سهل

See also: سہل and شهل

Arabic

Etymology 1.1

Root
س ه ل (s h l)
8 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sahl/

• Audio:

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Adjective

سَهْل • (sahl) (feminine سَهْلَة (sahla), elative أَسْهَل (ʔashal))

1. easy

   تَعَلَمُ اللُّغَةَ الْجَدِيدَةَ قَدْ يَكُنُ أَمْرًا سَهْلًا إِذَا كُنْتَ مُلْتَزِمًًا.

   taʕalamu l-luḡata l-jadīdata qad yakunu ʔamran sahlan ʔiḏā kunta multazimanan.

   Learning a new language can be easy if you're committed.

2. flat; level

Declension

Declension of adjective سَهْل (sahl)

singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	سَهْل sahl	السَّهْل as-sahl	سَهْلَة sahla	السَّهْلَة as-sahla
nominative	سَهْلٌ sahlun	السَّهْلُ as-sahlu	سَهْلَةٌ sahlatun	السَّهْلَةُ as-sahlatu
accusative	سَهْلًا sahlan	السَّهْلَ as-sahla	سَهْلَةً sahlatan	السَّهْلَةَ as-sahlata
genitive	سَهْلٍ sahlin	السَّهْلِ as-sahli	سَهْلَةٍ sahlatin	السَّهْلَةِ as-sahlati
dual	masculine		feminine
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	سَهْلَيْن sahlayn	السَّهْلَيْن as-sahlayn	سَهْلَتَيْن sahlatayn	السَّهْلَتَيْن as-sahlatayn
nominative	سَهْلَانِ sahlāni	السَّهْلَانِ as-sahlāni	سَهْلَتَانِ sahlatāni	السَّهْلَتَانِ as-sahlatāni
accusative	سَهْلَيْنِ sahlayni	السَّهْلَيْنِ as-sahlayni	سَهْلَتَيْنِ sahlatayni	السَّهْلَتَيْنِ as-sahlatayni
genitive	سَهْلَيْنِ sahlayni	السَّهْلَيْنِ as-sahlayni	سَهْلَتَيْنِ sahlatayni	السَّهْلَتَيْنِ as-sahlatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	سَهْلِين sahlīn	السَّهْلِين as-sahlīn	سَهْلَات sahlāt	السَّهْلَات as-sahlāt
nominative	سَهْلُونَ sahlūna	السَّهْلُونَ as-sahlūna	سَهْلَاتٌ sahlātun	السَّهْلَاتُ as-sahlātu
accusative	سَهْلِينَ sahlīna	السَّهْلِينَ as-sahlīna	سَهْلَاتٍ sahlātin	السَّهْلَاتِ as-sahlāti
genitive	سَهْلِينَ sahlīna	السَّهْلِينَ as-sahlīna	سَهْلَاتٍ sahlātin	السَّهْلَاتِ as-sahlāti

Antonyms

• صَعْب (ṣaʕb)

Derived terms

• سَهْل مُمْتَنِع (sahl mumtaniʕ)

Noun

سَهْل • (sahl) m (plural سُهُول (suhūl)) (countable)

1. a plain, a grassland

Declension

Declension of noun سَهْل (sahl)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَهْل sahl	السَّهْل as-sahl	سَهْل sahl
nominative	سَهْلٌ sahlun	السَّهْلُ as-sahlu	سَهْلُ sahlu
accusative	سَهْلًا sahlan	السَّهْلَ as-sahla	سَهْلَ sahla
genitive	سَهْلٍ sahlin	السَّهْلِ as-sahli	سَهْلِ sahli
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَهْلَيْن sahlayn	السَّهْلَيْن as-sahlayn	سَهْلَيْ sahlay
nominative	سَهْلَانِ sahlāni	السَّهْلَانِ as-sahlāni	سَهْلَا sahlā
accusative	سَهْلَيْنِ sahlayni	السَّهْلَيْنِ as-sahlayni	سَهْلَيْ sahlay
genitive	سَهْلَيْنِ sahlayni	السَّهْلَيْنِ as-sahlayni	سَهْلَيْ sahlay
plural	basic broken plural triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سُهُول suhūl	السُّهُول as-suhūl	سُهُول suhūl
nominative	سُهُولٌ suhūlun	السُّهُولُ as-suhūlu	سُهُولُ suhūlu
accusative	سُهُولًا suhūlan	السُّهُولَ as-suhūla	سُهُولَ suhūla
genitive	سُهُولٍ suhūlin	السُّهُولِ as-suhūli	سُهُولِ suhūli

