حيلة

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See also: حیله

Arabic

Root
ح و ل (ḥ w l)
30 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

حِيلَة • (ḥīla) f (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

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

  • Maltese: ħila
  • → Azerbaijani: hiylə
  • → Kazakh: айла (aila)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: حیله (hile)
  • → Persian: حیله
  • → Swahili: hila
  • → Uyghur: ھىيلە (hiyle)
  • → Uzbek: hiyla

References

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