ح ل ي

ح ل ي • (ḥ-l-y)

1. related to ornamentation

• Form I: حَلَى (ḥalā, “to adorn, acquire ornaments, wear ornaments”)
  • Verbal noun: حَلْى
  • Active participle: حَالٍ (ḥālin)
  • Passive participle: مَحْلِيّ (maḥliyy)
• Form II: حَلَّى (ḥallā, “to bedeck with ornaments, make an ornament”)
  • Verbal noun: تَحْلِيَة (taḥliya)
  • Active participle: مُحَلٍّ (muḥallin)
  • Passive participle: مُحَلًّى (muḥallan)
• Form V: تَحَلَّى (taḥallā)
  • Verbal noun: تَحَلٍّ (taḥallin)
  • Active participle: مُتَحَلٍّ (mutaḥallin)
  • Passive participle: مُتَحَلًّى (mutaḥallan)

Nouns and adjectives

• حَلًا (ḥalan, “pustules breaking out in the mouths of children”)
• حَلْى (“ornament or jewellery, usually of a woman”)
• حَلِى (“a shout for chiding a she-camel”)
• حَلَاة (ḥalāh, “ornament or jewellery, usually of a woman”)
• حَلْيَة (ḥalya, “ornament or jewellery, usually of a woman”)
• حِلْيَة (ḥilya, “ornament or jewellery, usually of a woman; characteristics or complexion of a man”)
• حَلِيَّة (ḥaliyya, “dry, dried up, or tough”)
• حَلِىّ (“dry, dried up, or tough”)
• حَلِيَّة (ḥaliyya, “a woman wearing jewellery; a tree bearing leaves”)
• حُلَيَّا (ḥulayyā, “a plant; a certain food made of pressed dates”)
• حَالٍ (ḥālin, “a woman wearing jewellery; a tree bearing leaves”)
• مُحَلًّى (muḥallan, “ornamented”)
• مُتَحَلِّيَة (mutaḥalliya)

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ح ل ي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate