The Arabic root ه-و-ل (h-w-l)

Form I verb هَالَ: to frighten

5 words in the dictionary are built from ه-و-ل, including verbs in Forms I, II. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

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Verb · Form I

هَالَ

to frighten

Adjective

هَائِل

active participle of هَالَ

Verb · Form II

هَوَّلَ

to scaremonger

Noun

هَوْل

fright

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

هَالَ · present يَهُولُ

Form I · The plain action

to frighten

هَوْل

Verbal noun

fright

هَائِل

Active participle

active participle of هَالَ

مَهُول

Passive participle

هَوَّلَ · present يُهَوِّلُ

Form II · Causative or intensive

to scaremonger, to intimidate, to embellish, to frighten; to exaggerate, to overstate

تَهْوِيل

Verbal noun

frightening

مُهَوِّل

Active participle

مُهَوَّل

Passive participle

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