حالك
Arabic
Etymology
Derived from the active participle of حلك (ḥalaka, ḥalika, “to become excessively dark”). From the root ح لك (ḥ-l-k).
Adjective
حَالِك • (ḥālik) (feminine حَالِكَة (ḥālika), masculine plural حَالِكُونَ (ḥālikūna), feminine plural حَالِكَات (ḥālikāt))
- (literary) very dark or black, pitch-black, deep black, murky, gloomy
- لَيْل حَالِك ― layl ḥālik ― A very dark night
- 13th century, Saʿdī aš-Šīrāzī, دیوان سعدی [Dīwān of Saʿdī]:
- وَبَعْضُ قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ أَحْلَكُ مِنْ حِبْرٍ
- wabaʕḍu qulūbi n-nāsi ʔaḥlaku min ḥibri
- And some of the hearts of the people are darker than ink
Declension
Declension of adjective حَالِك (ḥālik)
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | حَالِك ḥālik |
الْحَالِك al-ḥālik |
حَالِكَة ḥālika |
الْحَالِكَة al-ḥālika |
| Nominative | حَالِكٌ ḥālikun |
الْحَالِكُ al-ḥāliku |
حَالِكَةٌ ḥālikatun |
الْحَالِكَةُ al-ḥālikatu |
| Accusative | حَالِكًا ḥālikan |
الْحَالِكَ al-ḥālika |
حَالِكَةً ḥālikatan |
الْحَالِكَةَ al-ḥālikata |
| Genitive | حَالِكٍ ḥālikin |
الْحَالِكِ al-ḥāliki |
حَالِكَةٍ ḥālikatin |
الْحَالِكَةِ al-ḥālikati |
| Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | حَالِكَيْن ḥālikayn |
الْحَالِكَيْن al-ḥālikayn |
حَالِكَتَيْن ḥālikatayn |
الْحَالِكَتَيْن al-ḥālikatayn |
| Nominative | حَالِكَانِ ḥālikāni |
الْحَالِكَانِ al-ḥālikāni |
حَالِكَتَانِ ḥālikatāni |
الْحَالِكَتَانِ al-ḥālikatāni |
| Accusative | حَالِكَيْنِ ḥālikayni |
الْحَالِكَيْنِ al-ḥālikayni |
حَالِكَتَيْنِ ḥālikatayni |
الْحَالِكَتَيْنِ al-ḥālikatayni |
| Genitive | حَالِكَيْنِ ḥālikayni |
الْحَالِكَيْنِ al-ḥālikayni |
حَالِكَتَيْنِ ḥālikatayni |
الْحَالِكَتَيْنِ al-ḥālikatayni |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
| sound masculine plural | sound feminine plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Informal | حَالِكِين ḥālikīn |
الْحَالِكِين al-ḥālikīn |
حَالِكَات ḥālikāt |
الْحَالِكَات al-ḥālikāt |
| Nominative | حَالِكُونَ ḥālikūna |
الْحَالِكُونَ al-ḥālikūna |
حَالِكَاتٌ ḥālikātun |
الْحَالِكَاتُ al-ḥālikātu |
| Accusative | حَالِكِينَ ḥālikīna |
الْحَالِكِينَ al-ḥālikīna |
حَالِكَاتٍ ḥālikātin |
الْحَالِكَاتِ al-ḥālikāti |
| Genitive | حَالِكِينَ ḥālikīna |
الْحَالِكِينَ al-ḥālikīna |
حَالِكَاتٍ ḥālikātin |
الْحَالِكَاتِ al-ḥālikāti |
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979), “حلك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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