Arabic edit

Etymology 1 edit

Root
ح ل ف (ḥ-l-f)

Pronunciation 1 edit

IPA(key): /ħa.la.fa/

Verb edit

حَلَفَ (ḥalafa) I, non-past يَحْلِفُ‎ (yaḥlifu)

  1. to swear
Conjugation edit

Pronunciation 2 edit

IPA(key): /ħal.la.fa/

Verb edit

حَلَّفَ (ḥallafa) II, non-past يُحَلِّفُ‎ (yuḥallifu)

  1. to make swear, to put to oath, to swear in
  2. to adjure, to entreat earnestly
Conjugation edit

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

حَلْف (ḥalfm

  1. oath

Noun edit

حِلْف (ḥilfm (plural أَحْلَاف (ʔaḥlāf))

  1. alliance; federation, pact
    حَلْف وَارْسَو
    ḥalf wārsaw
    Warsaw Pact
    حَلْفُ شِمَالِ الْأَطْلَنْطِيِّ
    ḥalfu šimāli l-ʔaṭlanṭiyyi
    North Atlantic Alliance (NATO)
  2. ally