حالك

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Arabic

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Etymology

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Root
ح ل ك (ḥ l k)
2 terms

Derived from the active participle of حلك (ḥalaka, ḥalika, to become excessively dark).

Adjective

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حَالِك (ḥālik) (feminine حَالِكَة (ḥālika), masculine plural حَالِكُونَ (ḥālikūna), feminine plural حَالِكَات (ḥālikāt))

  1. (literary) very dark or black, pitch-black, deep black, murky, gloomy
    لَيْل حَالِكlayl ḥālikA very dark night

Declension

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References

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