حائل

Arabic

Root
ح و ل (ḥ w l)
31 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of the verb حَالَ (ḥāla, “to change”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.ʔil/
• Rhymes: -il

Adjective

حَائِل • (ḥāʔil) (masculine plural حِيَال (ḥiyāl) or حُول (ḥūl) or حُوَّل (ḥuwwal))

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

Declension

Declension of adjective حَائِل (ḥāʔil)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَائِل ḥāʔil	الْحَائِل al-ḥāʔil	حَائِلَة ḥāʔila	الْحَائِلَة al-ḥāʔila
Nominative	حَائِلٌ ḥāʔilun	الْحَائِلُ al-ḥāʔilu	حَائِلَةٌ ḥāʔilatun	الْحَائِلَةُ al-ḥāʔilatu
Accusative	حَائِلًا ḥāʔilan	الْحَائِلَ al-ḥāʔila	حَائِلَةً ḥāʔilatan	الْحَائِلَةَ al-ḥāʔilata
Genitive	حَائِلٍ ḥāʔilin	الْحَائِلِ al-ḥāʔili	حَائِلَةٍ ḥāʔilatin	الْحَائِلَةِ al-ḥāʔilati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَائِلَيْن ḥāʔilayn	الْحَائِلَيْن al-ḥāʔilayn	حَائِلَتَيْن ḥāʔilatayn	الْحَائِلَتَيْن al-ḥāʔilatayn
Nominative	حَائِلَانِ ḥāʔilāni	الْحَائِلَانِ al-ḥāʔilāni	حَائِلَتَانِ ḥāʔilatāni	الْحَائِلَتَانِ al-ḥāʔilatāni
Accusative	حَائِلَيْنِ ḥāʔilayni	الْحَائِلَيْنِ al-ḥāʔilayni	حَائِلَتَيْنِ ḥāʔilatayni	الْحَائِلَتَيْنِ al-ḥāʔilatayni
Genitive	حَائِلَيْنِ ḥāʔilayni	الْحَائِلَيْنِ al-ḥāʔilayni	حَائِلَتَيْنِ ḥāʔilatayni	الْحَائِلَتَيْنِ al-ḥāʔilatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural triptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حِيَال‎; حُول‎; حُوَّل ḥiyāl‎; ḥūl‎; ḥuwwal	الْحِيَال‎; الْحُول‎; الْحُوَّل al-ḥiyāl‎; al-ḥūl‎; al-ḥuwwal	حَائِلَات ḥāʔilāt	الْحَائِلَات al-ḥāʔilāt
Nominative	حِيَالٌ‎; حُولٌ‎; حُوَّلٌ ḥiyālun‎; ḥūlun‎; ḥuwwalun	الْحِيَالُ‎; الْحُولُ‎; الْحُوَّلُ al-ḥiyālu‎; al-ḥūlu‎; al-ḥuwwalu	حَائِلَاتٌ ḥāʔilātun	الْحَائِلَاتُ al-ḥāʔilātu
Accusative	حِيَالًا‎; حُولًا‎; حُوَّلًا ḥiyālan‎; ḥūlan‎; ḥuwwalan	الْحِيَالَ‎; الْحُولَ‎; الْحُوَّلَ al-ḥiyāla‎; al-ḥūla‎; al-ḥuwwala	حَائِلَاتٍ ḥāʔilātin	الْحَائِلَاتِ al-ḥāʔilāti
Genitive	حِيَالٍ‎; حُولٍ‎; حُوَّلٍ ḥiyālin‎; ḥūlin‎; ḥuwwalin	الْحِيَالِ‎; الْحُولِ‎; الْحُوَّلِ al-ḥiyāli‎; al-ḥūli‎; al-ḥuwwali	حَائِلَاتٍ ḥāʔilātin	الْحَائِلَاتِ al-ḥāʔilāti

