ح ل ي

ح لي • (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 لي”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate