أحيل

Arabic

Etymology 1

Elative from the root ح ي ل (ḥ-y-l) (originally ح و ل (ḥ-w-l)); compare حِيلَة (ḥīla, “trick, dodge”).

Adjective

أَحْيَل • (ʔaḥyal) (feminine حُولَى (ḥūlā), masculine plural أَحَايِل (ʔaḥāyil), feminine plural حُولَيَات (ḥūlayāt))

1. craftier; craftiest

Declension

Declension of adjective أَحْيَل (ʔaḥyal)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular diptote		singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْيَل ʔaḥyal	الْأَحْيَل al-ʔaḥyal	حُولى ḥūlā	الْحُولى al-ḥūlā
Nominative	أَحْيَلُ ʔaḥyalu	الْأَحْيَلُ al-ʔaḥyalu	حُولى ḥūlā	الْحُولى al-ḥūlā
Accusative	أَحْيَلَ ʔaḥyala	الْأَحْيَلَ al-ʔaḥyala	حُولى ḥūlā	الْحُولى al-ḥūlā
Genitive	أَحْيَلَ ʔaḥyala	الْأَحْيَلِ al-ʔaḥyali	حُولى ḥūlā	الْحُولى al-ḥūlā
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحْيَلَيْن ʔaḥyalayn	الْأَحْيَلَيْن al-ʔaḥyalayn	حُولَيَيْن ḥūlayayn	الْحُولَيَيْن al-ḥūlayayn
Nominative	أَحْيَلَانِ ʔaḥyalāni	الْأَحْيَلَانِ al-ʔaḥyalāni	حُولَيَانِ ḥūlayāni	الْحُولَيَانِ al-ḥūlayāni
Accusative	أَحْيَلَيْنِ ʔaḥyalayni	الْأَحْيَلَيْنِ al-ʔaḥyalayni	حُولَيَيْنِ ḥūlayayni	الْحُولَيَيْنِ al-ḥūlayayni
Genitive	أَحْيَلَيْنِ ʔaḥyalayni	الْأَحْيَلَيْنِ al-ʔaḥyalayni	حُولَيَيْنِ ḥūlayayni	الْحُولَيَيْنِ al-ḥūlayayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	أَحَائِل ʔaḥāʔil	الْأَحَائِل al-ʔaḥāʔil	حُولَيَات ḥūlayāt	الْحُولَيَات al-ḥūlayāt
Nominative	أَحَائِلُ ʔaḥāʔilu	الْأَحَائِلُ al-ʔaḥāʔilu	حُولَيَاتٌ ḥūlayātun	الْحُولَيَاتُ al-ḥūlayātu
Accusative	أَحَائِلَ ʔaḥāʔila	الْأَحَائِلَ al-ʔaḥāʔila	حُولَيَاتٍ ḥūlayātin	الْحُولَيَاتِ al-ḥūlayāti
Genitive	أَحَائِلَ ʔaḥāʔila	الْأَحَائِلِ al-ʔaḥāʔili	حُولَيَاتٍ ḥūlayātin	الْحُولَيَاتِ al-ḥūlayāti

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

أحيل (form IV)

1. أُحِيلَ (ʔuḥīla) /ʔu.ħiː.la/: inflection of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla):
   1. third-person masculine singular past passive
   2. first-person singular non-past active subjunctive
2. أُحِيلُ (ʔuḥīlu) /ʔu.ħiː.lu/: first-person singular non-past active indicative of أَحَالَ (ʔaḥāla)