حل

See also: چل, خل, and جل

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح ل ل (ḥ-l-l). Compare Hebrew חל.

The meaning of “sesame oil” may derive via a chain of calques from Akkadian 𒉌𒄑 (ellum), which is also homographic to 𒉌𒄑 (šamnum, “oil”), that, to build a bridge, might suggest that Aramaic חָלָא / ܚܠܐ (ḥallā) also had this meaning but has consistently been misread as more common “vinegar”, the etymon of Arabic خَلّ (ḵall, “vinegar”), if not other homographs, due to complete merger of ḥ and ḫ more likely than in Arabic itself where it also happens due to taṣḥīf.

Verb

حَلَّ • (ḥalla) I (non-past يَحُلُّ (yaḥullu), verbal noun حَلّ (ḥall))

1. (transitive) to unfasten; to untie; to unknot; to unravel; to disentangle; to loosen

   Synonym: فَكَّ (fakka, “to unfasten; to unfix; to dislodge; to unscrew; to disjoint; to disintegrate; to disassemble; to unbuild; to deconstruct”)

   Antonyms: عَقَدَ (ʕaqada, “to tie; to knot”), رَبَطَ (rabaṭa, “to tie; to link”), سَلْسَلَ (salsala, “to chain; to serialize”), رَكَّبَ (rakkaba, “to assemble; to put together; to build up; to construct”), لَصَقَ (laṣaqa, “to paste; to glue”), صَمَّغَ (ṣammaḡa, “to glue”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:27:

     وَاحْلُلْ عُقْدَةً مِّن لِّسَانِي

     wāḥlul ʕuqdatan min lisānī

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   1. (transitive) to solve, to find an answer to or a solution for (something, such as a problem); to untangle; to crack
2. (transitive) to liquefy; to dissolve

   Synonyms: أَذَابَ (ʔaḏāba, “to dissolve; to melt; to thaw”), سَيَّحَ (sayyaḥa, “to melt”)

   Coordinate term: بَخَّرَ (baḵḵara, “to vaporize”)

   Antonyms: صَلَّبَ (ṣallaba, “to harden; to solidify”), جَمَّدَ (jammada, “to solidify; to refrigerate; to freeze”), ثَلَّجَ (ṯallaja, “to refrigerate; to ice, to glaciate; to freeze”)

   1. (transitive) to turn into a solution
3. (transitive) to invalidate, to deprive of effective legal or otherwise binding power; to dissolve

   وعلى الرغم من أن القرآن يُؤكد كل النبوءات السابقة، إلا أنه يحل محلها، ويميز اللغة العربية كلغة لهذا الإلغاء.

   Although the Qur’an confirms all the previous prophecies, it invalidates them, and prefers Arabic as the language of this cancellation.

   1. (transitive) to breach (a contract, an agreement, an oath, and the like); to break

      Synonym: نَقَضَ (naqaḍa, “to break; to breach”)

4. to settle; to approach
   • 713AH/1313 CE, al baskari, darul habib:

     فَلَأَنْتَ أَنْتَ إِذَاْ حَلَلْتَ بــ: طَيْبَةٍ

     For when you, approach goodness(طيبة) (one of the names of Madinah)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of حَلَّ (I, geminate, a ~ u, full passive, verbal noun حَلّ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						حَلّ ḥall
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						حَالّ ḥāll
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَحْلُول maḥlūl
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	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتَ ḥalalta	حَلَّ ḥalla		حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّا ḥallā		حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	حَلَلْتُمْ ḥalaltum	حَلُّوا ḥallū
	f		حَلَلْتِ ḥalalti	حَلَّتْ ḥallat			حَلَّتَا ḥallatā			حَلَلْتُنَّ ḥalaltunna	حَلَلْنَ ḥalalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَحُلُّ ʔaḥullu	تَحُلُّ taḥullu	يَحُلُّ yaḥullu		تَحُلَّانِ taḥullāni	يَحُلَّانِ yaḥullāni		نَحُلُّ naḥullu	تَحُلُّونَ taḥullūna	يَحُلُّونَ yaḥullūna
	f		تَحُلِّينَ taḥullīna	تَحُلُّ taḥullu			تَحُلَّانِ taḥullāni			تَحْلُلْنَ taḥlulna	يَحْلُلْنَ yaḥlulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحُلَّ ʔaḥulla	تَحُلَّ taḥulla	يَحُلَّ yaḥulla		تَحُلَّا taḥullā	يَحُلَّا yaḥullā		نَحُلَّ naḥulla	تَحُلُّوا taḥullū	يَحُلُّوا yaḥullū
	f		تَحُلِّي taḥullī	تَحُلَّ taḥulla			تَحُلَّا taḥullā			تَحْلُلْنَ taḥlulna	يَحْلُلْنَ yaḥlulna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَحُلَّ, أَحُلِّ, أَحْلُلْ ʔaḥulla, ʔaḥulli, ʔaḥlul	تَحُلَّ, تَحُلِّ, تَحْلُلْ taḥulla, taḥulli, taḥlul	يَحُلَّ, يَحُلِّ, يَحْلُلْ yaḥulla, yaḥulli, yaḥlul		تَحُلَّا taḥullā	يَحُلَّا yaḥullā		نَحُلَّ, نَحُلِّ, نَحْلُلْ naḥulla, naḥulli, naḥlul	تَحُلُّوا taḥullū	يَحُلُّوا yaḥullū
	f		تَحُلِّي taḥullī	تَحُلَّ, تَحُلِّ, تَحْلُلْ taḥulla, taḥulli, taḥlul			تَحُلَّا taḥullā			تَحْلُلْنَ taḥlulna	يَحْلُلْنَ yaḥlulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		حُلَّ, حُلِّ, اُحْلُلْ ḥulla, ḥulli, uḥlul			حُلَّا ḥullā				حُلُّوا ḥullū
	f		حُلِّي ḥullī							اُحْلُلْنَ uḥlulna
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	حُلِلْتُ ḥuliltu	حُلِلْتَ ḥulilta	حُلَّ ḥulla		حُلِلْتُمَا ḥuliltumā	حُلَّا ḥullā		حُلِلْنَا ḥulilnā	حُلِلْتُمْ ḥuliltum	حُلُّوا ḥullū
	f		حُلِلْتِ ḥulilti	حُلَّتْ ḥullat			حُلَّتَا ḥullatā			حُلِلْتُنَّ ḥuliltunna	حُلِلْنَ ḥulilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحَلُّ ʔuḥallu	تُحَلُّ tuḥallu	يُحَلُّ yuḥallu		تُحَلَّانِ tuḥallāni	يُحَلَّانِ yuḥallāni		نُحَلُّ nuḥallu	تُحَلُّونَ tuḥallūna	يُحَلُّونَ yuḥallūna
	f		تُحَلِّينَ tuḥallīna	تُحَلُّ tuḥallu			تُحَلَّانِ tuḥallāni			تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَلَّ ʔuḥalla	تُحَلَّ tuḥalla	يُحَلَّ yuḥalla		تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	يُحَلَّا yuḥallā		نُحَلَّ nuḥalla	تُحَلُّوا tuḥallū	يُحَلُّوا yuḥallū
	f		تُحَلِّي tuḥallī	تُحَلَّ tuḥalla			تُحَلَّا tuḥallā			تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحَلَّ, أُحَلِّ, أُحْلَلْ ʔuḥalla, ʔuḥalli, ʔuḥlal	تُحَلَّ, تُحَلِّ, تُحْلَلْ tuḥalla, tuḥalli, tuḥlal	يُحَلَّ, يُحَلِّ, يُحْلَلْ yuḥalla, yuḥalli, yuḥlal		تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	يُحَلَّا yuḥallā		نُحَلَّ, نُحَلِّ, نُحْلَلْ nuḥalla, nuḥalli, nuḥlal	تُحَلُّوا tuḥallū	يُحَلُّوا yuḥallū
	f		تُحَلِّي tuḥallī	تُحَلَّ, تُحَلِّ, تُحْلَلْ tuḥalla, tuḥalli, tuḥlal			تُحَلَّا tuḥallā			تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna

Descendants

• Maltese: ħall

Verb

حَلَّ • (ḥalla) I (non-past يَحِلُّ (yaḥillu) or يَحُلُّ (yaḥullu), verbal noun حُلُول (ḥulūl))

