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))

(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
(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
(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”)
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)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					حَلّ ḥall
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					حَالّ ḥāll
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَحْلُول maḥlūl
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتَ ḥalalta	حَلَّ ḥalla	حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّا ḥallā	حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	حَلَلْتُمْ ḥalaltum	حَلُّوا ḥallū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتِ ḥalalti	حَلَّتْ ḥallat	حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّتَا ḥallatā	حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	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
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَحُلُّ ʔaḥullu	تَحُلِّينَ taḥullīna	تَحُلُّ taḥullu	تَحُلَّانِ taḥullāni	تَحُلَّانِ taḥullāni	نَحُلُّ naḥullu	تَحْلُلْنَ taḥlulna	يَحْلُلْنَ yaḥlulna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحُلَّ ʔaḥulla	تَحُلَّ taḥulla	يَحُلَّ yaḥulla	تَحُلَّا taḥullā	يَحُلَّا yaḥullā	نَحُلَّ naḥulla	تَحُلُّوا taḥullū	يَحُلُّوا yaḥullū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَحُلَّ ʔaḥulla	تَحُلِّي taḥullī	تَحُلَّ taḥulla	تَحُلَّا taḥullā	تَحُلَّا taḥullā	نَحُلَّ naḥulla	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
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَحُلَّ, أَحُلِّ, أَحْلُلْ ʔaḥulla, ʔaḥulli, ʔaḥlul	تَحُلِّي taḥullī	تَحُلَّ, تَحُلِّ, تَحْلُلْ taḥulla, taḥulli, taḥlul	تَحُلَّا taḥullā	تَحُلَّا taḥullā	نَحُلَّ, نَحُلِّ, نَحْلُلْ naḥulla, naḥulli, naḥlul	تَحْلُلْنَ taḥlulna	يَحْلُلْنَ yaḥlulna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		حُلَّ, حُلِّ, اُحْلُلْ ḥulla, ḥulli, uḥlul		حُلَّا ḥullā			حُلُّوا ḥullū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		حُلِّي ḥullī		حُلَّا ḥullā			اُحْلُلْنَ uḥlulna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حُلِلْتُ ḥuliltu	حُلِلْتَ ḥulilta	حُلَّ ḥulla	حُلِلْتُمَا ḥuliltumā	حُلَّا ḥullā	حُلِلْنَا ḥulilnā	حُلِلْتُمْ ḥuliltum	حُلُّوا ḥullū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	حُلِلْتُ ḥuliltu	حُلِلْتِ ḥulilti	حُلَّتْ ḥullat	حُلِلْتُمَا ḥuliltumā	حُلَّتَا ḥullatā	حُلِلْنَا ḥulilnā	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
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُحَلُّ ʔuḥallu	تُحَلِّينَ tuḥallīna	تُحَلُّ tuḥallu	تُحَلَّانِ tuḥallāni	تُحَلَّانِ tuḥallāni	نُحَلُّ nuḥallu	تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَلَّ ʔuḥalla	تُحَلَّ tuḥalla	يُحَلَّ yuḥalla	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	يُحَلَّا yuḥallā	نُحَلَّ nuḥalla	تُحَلُّوا tuḥallū	يُحَلُّوا yuḥallū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُحَلَّ ʔuḥalla	تُحَلِّي tuḥallī	تُحَلَّ tuḥalla	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	نُحَلَّ nuḥalla	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
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُحَلَّ, أُحَلِّ, أُحْلَلْ ʔuḥalla, ʔuḥalli, ʔuḥlal	تُحَلِّي tuḥallī	تُحَلَّ, تُحَلِّ, تُحْلَلْ tuḥalla, tuḥalli, tuḥlal	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	نُحَلَّ, نُحَلِّ, نُحْلَلْ nuḥalla, nuḥalli, nuḥlal	تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna

Descendants

Maltese: ħall

Verb

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

(intransitive) to dismount; to stop, to halt
(intransitive or transitive) to stay, to settle [with بِ (bi) or فِي (fī) or accusative ‘in a place’; or with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘with someone’]
(intransitive) to visit [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’]
(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)
(transitive) to occupy, to take (someone's place)
- 2018, وَجْدِيّ الْأَهْدَل, 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.
to descend, to go down
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”)
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.
to overwhelm [with عَلَى (ʕalā) ‘someone’] (of sleep)
to arrive, to begin (of a season or time)
to become incarnate [with فِي (fī) ‘in someone’] (of God)