Etymology 1.2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.hu.la/

Verb

سَهُلَ • (sahula) I (non-past يَسْهُلُ (yashulu), verbal noun سُهُولَة (suhūla)) (intransitive)

1. to be or become less difficult, toilsome, or laborious; to smooth
2. (dated) to flatten

Conjugation

Conjugation of سَهُلَ (I, sound, u ~ u, impersonal passive (?), verbal noun سُهُولَة)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						سُهُولَة suhūla
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						سَهْل sahl
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَسْهُول mashūl
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سَهُلْتُ sahultu	سَهُلْتَ sahulta	سَهُلَ sahula		سَهُلْتُمَا sahultumā	سَهُلَا sahulā		سَهُلْنَا sahulnā	سَهُلْتُمْ sahultum	سَهُلُوا sahulū
	f		سَهُلْتِ sahulti	سَهُلَتْ sahulat			سَهُلَتَا sahulatā			سَهُلْتُنَّ sahultunna	سَهُلْنَ sahulna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَسْهُلُ ʔashulu	تَسْهُلُ tashulu	يَسْهُلُ yashulu		تَسْهُلَانِ tashulāni	يَسْهُلَانِ yashulāni		نَسْهُلُ nashulu	تَسْهُلُونَ tashulūna	يَسْهُلُونَ yashulūna
	f		تَسْهُلِينَ tashulīna	تَسْهُلُ tashulu			تَسْهُلَانِ tashulāni			تَسْهُلْنَ tashulna	يَسْهُلْنَ yashulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَسْهُلَ ʔashula	تَسْهُلَ tashula	يَسْهُلَ yashula		تَسْهُلَا tashulā	يَسْهُلَا yashulā		نَسْهُلَ nashula	تَسْهُلُوا tashulū	يَسْهُلُوا yashulū
	f		تَسْهُلِي tashulī	تَسْهُلَ tashula			تَسْهُلَا tashulā			تَسْهُلْنَ tashulna	يَسْهُلْنَ yashulna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَسْهُلْ ʔashul	تَسْهُلْ tashul	يَسْهُلْ yashul		تَسْهُلَا tashulā	يَسْهُلَا yashulā		نَسْهُلْ nashul	تَسْهُلُوا tashulū	يَسْهُلُوا yashulū
	f		تَسْهُلِي tashulī	تَسْهُلْ tashul			تَسْهُلَا tashulā			تَسْهُلْنَ tashulna	يَسْهُلْنَ yashulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		اُسْهُلْ ushul			اُسْهُلَا ushulā				اُسْهُلُوا ushulū
	f		اُسْهُلِي ushulī							اُسْهُلْنَ ushulna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	—	—	سُهِلَ suhila		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	—	—	يُسْهَلُ yushalu		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	—	—	يُسْهَلَ yushala		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	—	—	يُسْهَلْ yushal		—	—		—	—	—
	f		—	—			—			—	—

Etymology 1.3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sah.ha.la/

Verb

سَهَّلَ • (sahhala) II (non-past يُسَهِّلُ (yusahhilu), verbal noun تَسْهِيل (tashīl)) (transitive)

1. to make less difficult, toilsome, or laborious; to facilitate; to smooth; to lubricate

   Synonym: مَهَّدَ (mahhada)

