حيلة

See also: حیله‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ح و ل‎ (ḥ-w-l); compare حَاوَلَ‎ (ḥāwala, “to try, to deceive by artifice”).

Noun

حِيلَة • (ḥīla) f (plural حِيَل‎ (ḥiyal) or حِيلَات‎ (ḥīlāt))

  1. trick, artifice, maneuver
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 4:98:
      ‏إِلَّا ٱلْمُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مِنَ ٱلرِّجَالِ وَٱلنِّسَاءِ وَٱلْوِلْدَانِ لَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا‎
      ʔillā l-mustaḍʕafīna mina r-rijāli wan-nisāʔi wal-wildāni lā yastaṭīʕūna ḥīlatan walā yahtadūna sabīlan
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  2. shift
  3. means to an end
  4. dodge

Declension

References

  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “حيلة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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