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هَلْ

Root: هل

Full Definition

هَلْ may be originally هَلْو or هَلْى or هَلّ: (Akh, in S, voce بل:) see بَلْ.
2 هَلْ followed by إِلَى: see the latter.
3 حَىّ هَلَ: see حى.
4 هَلَّا: see حَضَّةٌ and عَنْ, latter part, and لَوْلَا, and أَلَّا.
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