2. (dated) to flatten

Conjugation

Conjugation of سَهَّلَ (II, sound, full passive, verbal noun تَسْهِيل)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						تَسْهِيل tashīl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						مُسَهِّل musahhil
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مُسَهَّل musahhal
active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سَهَّلْتُ sahhaltu	سَهَّلْتَ sahhalta	سَهَّلَ sahhala		سَهَّلْتُمَا sahhaltumā	سَهَّلَا sahhalā		سَهَّلْنَا sahhalnā	سَهَّلْتُمْ sahhaltum	سَهَّلُوا sahhalū
	f		سَهَّلْتِ sahhalti	سَهَّلَتْ sahhalat			سَهَّلَتَا sahhalatā			سَهَّلْتُنَّ sahhaltunna	سَهَّلْنَ sahhalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُسَهِّلُ ʔusahhilu	تُسَهِّلُ tusahhilu	يُسَهِّلُ yusahhilu		تُسَهِّلَانِ tusahhilāni	يُسَهِّلَانِ yusahhilāni		نُسَهِّلُ nusahhilu	تُسَهِّلُونَ tusahhilūna	يُسَهِّلُونَ yusahhilūna
	f		تُسَهِّلِينَ tusahhilīna	تُسَهِّلُ tusahhilu			تُسَهِّلَانِ tusahhilāni			تُسَهِّلْنَ tusahhilna	يُسَهِّلْنَ yusahhilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُسَهِّلَ ʔusahhila	تُسَهِّلَ tusahhila	يُسَهِّلَ yusahhila		تُسَهِّلَا tusahhilā	يُسَهِّلَا yusahhilā		نُسَهِّلَ nusahhila	تُسَهِّلُوا tusahhilū	يُسَهِّلُوا yusahhilū
	f		تُسَهِّلِي tusahhilī	تُسَهِّلَ tusahhila			تُسَهِّلَا tusahhilā			تُسَهِّلْنَ tusahhilna	يُسَهِّلْنَ yusahhilna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُسَهِّلْ ʔusahhil	تُسَهِّلْ tusahhil	يُسَهِّلْ yusahhil		تُسَهِّلَا tusahhilā	يُسَهِّلَا yusahhilā		نُسَهِّلْ nusahhil	تُسَهِّلُوا tusahhilū	يُسَهِّلُوا yusahhilū
	f		تُسَهِّلِي tusahhilī	تُسَهِّلْ tusahhil			تُسَهِّلَا tusahhilā			تُسَهِّلْنَ tusahhilna	يُسَهِّلْنَ yusahhilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		سَهِّلْ sahhil			سَهِّلَا sahhilā				سَهِّلُوا sahhilū
	f		سَهِّلِي sahhilī							سَهِّلْنَ sahhilna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد				dual الْمُثَنَّى			plural الْجَمْع
		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب		1st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	سُهِّلْتُ suhhiltu	سُهِّلْتَ suhhilta	سُهِّلَ suhhila		سُهِّلْتُمَا suhhiltumā	سُهِّلَا suhhilā		سُهِّلْنَا suhhilnā	سُهِّلْتُمْ suhhiltum	سُهِّلُوا suhhilū
	f		سُهِّلْتِ suhhilti	سُهِّلَتْ suhhilat			سُهِّلَتَا suhhilatā			سُهِّلْتُنَّ suhhiltunna	سُهِّلْنَ suhhilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُسَهَّلُ ʔusahhalu	تُسَهَّلُ tusahhalu	يُسَهَّلُ yusahhalu		تُسَهَّلَانِ tusahhalāni	يُسَهَّلَانِ yusahhalāni		نُسَهَّلُ nusahhalu	تُسَهَّلُونَ tusahhalūna	يُسَهَّلُونَ yusahhalūna
	f		تُسَهَّلِينَ tusahhalīna	تُسَهَّلُ tusahhalu			تُسَهَّلَانِ tusahhalāni			تُسَهَّلْنَ tusahhalna	يُسَهَّلْنَ yusahhalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُسَهَّلَ ʔusahhala	تُسَهَّلَ tusahhala	يُسَهَّلَ yusahhala		تُسَهَّلَا tusahhalā	يُسَهَّلَا yusahhalā		نُسَهَّلَ nusahhala	تُسَهَّلُوا tusahhalū	يُسَهَّلُوا yusahhalū
	f		تُسَهَّلِي tusahhalī	تُسَهَّلَ tusahhala			تُسَهَّلَا tusahhalā			تُسَهَّلْنَ tusahhalna	يُسَهَّلْنَ yusahhalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُسَهَّلْ ʔusahhal	تُسَهَّلْ tusahhal	يُسَهَّلْ yusahhal		تُسَهَّلَا tusahhalā	يُسَهَّلَا yusahhalā		نُسَهَّلْ nusahhal	تُسَهَّلُوا tusahhalū	يُسَهَّلُوا yusahhalū
	f		تُسَهَّلِي tusahhalī	تُسَهَّلْ tusahhal			تُسَهَّلَا tusahhalā			تُسَهَّلْنَ tusahhalna	يُسَهَّلْنَ yusahhalna

References

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

Egyptian Arabic

Root
س ه ل
1 term

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَهَّلَ (sahhala).

Verb

سهل • (sahhil) II (non-past يسهل (yisahhil))

1. to facilitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of سهل

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	سهّلت (sahhilt)	سهّلت (sahhilt)	سهّل (sahhil)		سهّلنا (sahhilna)	سهّلتوا (sahhiltu)	سهّلوا (sahhilu)
	f		سهّلتي (sahhilti)	سهّلت (sahhilit)
present subjunctive	m	اسهّل (asahhil)	تسهّل (tisahhil)	يسهّل (yisahhil)		نسهّل (nisahhil)	تسهّلوا (tisahhilu)	يسهّلوا (yisahhilu)
	f		تسهّلي (tisahhili)	تسهّل (tisahhil)
present indicative	m	بسهّل (basahhil)	بتسهّل (bitsahhil)	بيسهّل (biysahhil)		بنسهّل (binsahhil)	بتسهّلوا (bitsahhilu)	بيسهّلوا (biysahhilu)
	f		بتسهّلي (bitsahhili)	بتسهّل (bitsahhil)
future1	m	هسهّل (hasahhil)	هتسهّل (hatsahhil)	هيسهّل (haysahhil)		هنسهّل (hansahhil)	هتسهّلوا (hatsahhilu)	هيسهّلوا (haysahhilu)
	f		هتسهّلي (hatsahhili)	هتسهّل (hatsahhil)
imperative	m		سهّل (sahhil)				سهّلوا (sahhilu)
	f		سهّلي (sahhili)

