هلال

Arabic edit

Cognate with Hebrew ה־ל־ל (“Forming words relating to being clear and shining”, root) and Ugaritic 𐎅𐎍𐎍 (hll).

هِلَال • (hilāl) m (plural أَهِلَّة (ʔahilla))

crescent, crescent moon
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:189:
  يَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ ٱلْأَهِلَّةِ ۖ قُلْ هِيَ مَوَاقِيتُ لِلنَّاسِ وَٱلْحَجِّ ۗ وَلَيْسَ ٱلْبِرُّ بِأَن تَأْتُوا الْبُيُوتَ مِن ظُهُورِهَا وَلَٰكِنَّ الْبِرَّ مَنِ ٱتَّقَىٰ ۗ وَأْتُوا ٱلْبُيُوتَ مِنْ أَبْوَابِهَا ۚ وَٱتَّقُوا ٱللّٰهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ
  yasʔalūnaka ʕani l-ʔahillati qul hiya mawāqītu li-n-nāsi wa-lḥajji walaysa l-birru biʔan taʔtū l-buyūta min ẓuhūrihā walākinna l-birra mani ttaqā waʔtū l-buyūta min ʔabwābihā wattaqū llāha laʕallakum tufliḥūna
  They ask thee about the crescents. Say: "They are fixed seasons for mankind and for the pilgrimage". It is not righteousness that ye go to houses by the backs thereof, but the righteous man is he who wardeth off. So go to houses by the gates thereof, and observe your duty to Allah, that ye may be successful.
moonlight, glow, aura

Declension of noun هِلَال (hilāl)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِلَال hilāl	الْهِلَال al-hilāl	هِلَال hilāl
Nominative	هِلَالٌ hilālun	الْهِلَالُ al-hilālu	هِلَالُ hilālu
Accusative	هِلَالًا hilālan	الْهِلَالَ al-hilāla	هِلَالَ hilāla
Genitive	هِلَالٍ hilālin	الْهِلَالِ al-hilāli	هِلَالِ hilāli
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	هِلَالَيْن hilālayn	الْهِلَالَيْن al-hilālayn	هِلَالَيْ hilālay
Nominative	هِلَالَانِ hilālāni	الْهِلَالَانِ al-hilālāni	هِلَالَا hilālā
Accusative	هِلَالَيْنِ hilālayni	الْهِلَالَيْنِ al-hilālayni	هِلَالَيْ hilālay
Genitive	هِلَالَيْنِ hilālayni	الْهِلَالَيْنِ al-hilālayni	هِلَالَيْ hilālay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَهِلَّة ʔahilla	الْأَهِلَّة al-ʔahilla	أَهِلَّة ʔahillat
Nominative	أَهِلَّةٌ ʔahillatun	الْأَهِلَّةُ al-ʔahillatu	أَهِلَّةُ ʔahillatu
Accusative	أَهِلَّةً ʔahillatan	الْأَهِلَّةَ al-ʔahillata	أَهِلَّةَ ʔahillata
Genitive	أَهِلَّةٍ ʔahillatin	الْأَهِلَّةِ al-ʔahillati	أَهِلَّةِ ʔahillati