Noun

حَائِل • (ḥāʔil) m (plural حِيَال (ḥiyāl) or حُول (ḥūl) or حُوَّل (ḥuwwal))

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

Declension of noun حَائِل (ḥāʔil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَائِل ḥāʔil	الْحَائِل al-ḥāʔil	حَائِل ḥāʔil
Nominative	حَائِلٌ ḥāʔilun	الْحَائِلُ al-ḥāʔilu	حَائِلُ ḥāʔilu
Accusative	حَائِلًا ḥāʔilan	الْحَائِلَ al-ḥāʔila	حَائِلَ ḥāʔila
Genitive	حَائِلٍ ḥāʔilin	الْحَائِلِ al-ḥāʔili	حَائِلِ ḥāʔili
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَائِلَيْن ḥāʔilayn	الْحَائِلَيْن al-ḥāʔilayn	حَائِلَيْ ḥāʔilay
Nominative	حَائِلَانِ ḥāʔilāni	الْحَائِلَانِ al-ḥāʔilāni	حَائِلَا ḥāʔilā
Accusative	حَائِلَيْنِ ḥāʔilayni	الْحَائِلَيْنِ al-ḥāʔilayni	حَائِلَيْ ḥāʔilay
Genitive	حَائِلَيْنِ ḥāʔilayni	الْحَائِلَيْنِ al-ḥāʔilayni	حَائِلَيْ ḥāʔilay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حِيَال‎; حُول‎; حُوَّل ḥiyāl‎; ḥūl‎; ḥuwwal	الْحِيَال‎; الْحُول‎; الْحُوَّل al-ḥiyāl‎; al-ḥūl‎; al-ḥuwwal	حِيَال‎; حُول‎; حُوَّل ḥiyāl‎; ḥūl‎; ḥuwwal
Nominative	حِيَالٌ‎; حُولٌ‎; حُوَّلٌ ḥiyālun‎; ḥūlun‎; ḥuwwalun	الْحِيَالُ‎; الْحُولُ‎; الْحُوَّلُ al-ḥiyālu‎; al-ḥūlu‎; al-ḥuwwalu	حِيَالُ‎; حُولُ‎; حُوَّلُ ḥiyālu‎; ḥūlu‎; ḥuwwalu
Accusative	حِيَالًا‎; حُولًا‎; حُوَّلًا ḥiyālan‎; ḥūlan‎; ḥuwwalan	الْحِيَالَ‎; الْحُولَ‎; الْحُوَّلَ al-ḥiyāla‎; al-ḥūla‎; al-ḥuwwala	حِيَالَ‎; حُولَ‎; حُوَّلَ ḥiyāla‎; ḥūla‎; ḥuwwala
Genitive	حِيَالٍ‎; حُولٍ‎; حُوَّلٍ ḥiyālin‎; ḥūlin‎; ḥuwwalin	الْحِيَالِ‎; الْحُولِ‎; الْحُوَّلِ al-ḥiyāli‎; al-ḥūli‎; al-ḥuwwali	حِيَالِ‎; حُولِ‎; حُوَّلِ ḥiyāli‎; ḥūli‎; ḥuwwali

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حائل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “حائل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen

Noun

حَائِل • (ḥāʔil) m (plural حَوَائِل (ḥawāʔil))

