حالة

See also: خالة, چاله, and خاله

Arabic

Etymology 1

From the root ح و ل (ḥ w l); feminine of حَال (ḥāl, “condition, state, case, etc.”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.la/

Noun

حَالَة • (ḥāla) f (plural حَالَات (ḥālāt))

1. condition, state
2. situation
3. context, circumstance
4. status
5. case
6. (grammar) case

Declension

Declension of noun حَالَة (ḥāla)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَالَة ḥāla	الْحَالَة al-ḥāla	حَالَة ḥālat
Nominative	حَالَةٌ ḥālatun	الْحَالَةُ al-ḥālatu	حَالَةُ ḥālatu
Accusative	حَالَةً ḥālatan	الْحَالَةَ al-ḥālata	حَالَةَ ḥālata
Genitive	حَالَةٍ ḥālatin	الْحَالَةِ al-ḥālati	حَالَةِ ḥālati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَالَتَيْن ḥālatayn	الْحَالَتَيْن al-ḥālatayn	حَالَتَيْ ḥālatay
Nominative	حَالَتَانِ ḥālatāni	الْحَالَتَانِ al-ḥālatāni	حَالَتَا ḥālatā
Accusative	حَالَتَيْنِ ḥālatayni	الْحَالَتَيْنِ al-ḥālatayni	حَالَتَيْ ḥālatay
Genitive	حَالَتَيْنِ ḥālatayni	الْحَالَتَيْنِ al-ḥālatayni	حَالَتَيْ ḥālatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	حَالَات ḥālāt	الْحَالَات al-ḥālāt	حَالَات ḥālāt
Nominative	حَالَاتٌ ḥālātun	الْحَالَاتُ al-ḥālātu	حَالَاتُ ḥālātu
Accusative	حَالَاتٍ ḥālātin	الْحَالَاتِ al-ḥālāti	حَالَاتِ ḥālāti
Genitive	حَالَاتٍ ḥālātin	الْحَالَاتِ al-ḥālāti	حَالَاتِ ḥālāti

Descendants

• → Afar: caálat
• → Armenian: հալաթ (halatʻ)
• → Ottoman Turkish: حالت (halet)
  • Turkish: hâlet
• → Persian: حالت (hâlat)
  • → Bengali: হালত (halot)
  • → Hindi: हालत (hālat)
  • → Punjabi: ਹਾਲਤ (hālat)
  • → Urdu: حالَت (hālat)

References

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

Etymology 2

Accusative case construct state of حَالَة (ḥāla), with the accusative representing an adverbial accusative.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaː.la.ta/

Preposition

حَالَةَ • (ḥālata)

1. during

Inflection

Inflected forms

base form					حَالَةَ (ḥālata)
Personal-pronoun including forms
	singular		dual	plural
	m	f		m	f
1st person	حَالَتِي (ḥālatī)		حَالَتَنَا (ḥālatanā)
2nd person	حَالَتَكَ (ḥālataka)	حَالَتَكِ (ḥālataki)	حَالَتَكُمَا (ḥālatakumā)	حَالَتَكُمْ (ḥālatakum)	حَالَتَكُنَّ (ḥālatakunna)
3rd person	حَالَتَهُ (ḥālatahu)	حَالَتَهَا (ḥālatahā)	حَالَتَهُمَا (ḥālatahumā)	حَالَتَهُمْ (ḥālatahum)	حَالَتَهُنَّ (ḥālatahunna)