¹ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَهْل (sahl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sahl/

Adjective

سهل • (sahl) (elative أسهل (ashal))

1. easy, convenient

References

• Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “س ه ل 1”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎^[1], Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 437

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَهْل (sahl).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [sahl]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɦl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [säɦl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [sɑːl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [sɔːl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [sæɦl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [säɦl]

Readings
Classical reading?	sahl
Dari reading?	sahl
Iranian reading?	sahl
Tajik reading?	sahl

Adjective

Dari	سهل
Iranian Persian
Tajik	саҳл

سهل • (sahl)

1. easy

   Synonyms: ساده (sâde), راحت (râhat), خوار (xwâr), آسان (âsân)

   Antonyms: سخت (saxt), دشوار (došvâr)

South Levantine Arabic

Root
س ه ل
2 terms

Etymology 1

From Arabic سَهُلَ (sahula).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /si.hil/, [ˈsi.hɪl]

• Audio (Ramallah):

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Verb

سهل • (sihil) I (present بسهل (bishal))

1. to be easy

   بدّنا نقسّم الخطوات على جزئين عشان يسهلو عليكم.

   biddna nʔassim il-ḵuṭwāt ʕala juzʔēn ʕašān yshalu ʕalēkom

   We're going to split up the steps into two parts so they'll be easy for you.

Conjugation

Conjugation of سهل

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	سهلت (shilt)	سهلت (shilt)	سهل (sihil)		سهلنا (shilna)	سهلتو (shiltu)	سهلو (sihlu)
	f		سهلتي (shilti)	سهلت (sihlat)
present	m	بسهل (bashal)	بتسهل (btishal)	بسهل (bishal)		منسهل (mnishal)	بتسهلو (btishalu)	بسهلو (bishalu)
	f		بتسهلي (btishali)	بتسهل (btishal)
subjunctive	m	أسهل (ʔashal)	تسهل (tishal)	يسهل (yishal)		نسهل (nishal)	تسهلو (tishalu)	يسهلو (yishalu)
	f		تسهلي (tishali)	تسهل (tishal)
imperative	m		اسهل (ishal)				اسهلو (ishalu)
	f		اسهلي (ishali)

Etymology 2

From Arabic سَهَّلَ (sahhala).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sah.hal/, [ˈsah.hal]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Verb

سهّل • (sahhal) II (present بسهّل (bisahhel))

1. to make (something) easy, to ease

   Synonym: هوّن (hawwan)

Conjugation

Conjugation of سهل

		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	سهّلت (sahhalt)	سهّلت (sahhalt)	سهّل (sahhal)		سهّلنا (sahhalna)	سهّلتو (sahhaltu)	سهّلو (sahhalu)
	f		سهّلتي (sahhalti)	سهّلت (sahhalat)
present	m	بسهّل (basahhil)	بتسهّل (bitsahhil)	بسهّل (bisahhil)		منسهّل (minsahhil)	بتسهّلو (bitsahhlu)	بسهّلو (bisahhlu)
	f		بتسهّلي (bitsahhli)	بتسهّل (bitsahhil)
subjunctive	m	اسهّل (asahhil)	تسهّل (tsahhil)	يسهّل (ysahhil)		نسهّل (nsahhil)	تسهّلو (tsahhlu)	يسهّلو (ysahhlu)
	f		تسهّلي (tsahhli)	تسهّل (tsahhil)
imperative	m		سهّل (sahhil)				سهّلو (sahhlu)
	f		سهّلي (sahhli)

Etymology 3

From Arabic سَهْل (sahl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sihl/, [ˈsɪ.h(ɪ)l]

• Audio (Ramallah):

  (file)

Adjective

سهل • (sihl) (feminine سهلة (sihle), elative أسهل (ʔashal))

1. easy, convenient

   Synonym: هين (hayyen)

   Antonym: صعب (ṣaʕb)

See also

• بسيط (basīṭ, “simple”)
• مريح (mrayyeḥ, “convenient, comfortable”)