هيول

Arabic

Alternative forms

• هَيُولَى (hayūlā), هُيُولَى (huyūlā)

Etymology

From the root ه ي ل (h-y-l) in the sense of a pile or cluster of things together; piled sand, dust particles. A phono-semantic matching of Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “stuff, matter, substance”, literally “wood, raw material”), supported by the presence in Classical Syriac ܗܝܘܠܐ (hiyūlā), ܗܘܠܐ (hūlā), ܗܝܠܐ (hīlā, “matter, material; wood”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ha.juːl/, /hu.juːl/

Noun

هَيُول or هُيُول • (hayūl or huyūl) m (usually uncountable)

1. matter; particles; plasma

Declension

Declension of noun هَيُول (hayūl)‎; هُيُول (huyūl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هَيُول‎; هُيُول hayūl‎; huyūl	الْهَيُول‎; الْهُيُول al-hayūl‎; al-huyūl	هَيُول‎; هُيُول hayūl‎; huyūl
Nominative	هَيُولٌ‎; هُيُولٌ hayūlun‎; huyūlun	الْهَيُولُ‎; الْهُيُولُ al-hayūlu‎; al-huyūlu	هَيُولُ‎; هُيُولُ hayūlu‎; huyūlu
Accusative	هَيُولًا‎; هُيُولًا hayūlan‎; huyūlan	الْهَيُولَ‎; الْهُيُولَ al-hayūla‎; al-huyūla	هَيُولَ‎; هُيُولَ hayūla‎; huyūla
Genitive	هَيُولٍ‎; هُيُولٍ hayūlin‎; huyūlin	الْهَيُولِ‎; الْهُيُولِ al-hayūli‎; al-huyūli	هَيُولِ‎; هُيُولِ hayūli‎; huyūli

Derived terms

• هَيُولِيّ (hayūliyy)
• هَيُولَانِيّ (hayūlāniyy)

References

• Freytag, Georg (1837) “هيول”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 425
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “هيول”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1369