1. (intransitive) to dismount; to stop, to halt
2. (intransitive or transitive) to stay, to settle [with بِ (bi) or فِي (fī) or accusative ‘in a place’; or with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘with someone’]
3. (intransitive) to visit [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]
4. (transitive) to live in, to reside in (a place)

   Synonyms: بَقِيَ (baqiya), أَقَامَ (ʔaqāma), قَرَّ (qarra), مَكَثَ (makaṯa), سَكَنَa (sakanaa, “to inhabit, to settle”), وَطَنَ (waṭana), عَاشَ (ʕāša), عَمَرَ (ʕamara, “to settle; to colonize”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 13:31:

     وَلَا يَزَالُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا تُصِيبُهُم بِمَا صَنَعُوا قَارِعَةٌ أَوْ تَحُلُّ قَرِيبًا مِّن دَارِهِمْ حَتَّىٰ يَأْتِيَ وَعْدُ اللَّهِ

     walā yazālu llaḏīna kafarū tuṣībuhum bimā ṣanaʕū qāriʕatun ʔaw taḥullu qarīban min dārihim ḥattā yaʔtiya waʕdu l-lahi

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

5. (transitive) to occupy, to take (someone's place)
   • 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل [wajdiyy al-ʔahdal], أرض المؤامرات السعيدة, Bayrūt: Nawfal / Hachette Antoine, →ISBN, page 83:

     كان في أحد الأكياس تشكيلة من البسكويت القديم الذي اندثر من بقالات صنعاء وغيرها من المدن. هذه الأنواع من البسكويت كانت متوفرة عندما كنت صغيراً وعمري على ما أذكر 4–7 سنوات، ثمّ اختفت بالتدريج، وحلّت محلّها أصناف أخرى.

     In one of the bags there was a pack of ancient biscuits the kind of which disappeared from most grocers of Ṣanʻāʼ and other cities. This type of biscuit was widespread when I small and my age, as I remember, 4–7, then it left sight gradually, and other kinds took its place.

6. to descend, to go down
7. to occur, to happen [with بِ (bi) ‘to someone’]

   Synonyms: حَصَلَ (ḥaṣala, “to come about; to happen”), حَدَثَ (ḥadaṯa, “to happen; to eventuate”), جَرَى (jarā, “to occur”)

8. to befall [with بِ (bi) or عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’] (of punishment, suffering, hatred or something else negative)

   Synonyms: نَزَلَ (nazala, “to befall”), وَقَعَ (waqaʕa, “to befall”)

   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 20:81:

     كُلُوا مِنْ طَيِّبَاتِ مَا رَزَقْنَاكُمْ وَلَا تَطْغَوْا فِيهِ فَيَحِلَّ عَلَيْكُمْ غَضَبِي وَمَنْ يَحْلِلْ عَلَيْهِ غَضَبِي فَقَدْ هَوَىٰ

     kulū min ṭayyibāti mā razaqnākum walā taṭḡaw fīhi fayaḥilla ʕalaykum ḡaḍabī waman yaḥlil ʕalayhi ḡaḍabī faqad hawā

     Eat of the good things wherewith We have provided you, and transgress not in respect thereof lest My wrath come upon you: and he on whom My wrath cometh, he is lost indeed.

9. to overwhelm [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’] (of sleep)
10. to arrive, to begin (of a season or time)
11. to become incarnate [with فِي (fī) ‘in someone’] (of God)

