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خَيَال

imagination

Noun · masculineRoot خ-ي-ل

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Plural
خَيَالَات
Other plural
أَخْيِلَة

Most common words from the same root

Verb · Form V
to imagine
Adjective
خَيَالِيّ
imaginary
Noun
تَخَيُّل
Verb · Form I
خَالَ
to assume

خَيَال in English

Noun · masculine

  1. imagination
  2. shadow
  3. fiction

Words from the root خ-ي-ل

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خَالَ · present يَخَالُ

to assume, to presume, to think as

خَيْل
Verbal noun
خَيَلَان
Verbal noun
خَيْلَة
Verbal noun
خَيْلُولَة
Verbal noun
مَخِيلَة
Verbal noun
مَخَالَة
Verbal noun
مَخِيل
Passive participle
تَخَيَّلَ · present يَتَخَيَّلُ

to imagine, to take into one's head, to fancy; to be conceived, be imagined; to appear probable, to exhibit verisimilitude

تَخَيُّل
Verbal noun
مُتَخَيِّل
Active participle
مُتَخَيَّل
Passive participle
تَخَايَلَ · present يَتَخَايَلُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to be or become arrogant, proud, vain, haughty, pompous, conceited, to parade, show off

تَخَايُل
Verbal noun
مُتَخَايِل
Active participle
مُتَخَايَل
Passive participle
Noun · m.
imagination
خَيَالِيّ
Adjective
imaginary
خُيَلَاء
Noun · f.
pride
اِخْتِيَال
Noun · m.
verbal noun of إِخْتَالَ
مُخَيِّلَة
Noun · f.
imagination

خَيَال: plural and other forms

Singularخَيَال
Pluralخَيَالَات
Alternative pluralsأَخْيِلَة

خَيَال in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهُ مَاشِيًا عَلَى الْبَحْرِ ظَنُّوهُ خَيَالاً، فَصَرَخُوا.But when they saw him walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been a spirit, and cried out:Mark 6:49, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV
فَلَمَّا أَبْصَرَهُ التَّلاَمِيذُ مَاشِيًا عَلَى الْبَحْرِ اضْطَرَبُوا قَائِلِينَ: «إِنَّهُ خَيَالٌ». وَمِنَ الْخَوْفِ صَرَخُوا!And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear.Matthew 14:26, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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