See also: چاول

Arabic

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Root
ح و ل (ḥ w l)
30 terms

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ħaː.wa.la/
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Verb

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حَاوَلَ (ḥāwala) III, non-past يُحَاوِلُ‎ (yuḥāwilu)

  1. to try
    • 2007, Louisa Alcott, نِسَاء صَغِيرَات (nisāʔ ṣaḡīrāt) [Little Women (translation into Arabic)], دَار الْبِحَار بَيْرُوت (dār al-biḥār bayrūt), page 6:
      كَانُوا فِي الْمَاضِي أَغْنِيَاءَ، إِلَّا أَنَّ وَالِدَهُنَّ فَقَدَ أَمْوَالَهُ وَهُوَ يُحَاوِلُ مُسَاعَدَةَ صَدِيقٍ لَهُ.
      kānū fi l-māḍī ʔaḡniyāʔa, ʔillā ʔanna wālidahunna faqada ʔamwālahu wahuwa yuḥāwilu musāʕadata ṣadīqin lahu.
      They used to be quite rich, but their father lost his money in trying to help a friend of his.
  2. to seek
    • 10th century Al-Mutanabbi
      أَتَحْلِفُ لَا تُكَلِّفَنِي مَسِيرًا / إِلَى بَلَدٍ أُحَاوِلُ فِيهِ مَالًا
      ʔataḥlifu lā tukallifanī masīran / ʔilā baladin ʔuḥāwilu fīhi mālan
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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References

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

Egyptian Arabic

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Root
ح و ل
1 term

Etymology

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From Arabic حَاوَلَ (ḥāwala).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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حاول (ḥāwil) III (non-past يحاول (yiḥāwil), verbal noun محاولة (muḥawla))

  1. (intransitive) to try, to attempt

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of حاول (form-III sound)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حاولت (ḥawilt) حاولت (ḥawilt) حاول (ḥāwil) حاولنا (ḥawilna) حاولتوا (ḥawiltu) حاولوا (ḥawlu)
f حاولتي (ḥawilti) حاولت (ḥawlit)
present subjunctive m احاول (aḥāwil) تحاول (tiḥāwil) يحاول (yiḥāwil) نحاول (niḥāwil) تحاولوا (tiḥawlu) يحاولوا (yiḥawlu)
f تحاولي (tiḥawli) تحاول (tiḥāwil)
present indicative m بحاول (baḥāwil) بتحاول (bitḥāwil) بيحاول (biyḥāwil) بنحاول (binḥāwil) بتحاولوا (bitḥawlu) بيحاولوا (biyḥawlu)
f بتحاولي (bitḥawli) بتحاول (bitḥāwil)
future m ححاول (ḥaḥāwil) حتحاول (ḥatḥāwil) حيحاول (ḥayḥāwil) حنحاول (ḥanḥāwil) حتحاولوا (ḥatḥawlu) حيحاولوا (ḥayḥawlu)
f حتحاولي (ḥatḥawli) حتحاول (ḥatḥāwil)
imperative m حاول (ḥāwil) حاولوا (ḥawlu)
f حاولي (ḥawli)

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South Levantine Arabic

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Root
ح و ل
7 terms

Etymology

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From Arabic حَاوَلَ (ḥāwala).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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حاول (ḥāwal) III (present بحاول (biḥāwel))

  1. to try, to attempt
    Synonym: جرّب (járrab)

Conjugation

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    Conjugation of حاول (ḥāwal)
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
past m حاولت (ḥāwalt) حاولت (ḥāwalt) حاول (ḥāwal) حاولنا (ḥāwalna) حاولتو (ḥāwaltu) حاولو (ḥāwalu)
f حاولتي (ḥāwalti) حاولت (ḥāwalat)
present m بحاول (baḥāwel) بتحاول (bitḥāwel) بحاول (biḥāwel) منحاول (minḥāwel) بتحاولو (bitḥāwlu) بحاولو (biḥāwlu)
f بتحاولي (bitḥāwli) بتحاول (bitḥāwel)
subjunctive m احاول (aḥāwel) تحاول (tḥāwel) يحاول (yḥāwel) نحاول (nḥāwel) تحاولو (tḥāwlu) يحاولو (yḥāwlu)
f تحاولي (tḥāwli) تحاول (tḥāwel)
imperative m حاول (ḥāwel) حاولو (ḥāwlu)
f حاولي (ḥāwli)