Conjugation

    Conjugation of حَلَّ (I, geminate, a ~ i/u, full passive, verbal noun حُلُول)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						حُلُول ḥulūl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						حَالّ ḥāll
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول						مَحْلُول maḥlūl
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	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتَ ḥalalta	حَلَّ ḥalla		حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّا ḥallā		حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	حَلَلْتُمْ ḥalaltum	حَلُّوا ḥallū
	f		حَلَلْتِ ḥalalti	حَلَّتْ ḥallat			حَلَّتَا ḥallatā			حَلَلْتُنَّ ḥalaltunna	حَلَلْنَ ḥalalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَحِلُّ, أَحُلُّ ʔaḥillu, ʔaḥullu	تَحِلُّ, تَحُلُّ taḥillu, taḥullu	يَحِلُّ, يَحُلُّ yaḥillu, yaḥullu		تَحِلَّانِ, تَحُلَّانِ taḥillāni, taḥullāni	يَحِلَّانِ, يَحُلَّانِ yaḥillāni, yaḥullāni		نَحِلُّ, نَحُلُّ naḥillu, naḥullu	تَحِلُّونَ, تَحُلُّونَ taḥillūna, taḥullūna	يَحِلُّونَ, يَحُلُّونَ yaḥillūna, yaḥullūna
	f		تَحِلِّينَ, تَحُلِّينَ taḥillīna, taḥullīna	تَحِلُّ, تَحُلُّ taḥillu, taḥullu			تَحِلَّانِ, تَحُلَّانِ taḥillāni, taḥullāni			تَحْلِلْنَ, تَحْلُلْنَ taḥlilna, taḥlulna	يَحْلِلْنَ, يَحْلُلْنَ yaḥlilna, yaḥlulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحِلَّ, أَحُلَّ ʔaḥilla, ʔaḥulla	تَحِلَّ, تَحُلَّ taḥilla, taḥulla	يَحِلَّ, يَحُلَّ yaḥilla, yaḥulla		تَحِلَّا, تَحُلَّا taḥillā, taḥullā	يَحِلَّا, يَحُلَّا yaḥillā, yaḥullā		نَحِلَّ, نَحُلَّ naḥilla, naḥulla	تَحِلُّوا, تَحُلُّوا taḥillū, taḥullū	يَحِلُّوا, يَحُلُّوا yaḥillū, yaḥullū
	f		تَحِلِّي, تَحُلِّي taḥillī, taḥullī	تَحِلَّ, تَحُلَّ taḥilla, taḥulla			تَحِلَّا, تَحُلَّا taḥillā, taḥullā			تَحْلِلْنَ, تَحْلُلْنَ taḥlilna, taḥlulna	يَحْلِلْنَ, يَحْلُلْنَ yaḥlilna, yaḥlulna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَحِلَّ, أَحِلِّ, أَحْلِلْ, أَحُلَّ, أَحُلِّ, أَحْلُلْ ʔaḥilla, ʔaḥilli, ʔaḥlil, ʔaḥulla, ʔaḥulli, ʔaḥlul	تَحِلَّ, تَحِلِّ, تَحْلِلْ, تَحُلَّ, تَحُلِّ, تَحْلُلْ taḥilla, taḥilli, taḥlil, taḥulla, taḥulli, taḥlul	يَحِلَّ, يَحِلِّ, يَحْلِلْ, يَحُلَّ, يَحُلِّ, يَحْلُلْ yaḥilla, yaḥilli, yaḥlil, yaḥulla, yaḥulli, yaḥlul		تَحِلَّا, تَحُلَّا taḥillā, taḥullā	يَحِلَّا, يَحُلَّا yaḥillā, yaḥullā		نَحِلَّ, نَحِلِّ, نَحْلِلْ, نَحُلَّ, نَحُلِّ, نَحْلُلْ naḥilla, naḥilli, naḥlil, naḥulla, naḥulli, naḥlul	تَحِلُّوا, تَحُلُّوا taḥillū, taḥullū	يَحِلُّوا, يَحُلُّوا yaḥillū, yaḥullū
