Arabic

Adjective

حَائِل • ‎(ḥāʾil) ‎(masculine plural حِيَال ‎(ḥiyāl) or حُول ‎(ḥūl) or حُوَّل ‎(ḥuwwal) or حُولَل ‎(ḥūlal))

1. altering, changing, being transmuted
2. altered, changed, transmuted
3. becoming black
4. having become black

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Noun

حَائِل • ‎(ḥāʾil) m ‎(plural حِيَال ‎(ḥiyāl) or حُول ‎(ḥūl) or حُوَّل ‎(ḥuwwal) or حُولَل ‎(ḥūlal))

1. anything shifting or moving in (مِن ‎(min)) its place
2. anything having shifted or moved in (مِن ‎(min)) its place
3. a female camel (or other animal) not conceiving or becoming pregnant during a set period of years
4. a palm tree not bearing fruit
5. a female baby camel at the time of birth

Declension

References

• “حائل” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “حائل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Noun

حَائِل • ‎(ḥāʾil) m ‎(plural حَوَائِل ‎(ḥawāʾil))

1. partition, fence, barrier, obstacle, obstruction

Declension

References

• “حائل” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “حائل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4