خلال

See also: حلال

Arabic

Etymology 1

Adverbial accusative of the plural of خَلَل (ḵalal, “gap”), i.e. “between the gap of”.

Pronunciation

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Preposition

خِلَالَ • (ḵilāla)

1. during, in the course of
   • 2009 July 5, “رئيس الاركان الامريكي يحذر من ضرب ايران”, in BBC Arabic‎^[1]:

     قد تعهد خلال حملته الانتخابيَة بفتح حوار مع ايران

     qad taʿahhada xilāla ḥamlatihi al-intixābiyyati bi-fataḥa ḥiwāran maʿa ʾīrān

     During his election campaign, he pledged to open dialogue with Iran.

   خِلَالَ القِسْمِ الأَكْبَرِ مِنْ القُرُونِ الوُسْطَى الأُورُوبِيَّة

   ḵilāla al-qismi l-ʔakbari min al-qurūni l-wusṭā l-ʔūrūbiyya

   during the most part of European Middle Ages

Inflection

Inflected forms
Base form					خِلَالَ (ḵilāla)
Personal-pronoun- including forms	Singular		Dual	Plural
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	خِلَالِي (ḵilālī)		خِلَالَنَا (ḵilālanā)
Second person	خِلَالَكَ (ḵilālaka)	خِلَالَكِ (ḵilālaki)	خِلَالَكُمَا (ḵilālakumā)	خِلَالَكُمْ (ḵilālakum)	خِلَالَكُنَّ (ḵilālakunna)
Third person	خِلَالَهُ (ḵilālahu)	خِلَالَهَا (ḵilālahā)	خِلَالَهُمَا (ḵilālahumā)	خِلَالَهُمْ (ḵilālahum)	خِلَالَهُنَّ (ḵilālahunna)

Etymology 2

From the root خ ل ل (ḵ-l-l).

Noun

خِلَال • (ḵilāl) m (plural أَخِلَّة (ʔaḵilla))

1. toothpick, spit, drill, and other instruments used for picking or perforating

Declension

Declension of noun خِلَال (ḵilāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلَال ḵilāl	الْخِلَال al-ḵilāl	خِلَال ḵilāl
Nominative	خِلَالٌ ḵilālun	الْخِلَالُ al-ḵilālu	خِلَالُ ḵilālu
Accusative	خِلَالًا ḵilālan	الْخِلَالَ al-ḵilāla	خِلَالَ ḵilāla
Genitive	خِلَالٍ ḵilālin	الْخِلَالِ al-ḵilāli	خِلَالِ ḵilāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلَالَيْن ḵilālayn	الْخِلَالَيْن al-ḵilālayn	خِلَالَيْ ḵilālay
Nominative	خِلَالَانِ ḵilālāni	الْخِلَالَانِ al-ḵilālāni	خِلَالَا ḵilālā
Accusative	خِلَالَيْنِ ḵilālayni	الْخِلَالَيْنِ al-ḵilālayni	خِلَالَيْ ḵilālay
Genitive	خِلَالَيْنِ ḵilālayni	الْخِلَالَيْنِ al-ḵilālayni	خِلَالَيْ ḵilālay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَخِلَّة ʔaḵilla	الْأَخِلَّة al-ʔaḵilla	أَخِلَّة ʔaḵillat
Nominative	أَخِلَّةٌ ʔaḵillatun	الْأَخِلَّةُ al-ʔaḵillatu	أَخِلَّةُ ʔaḵillatu
Accusative	أَخِلَّةً ʔaḵillatan	الْأَخِلَّةَ al-ʔaḵillata	أَخِلَّةَ ʔaḵillata
Genitive	أَخِلَّةٍ ʔaḵillatin	الْأَخِلَّةِ al-ʔaḵillati	أَخِلَّةِ ʔaḵillati

Noun

خِلَال • (ḵilāl) m

1. verbal noun of خَالَّ (ḵālla) (form III)

Declension

Declension of noun خِلَال (ḵilāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلَال ḵilāl	الْخِلَال al-ḵilāl	خِلَال ḵilāl
Nominative	خِلَالٌ ḵilālun	الْخِلَالُ al-ḵilālu	خِلَالُ ḵilālu
Accusative	خِلَالًا ḵilālan	الْخِلَالَ al-ḵilāla	خِلَالَ ḵilāla
Genitive	خِلَالٍ ḵilālin	الْخِلَالِ al-ḵilāli	خِلَالِ ḵilāli

Noun

خِلَال • (ḵilāl) pl

1. plural of خَلّ (ḵall)
2. plural of خَلَل (ḵalal)
3. plural of خَلَّة (ḵalla)
4. plural of خِلَّة (ḵilla)