Conjugation

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

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					حُلُول ḥulūl
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					حَالّ ḥāll
passive participle اِسْم الْمَفْعُول					مَحْلُول maḥlūl
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتَ ḥalalta	حَلَّ ḥalla	حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّا ḥallā	حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	حَلَلْتُمْ ḥalaltum	حَلُّوا ḥallū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتِ ḥalalti	حَلَّتْ ḥallat	حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّتَا ḥallatā	حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	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
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَحِلُّ, أَحُلُّ ʔaḥillu, ʔaḥullu	تَحِلِّينَ, تَحُلِّينَ taḥillīna, taḥullīna	تَحِلُّ, تَحُلُّ taḥillu, taḥullu	تَحِلَّانِ, تَحُلَّانِ taḥillāni, taḥullāni	تَحِلَّانِ, تَحُلَّانِ taḥillāni, taḥullāni	نَحِلُّ, نَحُلُّ naḥillu, naḥullu	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
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَحِلَّ, أَحُلَّ ʔaḥilla, ʔaḥulla	تَحِلِّي, تَحُلِّي taḥillī, taḥullī	تَحِلَّ, تَحُلَّ taḥilla, taḥulla	تَحِلَّا, تَحُلَّا taḥillā, taḥullā	تَحِلَّا, تَحُلَّا taḥillā, taḥullā	نَحِلَّ, نَحُلَّ naḥilla, naḥulla	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
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f		تَحِلِّي, تَحُلِّي taḥillī, taḥullī	تَحِلَّ, تَحِلِّ, تَحْلِلْ, تَحُلَّ, تَحُلِّ, تَحْلُلْ taḥilla, taḥilli, taḥlil, taḥulla, taḥulli, taḥlul	تَحِلَّا, تَحُلَّا taḥillā, taḥullā	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
imperative الْأَمْر	f		حِلِّي, حُلِّي ḥillī, ḥullī		حِلَّا, حُلَّا ḥillā, ḥullā			اِحْلِلْنَ, اُحْلُلْنَ iḥlilna, uḥlulna
passive voice الْفِعْل الْمَجْهُول
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حُلِلْتُ ḥuliltu	حُلِلْتَ ḥulilta	حُلَّ ḥulla	حُلِلْتُمَا ḥuliltumā	حُلَّا ḥullā	حُلِلْنَا ḥulilnā	حُلِلْتُمْ ḥuliltum	حُلُّوا ḥullū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	حُلِلْتُ ḥuliltu	حُلِلْتِ ḥulilti	حُلَّتْ ḥullat	حُلِلْتُمَا ḥuliltumā	حُلَّتَا ḥullatā	حُلِلْنَا ḥulilnā	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
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أُحَلُّ ʔuḥallu	تُحَلِّينَ tuḥallīna	تُحَلُّ tuḥallu	تُحَلَّانِ tuḥallāni	تُحَلَّانِ tuḥallāni	نُحَلُّ nuḥallu	تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أُحَلَّ ʔuḥalla	تُحَلَّ tuḥalla	يُحَلَّ yuḥalla	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	يُحَلَّا yuḥallā	نُحَلَّ nuḥalla	تُحَلُّوا tuḥallū	يُحَلُّوا yuḥallū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أُحَلَّ ʔuḥalla	تُحَلِّي tuḥallī	تُحَلَّ tuḥalla	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	نُحَلَّ nuḥalla	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
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أُحَلَّ, أُحَلِّ, أُحْلَلْ ʔuḥalla, ʔuḥalli, ʔuḥlal	تُحَلِّي tuḥallī	تُحَلَّ, تُحَلِّ, تُحْلَلْ tuḥalla, tuḥalli, tuḥlal	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	تُحَلَّا tuḥallā	نُحَلَّ, نُحَلِّ, نُحْلَلْ nuḥalla, nuḥalli, nuḥlal	تُحْلَلْنَ tuḥlalna	يُحْلَلْنَ yuḥlalna

