هائل

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Arabic

Root
ه و ل (h w l)
3 terms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

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, 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.

Declension

Declension of adjective هَائِل (hāʔil)
Singular Masculine Feminine
basic singular triptote singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal هَائِل
hāʔil 		الْهَائِل
al-hāʔil 		هَائِلَة
hāʔila 		الْهَائِلَة
al-hāʔila
Nominative هَائِلٌ
hāʔilun 		الْهَائِلُ
al-hāʔilu 		هَائِلَةٌ
hāʔilatun 		الْهَائِلَةُ
al-hāʔilatu
Accusative هَائِلًا
hāʔilan 		الْهَائِلَ
al-hāʔila 		هَائِلَةً
hāʔilatan 		الْهَائِلَةَ
al-hāʔilata
Genitive هَائِلٍ
hāʔilin 		الْهَائِلِ
al-hāʔili 		هَائِلَةٍ
hāʔilatin 		الْهَائِلَةِ
al-hāʔilati
Dual Masculine Feminine
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal هَائِلَيْن
hāʔilayn 		الْهَائِلَيْن
al-hāʔilayn 		هَائِلَتَيْن
hāʔilatayn 		الْهَائِلَتَيْن
al-hāʔilatayn
Nominative هَائِلَانِ
hāʔilāni 		الْهَائِلَانِ
al-hāʔilāni 		هَائِلَتَانِ
hāʔilatāni 		الْهَائِلَتَانِ
al-hāʔilatāni
Accusative هَائِلَيْنِ
hāʔilayni 		الْهَائِلَيْنِ
al-hāʔilayni 		هَائِلَتَيْنِ
hāʔilatayni 		الْهَائِلَتَيْنِ
al-hāʔilatayni
Genitive هَائِلَيْنِ
hāʔilayni 		الْهَائِلَيْنِ
al-hāʔilayni 		هَائِلَتَيْنِ
hāʔilatayni 		الْهَائِلَتَيْنِ
al-hāʔilatayni
Plural Masculine Feminine
plural unknown sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Informal ?
? 		?
? 		هَائِلَات
hāʔilāt 		الْهَائِلَات
al-hāʔilāt
Nominative ?
? 		?
? 		هَائِلَاتٌ
hāʔilātun 		الْهَائِلَاتُ
al-hāʔilātu
Accusative ?
? 		?
? 		هَائِلَاتٍ
hāʔilātin 		الْهَائِلَاتِ
al-hāʔilāti
Genitive ?
? 		?
? 		هَائِلَاتٍ
hāʔilātin 		الْهَائِلَاتِ
al-hāʔilāti

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