1. partition, fence, barrier, obstacle, obstruction

Declension

Declension of noun حَائِل (ḥāʔil)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَائِل ḥāʔil	الْحَائِل al-ḥāʔil	حَائِل ḥāʔil
Nominative	حَائِلٌ ḥāʔilun	الْحَائِلُ al-ḥāʔilu	حَائِلُ ḥāʔilu
Accusative	حَائِلًا ḥāʔilan	الْحَائِلَ al-ḥāʔila	حَائِلَ ḥāʔila
Genitive	حَائِلٍ ḥāʔilin	الْحَائِلِ al-ḥāʔili	حَائِلِ ḥāʔili
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَائِلَيْن ḥāʔilayn	الْحَائِلَيْن al-ḥāʔilayn	حَائِلَيْ ḥāʔilay
Nominative	حَائِلَانِ ḥāʔilāni	الْحَائِلَانِ al-ḥāʔilāni	حَائِلَا ḥāʔilā
Accusative	حَائِلَيْنِ ḥāʔilayni	الْحَائِلَيْنِ al-ḥāʔilayni	حَائِلَيْ ḥāʔilay
Genitive	حَائِلَيْنِ ḥāʔilayni	الْحَائِلَيْنِ al-ḥāʔilayni	حَائِلَيْ ḥāʔilay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَوَائِل ḥawāʔil	الْحَوَائِل al-ḥawāʔil	حَوَائِل ḥawāʔil
Nominative	حَوَائِلُ ḥawāʔilu	الْحَوَائِلُ al-ḥawāʔilu	حَوَائِلُ ḥawāʔilu
Accusative	حَوَائِلَ ḥawāʔila	الْحَوَائِلَ al-ḥawāʔila	حَوَائِلَ ḥawāʔila
Genitive	حَوَائِلَ ḥawāʔila	الْحَوَائِلِ al-ḥawāʔili	حَوَائِلِ ḥawāʔili

Descendants

• → Persian: حَائِل, حایل (hâyel)
  • → Hindustani:

    Hindi: हाइल (hāil)

    Urdu: حائِل (hāil)

• → Ottoman Turkish: حائل
  • Turkish: hail

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “حائل”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[3], 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

Persian

Alternative forms

• حایل (hâyel)

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَائِل (ḥāʔil).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Persian) IPA^(key): [hɑː.ˈʔil], [ha.jil]

 

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɑː.ʔɪ́l], [hä.jɪl]

• (Dari, formal) IPA^(key): [hɑː.ʔɪ́l], [hä.jɪl]
  • (Kabuli) IPA^(key): [ʔɑː.jɪ́l], [ʔä.jɪl]
  • (Hazaragi) IPA^(key): [ʔɔː.jíl̥], [ʔä.jil̥]

• (Iran, formal) IPA^(key): [hɒː.ʔél̥], [hejel̥]

• (Tajik, formal) IPA^(key): [hɔ.ʔíl], [hä.jil]

Readings
Classical reading?	hā'il, hayil
Dari reading?	hā'il, hayil
Iranian reading?	hâ'el, heyel
Tajik reading?	hoʾil, hayil

Adjective

حائل • (hâ'el)

1. intervening; hindering; coming in between

   منطقه حائل ― mantaqe-ye hâ'el ― buffer zone

Noun

حائل • (hâ'el) (plural حوائل (havâ'el))

1. partition; obstacle; buffer
   • c. 1260, Saʿdī, “Ghazal 348”, in دیوان سعدی [The Divān of Saʿdī]‎^[4]:

     پرده چه باشد میان عاشق و معشوق
     سد سکندر نه مانع است و نه حایل

     parda či bāšad miyān-i āšiq u ma'šūq
     sad-i sikandar na māni' ast u na hāyil

     Between the lover and the beloved, what is a veil?
     [For them,] not even Alexander's Wall would be a hindrance or a buffer!

     (Classical Persian transliteration)

Descendants

• → Hindustani:

  Hindi: हाइल (hāil)

  Urdu: حائِل (hāil)

Urdu

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Persian حائل (hā'il), from Arabic حَائِل (ḥāʔil).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɦɑː.ɪl/

Adjective

حائِل • (hāil) (Hindi spelling हाइल)

1. intervening, interposing, restraining, preventing
2. hindering, standing in the way, disturbing

Noun

حائِل • (hāil) m (Hindi spelling हाइल)

1. obstacle, impediment

References

• “حائل”, in اُردُو لُغَت (urdū luġat) (in Urdu), Ministry of Education: Government of Pakistan, 2017.
• “حائل”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2025.