlatay
plural basic broken plural triptote‎;
sound feminine plural
indefinite definite construct
informal حِيَل‎; حِيلَات
ḥiyal‎; ḥīlāt
الْحِيَل‎; الْحِيلَات
al-ḥiyal‎; al-ḥīlāt
حِيَل‎; حِيلَات
ḥiyal‎; ḥīlāt
nominative حِيَلٌ‎; حِيلَاتٌ
ḥiyalun‎; ḥīlātun
الْحِيَلُ‎; الْحِيلَاتُ
al-ḥiyalu‎; al-ḥīlātu
حِيَلُ‎; حِيلَاتُ
ḥiyalu‎; ḥīlātu
accusative حِيَلًا‎; حِيلَاتٍ
ḥiyalan‎; ḥīlātin
الْحِيَلَ‎; الْحِيلَاتِ
al-ḥiyala‎; al-ḥīlāti
حِيَلَ‎; حِيلَاتِ
ḥiyala‎; ḥīlāti
genitive حِيَلٍ‎; حِيلَاتٍ
ḥiyalin‎; ḥīlātin
الْحِيَلِ‎; الْحِيلَاتِ
al-ḥiyali‎; al-ḥīlāti
حِيَلِ‎; حِيلَاتِ
ḥiyali‎; ḥīlāti

Descendants

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References

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