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حِلٌّ

Root: حل

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حِلٌّ an Verbal.Noun of 1 [q. v.], in several senses.
2 [Hence,] شُهُورُ الحِلِّ, or أَشْهُرُ الحِلِّ, [The profane months; i. e. all the months except those termed الأَشْهُرُ الحُرُمُ: see حَرَامٌ.]

def.2 Also a simple subst. from حلّل اليَمِينَ: see 2, in four places.

def.3 See also حَلَالٌ, in seven places.
2 [Hence,] الحِلُّ The region that is without the حَرَم [or sacred territory].

def.4 See also حَالٌّ.

def.5 Also A butt; an object of aim, at which one shoots or throws.
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