Verb

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

(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)

active voice الْفِعْل الْمَعْلُوم
verbal noun الْمَصْدَر					حَلَال, حِلّ ḥalāl, ḥill
active participle اِسْم الْفَاعِل					حَالّ ḥāll
		singular الْمُفْرَد			dual الْمُثَنَّى		plural الْجَمْع
		1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب	1^st person الْمُتَكَلِّم	2^nd person الْمُخَاطَب	3^rd person الْغَائِب
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	m	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتَ ḥalalta	حَلَّ ḥalla	حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّا ḥallā	حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	حَلَلْتُمْ ḥalaltum	حَلُّوا ḥallū
past (perfect) indicative الْمَاضِي	f	حَلَلْتُ ḥalaltu	حَلَلْتِ ḥalalti	حَلَّتْ ḥallat	حَلَلْتُمَا ḥalaltumā	حَلَّتَا ḥallatā	حَلَلْنَا ḥalalnā	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
non-past (imperfect) indicative الْمُضَارِع الْمَرْفُوع	f	أَحِلُّ ʔaḥillu	تَحِلِّينَ taḥillīna	تَحِلُّ taḥillu	تَحِلَّانِ taḥillāni	تَحِلَّانِ taḥillāni	نَحِلُّ naḥillu	تَحْلِلْنَ taḥlilna	يَحْلِلْنَ yaḥlilna
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	m	أَحِلَّ ʔaḥilla	تَحِلَّ taḥilla	يَحِلَّ yaḥilla	تَحِلَّا taḥillā	يَحِلَّا yaḥillā	نَحِلَّ naḥilla	تَحِلُّوا taḥillū	يَحِلُّوا yaḥillū
subjunctive الْمُضَارِع الْمَنْصُوب	f	أَحِلَّ ʔaḥilla	تَحِلِّي taḥillī	تَحِلَّ taḥilla	تَحِلَّا taḥillā	تَحِلَّا taḥillā	نَحِلَّ naḥilla	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
jussive الْمُضَارِع الْمَجْزُوم	f	أَحِلَّ, أَحِلِّ, أَحْلِلْ ʔaḥilla, ʔaḥilli, ʔaḥlil	تَحِلِّي taḥillī	تَحِلَّ, تَحِلِّ, تَحْلِلْ taḥilla, taḥilli, taḥlil	تَحِلَّا taḥillā	تَحِلَّا taḥillā	نَحِلَّ, نَحِلِّ, نَحْلِلْ naḥilla, naḥilli, naḥlil	تَحْلِلْنَ taḥlilna	يَحْلِلْنَ yaḥlilna
imperative الْأَمْر	m		حِلَّ, حِلِّ, اِحْلِلْ ḥilla, ḥilli, iḥlil		حِلَّا ḥillā			حِلُّوا ḥillū
imperative الْأَمْر	f		حِلِّي ḥillī		حِلَّا ḥillā			اِحْلِلْنَ iḥlilna

Noun

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

verbal noun of حَلَّ (ḥalla) (form I)
(countable) a solution
لِكُلِّ مُشْكِلَةٍ أَلْفُ حَلٍّ. ― likulli muškilatin ʔalfu ḥallin. ― For every problem, there are a thousand solutions.
(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], 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
Singular	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/

second-person masculine singular imperative of حَالَ (ḥāla)

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))

solution

Etymology 2

From Arabic حَلَّ (ḥalla).

Verb

حل • (ḥall) I (non-past يحل (yḥull))

to loosen
Synonym: فك (fakk)
to open
Synonym: فتح (ftaḥ)
to solve

Conjugation

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

Ottoman Turkish

Alternative forms

հալլ (hall) — Armeno-Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلّ (ḥall).

Noun

حل • (hal)

untangling, unravelling, unfolding, unknotting
solution, explanation, remedy
melting, fusion
(chemistry) analysis, dialysis

Descendants

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

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]
- (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)

solving; resolution
― hal-e mas'ale ― problem solving

― hal-e monâza'e ― conflict resolution
(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))

to solve, to resolve
to undo, to untie, to unfold, to untether

Conjugation

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

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَلّ (ḥall).

Noun

حل • (hal) m (Hindi spelling हल)

solution, resolution
Synonym: سَمادھان (samādhān)

Derived terms

حل کرنا (hal karnā, “to solve”)

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