حالك

Arabic

Etymology

Derived from the active participle of حلك (ḥalaka, ḥalika, “to become excessively dark”). From the root ح ل ك (ḥ-l-k).

Adjective

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حَالِك • (ḥālik) (feminine حَالِكَة (ḥālika), masculine plural حَالِكُونَ (ḥālikūna), feminine plural حَالِكَات (ḥālikāt))

(literary) very dark or black, pitch-black, deep black, murky, gloomy
لَيْل حَالِك ― layl ḥālik ― A very dark night
- 13th century, Saʿdī aš-Šīrāzī, دیوان سعدی [Dīwān of Saʿdī]‎:
  وَبَعْضُ قُلُوبِ النَّاسِ أَحْلَكُ مِنْ حِبْرٍ
  wabaʕḍu qulūbi n-nāsi ʔaḥlaku min ḥibri
  And some of the hearts of the people are darker than ink

Declension

Declension of adjective حَالِك (ḥālik)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَالِك ḥālik	الْحَالِك al-ḥālik	حَالِكَة ḥālika	الْحَالِكَة al-ḥālika
Nominative	حَالِكٌ ḥālikun	الْحَالِكُ al-ḥāliku	حَالِكَةٌ ḥālikatun	الْحَالِكَةُ al-ḥālikatu
Accusative	حَالِكًا ḥālikan	الْحَالِكَ al-ḥālika	حَالِكَةً ḥālikatan	الْحَالِكَةَ al-ḥālikata
Genitive	حَالِكٍ ḥālikin	الْحَالِكِ al-ḥāliki	حَالِكَةٍ ḥālikatin	الْحَالِكَةِ al-ḥālikati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَالِكَيْن ḥālikayn	الْحَالِكَيْن al-ḥālikayn	حَالِكَتَيْن ḥālikatayn	الْحَالِكَتَيْن al-ḥālikatayn
Nominative	حَالِكَانِ ḥālikāni	الْحَالِكَانِ al-ḥālikāni	حَالِكَتَانِ ḥālikatāni	الْحَالِكَتَانِ al-ḥālikatāni
Accusative	حَالِكَيْنِ ḥālikayni	الْحَالِكَيْنِ al-ḥālikayni	حَالِكَتَيْنِ ḥālikatayni	الْحَالِكَتَيْنِ al-ḥālikatayni
Genitive	حَالِكَيْنِ ḥālikayni	الْحَالِكَيْنِ al-ḥālikayni	حَالِكَتَيْنِ ḥālikatayni	الْحَالِكَتَيْنِ al-ḥālikatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	حَالِكِين ḥālikīn	الْحَالِكِين al-ḥālikīn	حَالِكَات ḥālikāt	الْحَالِكَات al-ḥālikāt
Nominative	حَالِكُونَ ḥālikūna	الْحَالِكُونَ al-ḥālikūna	حَالِكَاتٌ ḥālikātun	الْحَالِكَاتُ al-ḥālikātu
Accusative	حَالِكِينَ ḥālikīna	الْحَالِكِينَ al-ḥālikīna	حَالِكَاتٍ ḥālikātin	الْحَالِكَاتِ al-ḥālikāti
Genitive	حَالِكِينَ ḥālikīna	الْحَالِكِينَ al-ḥālikīna	حَالِكَاتٍ ḥālikātin	الْحَالِكَاتِ al-ḥālikāti

References

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

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