أحيل
Arabic
Etymology 1
Elative from the root ح ي ل (ḥ-y-l) (originally ح و ل (ḥ-w-l)); compare حِيلَة (ḥīla, “trick, dodge”).
Adjective
أَحْيَل • (ʾaḥyal) (feminine حُولَى (ḥūlā), masculine plural أَحَايِل (ʾaḥāyil), feminine plural حُولَيَات (ḥūlayāt))
- craftier; craftiest
Declension
Declension of adjective أَحْيَل (ʾaḥyal)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular diptote | singular invariable | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَحْيَل ʾaḥyal | الْأَحْيَل al-ʾaḥyal | حُولى ḥūlā | الْحُولى al-ḥūlā |
| Nominative | أَحْيَلُ ʾaḥyalu | الْأَحْيَلُ al-ʾaḥyalu | حُولى ḥūlā | الْحُولى al-ḥūlā |
| Accusative | أَحْيَلَ ʾaḥyala | الْأَحْيَلَ al-ʾaḥyala | حُولى ḥūlā | الْحُولى al-ḥūlā |
| Genitive | أَحْيَلَ ʾaḥyala | الْأَحْيَلِ al-ʾaḥyali | حُولى ḥūlā | الْحُولى al-ḥūlā |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَحْيَلَيْن ʾaḥyalayn | الْأَحْيَلَيْن al-ʾaḥyalayn | حُولَيَيْن ḥūlayayn | الْحُولَيَيْن al-ḥūlayayn |
| Nominative | أَحْيَلَانِ ʾaḥyalāni | الْأَحْيَلَانِ al-ʾaḥyalāni | حُولَيَانِ ḥūlayāni | الْحُولَيَانِ al-ḥūlayāni |
| Accusative | أَحْيَلَيْنِ ʾaḥyalayni | الْأَحْيَلَيْنِ al-ʾaḥyalayni | حُولَيَيْنِ ḥūlayayni | الْحُولَيَيْنِ al-ḥūlayayni |
| Genitive | أَحْيَلَيْنِ ʾaḥyalayni | الْأَحْيَلَيْنِ al-ʾaḥyalayni | حُولَيَيْنِ ḥūlayayni | الْحُولَيَيْنِ al-ḥūlayayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | أَحَائِل ʾaḥāʾil | الْأَحَائِل al-ʾaḥāʾil | حُولَيَات ḥūlayāt | الْحُولَيَات al-ḥūlayāt |
| Nominative | أَحَائِلُ ʾaḥāʾilu | الْأَحَائِلُ al-ʾaḥāʾilu | حُولَيَاتٌ ḥūlayātun | الْحُولَيَاتُ al-ḥūlayātu |
| Accusative | أَحَائِلَ ʾaḥāʾila | الْأَحَائِلَ al-ʾaḥāʾila | حُولَيَاتٍ ḥūlayātin | الْحُولَيَاتِ al-ḥūlayāti |
| Genitive | أَحَائِلَ ʾaḥāʾila | الْأَحَائِلِ al-ʾaḥāʾili | حُولَيَاتٍ ḥūlayātin | الْحُولَيَاتِ al-ḥūlayāti |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “حيل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Verb
أُحِيلُ • (ʾuḥīlu) (form IV)
- first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَحَالَ (ʾaḥāla)
Verb
أُحِيلَ • (ʾuḥīla) (form IV)
- first-person singular non-past active subjunctive of أَحَالَ (ʾaḥāla)
- third-person masculine singular past passive of أَحَالَ (ʾaḥāla)