	f		تَحِلِّي, تَحُلِّي taḥillī, taḥullī	تَحِلَّ, تَحِلِّ, تَحْلِلْ, تَحُلَّ, تَحُلِّ, تَحْلُلْ taḥilla, taḥilli, taḥlil, taḥulla, taḥulli, taḥlul			تَحِلَّا, تَحُلَّا taḥillā, taḥullā			تَحْلِلْنَ, تَحْلُلْنَ taḥlilna, taḥlulna	يَحْلِلْنَ, يَحْلُلْنَ yaḥlilna, yaḥlulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		حِلَّ, حِلِّ, اِحْلِلْ, حُلَّ, حُلِّ, اُحْلُلْ ḥilla, ḥilli, iḥlil, ḥulla, ḥulli, uḥlul			حِلَّا, حُلَّا ḥillā, ḥullā				حِلُّوا, حُلُّوا ḥillū, ḥullū
	f		حِلِّي, حُلِّي ḥillī, ḥullī							اِحْلِلْنَ, اُحْلُلْنَ iḥlilna, uḥlulna
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	حُلِلْتُ ḥuliltu	حُلِلْتَ ḥulilta	حُلَّ ḥulla		حُلِلْتُمَا ḥuliltumā	حُلَّا ḥullā		حُلِلْنَا ḥulilnā	حُلِلْتُمْ ḥuliltum	حُلُّوا ḥullū
	f		حُلِلْتِ ḥulilti	حُلَّتْ ḥullat			حُلَّتَا ḥullatā			حُلِلْتُنَّ ḥuliltunna	حُلِلْنَ ḥulilna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أُحَلُّ ʔuḥallu	تُحَلُّ tuḥallu	يُحَلُّ yuḥallu		تُحَلَّانِ tuḥallāni	يُحَلَّانِ yuḥallāni		نُحَلُّ nuḥallu	تُحَلُّونَ tuḥallūna	يُحَلُّونَ yuḥallūna
	f		تُحَلِّينَ tuḥallīna	تُحَلُّ tuḥallu			تُحَلَّانِ tuḥallāni			تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَلَّ ʔuḥalla	تُحَلَّ tuḥalla	يُحَلَّ yuḥalla		تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	يُحَلَّا yuḥallā		نُحَلَّ nuḥalla	تُحَلُّوا tuḥallū	يُحَلُّوا yuḥallū
	f		تُحَلِّي tuḥallī	تُحَلَّ tuḥalla			تُحَلَّا tuḥallā			تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أُحَلَّ, أُحَلِّ, أُحْلَلْ ʔuḥalla, ʔuḥalli, ʔuḥlal	تُحَلَّ, تُحَلِّ, تُحْلَلْ tuḥalla, tuḥalli, tuḥlal	يُحَلَّ, يُحَلِّ, يُحْلَلْ yuḥalla, yuḥalli, yuḥlal		تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	يُحَلَّا yuḥallā		نُحَلَّ, نُحَلِّ, نُحْلَلْ nuḥalla, nuḥalli, nuḥlal	تُحَلُّوا tuḥallū	يُحَلُّوا yuḥallū
	f		تُحَلِّي tuḥallī	تُحَلَّ, تُحَلِّ, تُحْلَلْ tuḥalla, tuḥalli, tuḥlal			تُحَلَّا tuḥallā			تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna

