حيل

⁧حِيَل⁩ • (ḥiyal) f pl

1. plural of ⁧حِيلَة⁩ (ḥīla)

⁧حِيلَ⁩ • (ḥīla) (form I)

1. third-person masculine singular past passive of ⁧حَالَ⁩ (ḥāla)

From Arabic ⁧حَيْل⁩ (ḥayl). Cognate with Hebrew ⁧חַיִל⁩ (ḥayil), Zoharic Aramaic ⁧חיל⁩, and Classical Syriac ⁧ܚܲܝܠܵܐ⁩.

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /ħeːl/
• Rhymes: -eːl

⁧حيل⁩ • (ḥēl)

1. very, strongly, heavily, a lot

   ⁧لعبة السوني كانت قوية حيل⁩ ― liʕbat is-sōni kānat qawīya ḥēl ― The PlayStation game was really good

⁧حيل⁩ • (ḥēl) m

1. power, strength (usually used in prepositional expressions with ⁧في⁩ (fī)+object)

   ⁧ما فيني حيل اقوم اغسل ملابسي.⁩

   mā fīni ḥēl agūm aġsil malābsi.

   I do not have strength to start washing my clothes

   (literally, “There isn't in me strength to stand up wash my clothes.”)

   ⁧فيچ حيل تسوين الشغل اليوم؟⁩

   fīč ḥēl tsawwīn iš-šuġuɫ il-yōm

   Do you have strength to do the work today?

From Arabic ⁧حَيْل⁩ (ḥayl).

• IPA^(key): /ˈħeːl/, [ˈħe̞ːl]

⁧حيل⁩ • (ḥēl) m (plural ⁧حيول⁩ (ḥiyūl) or ⁧أحيال⁩ (ʾaḥyāl))

1. power, strength
2. willpower

   Synonym: ⁧خِلْق⁩ (ḵilg, ḵulg)

   ⁧ما فِيني/فِيَّ حيل أقوم أغسل ملابسي⁩ ― mā fīni/fiyya ḥēl agūm ʾaḡsil/ʾaḡassil malābsi ― I do not have strength to stand up (to go) to wash my clothes

From Arabic ⁧حِيَل⁩ (ḥiyal).

• IPA^(key): /ˈħijal/

⁧حيل⁩ • (ḥiyal) (plural)

1. plural of ⁧حيلة⁩ (ḥīla, “trick, expedient”)