هائل

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Arabic

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Root
ه و ل (h w l)
3 terms

Etymology

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Derived from the active participle of هَالَ (hāla, to scare away, to frighten).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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هَائِل (hāʔil)

  1. active participle of هَالَ (hāla).
    1. tremendous
      1. (dated) awe-inspiring, terrifying
      2. enormous, gigantic
        • 2017 November 2, “مع قرب موعد أول عملية زراعة رأس لإنسان...المخاطر والعواقب”, in Al-Quds[1], archived from the original on 2 November 2017:
          لَا يَسَعْنِي إِلَّا أَنْ أَفْصَحَ عَنْ حُدُوثِ تَقَدُّمٍ هَائِلٍ فِي ٱلتَّجَارِبِ ٱلطِّبِّيَّةِ، كَانَ يَبْدُو مُسْتَحِيلًا حَتَى أَخِيرًا مُنْذُ بِضْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ. وَمِنَ ٱلْمُؤَكَّدِ أَنَّ ٱلْمَعَالِمَ ٱلَّتِي تَمَّ ٱلتَّوَصُّلُ إِلَيْهَا سَتُحْدِثُ ثَوْرَةً فِي ٱلطِّبِّ.
          lā yasaʕnī ʔillā ʔan ʔafṣaḥa ʕan ḥudūṯi taqaddumin hāʔilin fī t-tajāribi ṭ-ṭibbiyyati, kāna yabdū mustaḥīlan ḥatā ʔaḵīran munḏu biḍʕati ʔašhurin. wamina l-muʔakkadi ʔanna l-maʕālima llatī tamma t-tawaṣṣulu ʔilayhā satuḥdiṯu ṯawratan fī ṭ-ṭibbi.
          I can only express that there has come forth a tremendous progress in the medical trials which used to seem untransactable until lately some months ago. And it is certain that the reached milestones will spawn a revolution in medicine.

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