Verb

حَلَّ • (ḥalla) I (non-past يَحِلُّ (yaḥillu), verbal noun حَلَال (ḥalāl) or حِلّ (ḥill))

1. (intransitive) to be or become permissible or lawful
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:229:

     وَلَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَأْخُذُوا مِمَّا آتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ شَيْئًا

     walā yaḥillu lakum ʔan taʔḵuḏū mimmā ʔātaytumūhunna šayʔan

     And it is not permissible for you that ye take aught of what ye have given them.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of حَلَّ (I, geminate, a ~ i, no passive, verbal nouns حَلَال, حِلّ)

verbal noun الْمَصْدَر						حَلَال, حِلّ ḥalāl, ḥill
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل						حَالّ ḥāll
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	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتَ ḥalalta	حَلَّ ḥalla		حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّا ḥallā		حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	حَلَلْتُمْ ḥalaltum	حَلُّوا ḥallū
	f		حَلَلْتِ ḥalalti	حَلَّتْ ḥallat			حَلَّتَا ḥallatā			حَلَلْتُنَّ ḥalaltunna	حَلَلْنَ ḥalalna
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	m	أَحِلُّ ʔaḥillu	تَحِلُّ taḥillu	يَحِلُّ yaḥillu		تَحِلَّانِ taḥillāni	يَحِلَّانِ yaḥillāni		نَحِلُّ naḥillu	تَحِلُّونَ taḥillūna	يَحِلُّونَ yaḥillūna
	f		تَحِلِّينَ taḥillīna	تَحِلُّ taḥillu			تَحِلَّانِ taḥillāni			تَحْلِلْنَ taḥlilna	يَحْلِلْنَ yaḥlilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحِلَّ ʔaḥilla	تَحِلَّ taḥilla	يَحِلَّ yaḥilla		تَحِلَّا taḥillā	يَحِلَّا yaḥillā		نَحِلَّ naḥilla	تَحِلُّوا taḥillū	يَحِلُّوا yaḥillū
	f		تَحِلِّي taḥillī	تَحِلَّ taḥilla			تَحِلَّا taḥillā			تَحْلِلْنَ taḥlilna	يَحْلِلْنَ yaḥlilna
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	m	أَحِلَّ, أَحِلِّ, أَحْلِلْ ʔaḥilla, ʔaḥilli, ʔaḥlil	تَحِلَّ, تَحِلِّ, تَحْلِلْ taḥilla, taḥilli, taḥlil	يَحِلَّ, يَحِلِّ, يَحْلِلْ yaḥilla, yaḥilli, yaḥlil		تَحِلَّا taḥillā	يَحِلَّا yaḥillā		نَحِلَّ, نَحِلِّ, نَحْلِلْ naḥilla, naḥilli, naḥlil	تَحِلُّوا taḥillū	يَحِلُّوا yaḥillū
	f		تَحِلِّي taḥillī	تَحِلَّ, تَحِلِّ, تَحْلِلْ taḥilla, taḥilli, taḥlil			تَحِلَّا taḥillā			تَحْلِلْنَ taḥlilna	يَحْلِلْنَ yaḥlilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		حِلَّ, حِلِّ, اِحْلِلْ ḥilla, ḥilli, iḥlil			حِلَّا ḥillā				حِلُّوا ḥillū
	f		حِلِّي ḥillī							اِحْلِلْنَ iḥlilna

Noun

حَلّ • (ḥall) m (plural حُلُول (ḥulūl))

1. verbal noun of حَلَّ (ḥalla) (form I)
2. (countable) a solution

   لِكُلِّ مُشْكِلَةٍ أَلْفُ حَلٍّ. ― likulli muškilatin ʔalfu ḥallin. ― For every problem, there are a thousand solutions.

3. (obsolete) sesame, or sesame oil

   Synonyms: زَيْت سِمْسِم (zayt simsim), سَلِيط (salīṭ), شِيرَج (šīraj), سِمْسِم (simsim), جُلْجُلَان (juljulān)

   • 850–861, علي بن سهل ربن الطبري [ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī], edited by Oliver Kahl, ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban aṭ-Ṭabarī’s Health Regimen or “Book of the Pearl” كتاب اللؤلؤة (Islamic Philosophy, Theology and Science. Texts and Studies; 115), Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →ISBN, § 252, page 153:

     وتعجن بدهن اللوز أو الحل، الشربة منه حبة إلى دانقين بسمن بقر أو بدهن الحل.

     And knead with almond oil or sesame oil, the dose of it is one pill to two dāniq, with butter or with sesame oil.

   • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح [Marwān ibn Janāḥ], edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [kitāb at-talḵīṣ] [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, 232 (fol. 22v,5–8), page 421:

     دهن الحلّ هو عند الرازي غير دهن السمسم وهو عند الإسرائيلي وفي كتاب مسيح دهن الحلّ أي الشيرج الذي لم يقشر سمسمه.

     Duhn al-ḥall is according to Rhazes not sesame oil but according to al-Isrāʾīlīy and Masīh duhn al-ḥall or šīraj is that where the sesame has not been peeled.

Declension

Declension of noun حَلّ (ḥall)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَلّ ḥall	الْحَلّ al-ḥall	حَلّ ḥall
Nominative	حَلٌّ ḥallun	الْحَلُّ al-ḥallu	حَلُّ ḥallu
Accusative	حَلًّا ḥallan	الْحَلَّ al-ḥalla	حَلَّ ḥalla
Genitive	حَلٍّ ḥallin	الْحَلِّ al-ḥalli	حَلِّ ḥalli

Descendants

• Moroccan Arabic: حل (ḥall)
• → Azerbaijani: həll
• → Armenian: հալ (hal)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حل (hal), հալլ (hall) — Armeno-Turkish
  • Turkish: hal
  • → Albanian: hall
  • → Armenian: խալլ (xall)

Etymology 2

Verb

حُلْ • (ḥul) (form I) /ħul/

1. second-person masculine singular imperative of حَالَ (ḥāla)

Further reading

• Freytag, Georg (1830) “حل”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, pages 412a–413a
• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[2], London: Williams & Norgate, pages 619a–621a
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[3], London: W.H. Allen, pages 291b–292b

Moroccan Arabic

Root
ح ل ل
3 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħalː/

Etymology 1

From Arabic حَلّ (ḥall).

