هائل

Arabic

Root
ه و ل (h w l)
3 terms

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of هَالَ (hāla, “to scare away, to frighten”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /haː.ʔil/
Rhymes: -il

Adjective

هَائِل • (hāʔil)

active participle of هَالَ (hāla).
1. tremendous
  1. (dated) awe-inspiring, terrifying
  2. enormous, gigantic
    - 2017 November 2, “مع قرب موعد أول عملية زراعة رأس لإنسان...المخاطر والعواقب”, in Al-Quds‎^[1], archived from the original on 2 November 2017:
      لَا يَسَعْنِي إِلَّا أَنْ أَفْصَحَ عَنْ حُدُوثِ تَقَدُّمٍ هَائِلٍ فِي ٱلتَّجَارِبِ ٱلطِّبِّيَّةِ، كَانَ يَبْدُو مُسْتَحِيلًا حَتَى أَخِيرًا مُنْذُ بِضْعَةِ أَشْهُرٍ. وَمِنَ ٱلْمُؤَكَّدِ أَنَّ ٱلْمَعَالِمَ ٱلَّتِي تَمَّ ٱلتَّوَصُّلُ إِلَيْهَا سَتُحْدِثُ ثَوْرَةً فِي ٱلطِّبِّ.
      lā yasaʕnī ʔillā ʔan ʔafṣaḥa ʕan ḥudūṯi taqaddumin hāʔilin fī t-tajāribi ṭ-ṭibbiyyati, kāna yabdū mustaḥīlan ḥatā ʔaḵīran munḏu biḍʕati ʔašhurin. wamina l-muʔakkadi ʔanna l-maʕālima llatī tamma t-tawaṣṣulu ʔilayhā satuḥdiṯu ṯawratan fī ṭ-ṭibbi.
      I can only express that there has come forth a tremendous progress in the medical trials which used to seem untransactable until lately some months ago. And it is certain that the reached milestones will spawn a revolution in medicine.

Declension

Declension of adjective **هَائِل** (hāʔil)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	هَائِل hāʔil	الْهَائِل al-hāʔil	هَائِلَة hāʔila	الْهَائِلَة al-hāʔila
nominative	هَائِلٌ hāʔilun	الْهَائِلُ al-hāʔilu	هَائِلَةٌ hāʔilatun	الْهَائِلَةُ al-hāʔilatu
accusative	هَائِلًا hāʔilan	الْهَائِلَ al-hāʔila	هَائِلَةً hāʔilatan	الْهَائِلَةَ al-hāʔilata
genitive	هَائِلٍ hāʔilin	الْهَائِلِ al-hāʔili	هَائِلَةٍ hāʔilatin	الْهَائِلَةِ al-hāʔilati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	هَائِلَيْن hāʔilayn	الْهَائِلَيْن al-hāʔilayn	هَائِلَتَيْن hāʔilatayn	الْهَائِلَتَيْن al-hāʔilatayn
nominative	هَائِلَانِ hāʔilāni	الْهَائِلَانِ al-hāʔilāni	هَائِلَتَانِ hāʔilatāni	الْهَائِلَتَانِ al-hāʔilatāni
accusative	هَائِلَيْنِ hāʔilayni	الْهَائِلَيْنِ al-hāʔilayni	هَائِلَتَيْنِ hāʔilatayni	الْهَائِلَتَيْنِ al-hāʔilatayni
genitive	هَائِلَيْنِ hāʔilayni	الْهَائِلَيْنِ al-hāʔilayni	هَائِلَتَيْنِ hāʔilatayni	الْهَائِلَتَيْنِ al-hāʔilatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	plural unknown		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	?	?	هَائِلَات hāʔilāt	الْهَائِلَات al-hāʔilāt
nominative	?	?	هَائِلَاتٌ hāʔilātun	الْهَائِلَاتُ al-hāʔilātu
accusative	?	?	هَائِلَاتٍ hāʔilātin	الْهَائِلَاتِ al-hāʔilāti
genitive	?	?	هَائِلَاتٍ hāʔilātin	الْهَائِلَاتِ al-hāʔilāti

References

Wehr, Hans (1979) “هول”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “هائل”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen
Muʕjam al-Ṣawāb al-Luḡawī by Ahmad Mukhtar Umar (d. 2003 CE) معجم الصواب اللغوي لأحمد مختار عمر