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

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

Declension of noun حَالَة (ḥāla)

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
	Masculine	Feminine	Common	Masculine	Feminine
First person	حَالَتِي (ḥālatī)		حَالَتَنَا (ḥālatanā)
Second person	حَالَتَكَ (ḥālataka)	حَالَتَكِ (ḥālataki)	حَالَتَكُمَا (ḥālatakumā)	حَالَتَكُمْ (ḥālatakum)	حَالَتَكُنَّ (ḥālatakunna)
Third person	حَالَتَهُ (ḥālatahu)	حَالَتَهَا (ḥālatahā)	حَالَتَهُمَا (ḥālatahumā)	حَالَتَهُمْ (ḥālatahum)	حَالَتَهُنَّ (ḥālatahunna)