Noun

حل • (ḥall) m (plural حلول (ḥulūl))

1. solution

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَلَّ (ḥalla).

Verb

حل • (ḥall) I (non-past يحل (yḥull))

1. to loosen

   Synonym: فك (fakk)

2. to open

   Synonym: فتح (ftaḥ)

3. to solve

Conjugation

Conjugation of حل
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	حلّيت (ḥallīt)	حلّيتي (ḥallīti)	حلّ (ḥall)		حلّينا (ḥallīna)	حلّيتوا (ḥallītu)	حلّوا (ḥallu)
	f			حلّت (ḥallāt)
non-past	m	نحلّ (nḥull)	تحلّ (tḥull)	يحلّ (yḥull)		نحلّوا (nḥullu)	تحلّوا (tḥullu)	يحلّوا (yḥullu)
	f		تحلّي (tḥulli)	تحلّ (tḥull)
imperative	m		حلّ (ḥull)				حلّوا (ḥullu)
	f		حلّي (ḥulli)

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

• հալլ (hall) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلّ (ḥall).

Noun

حل • (hal)

1. untangling, unravelling, unfolding, unknotting
2. solution, explanation, remedy
3. melting, fusion
4. (chemistry) analysis, dialysis

Descendants

• Turkish: hal
• → Albanian: hall
• → Armenian: խալլ (xall)

See also

• حال (hal, “situation”)
• خال (hal, “mother's brother”)
• خال (hal, “spot on the skin”)
• خل (hal, “vinegar”)
• خلع (hal, “removal”)

 

References

• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “hal⁵”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1845a
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “حل”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎^[4], Constantinople: Mihran, page 515ab
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “حل”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎^[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 798f.

Persian

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلّ (ḥall).

Pronunciation

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

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [häl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔäl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔäl̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hæl̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [häl]

Readings
Classical reading?	hal
Dari reading?	hal
Iranian reading?	hal
Tajik reading?	hal

Noun

حل • (hal)

1. solving; resolution

   حل مسئله ― hal-e mas'ale ― problem solving

   حل منازعه ― hal-e monâza'e ― conflict resolution

2. (chemistry) analysis, dialysis

Derived terms

• حل شدن (hal šodan, “to be solved”)
• حل کردن (hal kardan, “to solve”)
• حل‌شونده (hal-šavande, “soluble”)
• راه حل (râh-e hal, “solution; way of solving”)

 

Related terms

• تحلیل (tahlil)
• حلال (hallâl)
• محلول (mahlul)

 

South Levantine Arabic

Root
ح ل ل
7 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَلَّ (ḥalla).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħall/, [ħal]

• Audio (al-Lidd):

  (file)

Verb

حلّ • (ḥall) I (present بحلّ (biḥill))

1. to solve, to resolve
2. to undo, to untie, to unfold, to untether

Conjugation

Conjugation of حلّ (ḥall)
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
past	m	حلّيت (ḥallēt)	حلّيت (ḥallēt)	حلّ (ḥall)		حلّينا (ḥallēna)	حلّيتو (ḥallētu)	حلّو (ḥallu)
	f		حلّيتي (ḥallēti)	حلّت (ḥallat)
present	m	بحلّ (baḥill)	بتحلّ (bitḥill)	بحلّ (biḥill)		منحلّ (minḥill)	بتحلّو (bitḥillu)	بحلّو (biḥillu)
	f		بتحلّي (bitḥilli)	بتحلّ (bitḥill)
subjunctive	m	احلّ (aḥill)	تحلّ (tḥill)	يحلّ (yḥill)		نحلّ (nḥill)	تحلّو (tḥillu)	يحلّو (yḥillu)
	f		تحلّي (tḥilli)	تحلّ (tḥill)
imperative	m		حلّ (ḥill)				حلّو (ḥillu)
	f		حلّي (ḥilli)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلّ (ḥall).

Noun

حل • (hal) m (Hindi spelling हल)

1. solution, resolution

   Synonym: سَمادھان (samādhān)

Derived terms

• حل کرنا (hal karnā, “to solve”)