Arabic

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Etymology 1.1

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Root
ح ل ف (ḥ l f)
6 terms

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ħa.la.fa/

Verb

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حَلَفَ (ḥalafa) I (non-past يَحْلِفُ (yaḥlifu), verbal noun حَلْف (ḥalf) or حَلِف (ḥalif) or حِلْف (ḥilf))

  1. to swear
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Etymology 1.2

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Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ħal.la.fa/

Verb

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حَلَّفَ (ḥallafa) II (non-past يُحَلِّفُ (yuḥallifu), verbal noun تَحْلِيف (taḥlīf))

  1. to make swear, to put to oath, to swear in
  2. to adjure, to entreat earnestly
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Etymology 1.3

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IPA(key): /ħalf/

Noun

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حَلْف (ḥalfm

  1. oath

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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