هل

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هل

/hal/

Where it comes from

Univerbation of هَـ (ha-, now interrogative أَ (ʔa)) + لـ (l-, affirmative particle, found as لَـ (la-, “truly”) and the exhortative لِـ (li-) the vowel of which disappears between فَـ (fa-) or وَ (wa) and a following verb).

particle هَلْ · hal

introduces a positive yes-no question هَلْ فَتَحْتَ النَّافِذَةَ؟
Similar: أَ
indicates a suggestion هَلْ أَدُلُّكُمْ عَلَى تِجَارَةٍ تُنْجِيكُم مِنْ عَذَابٍ أَلِيمٍ
indicates an exclusive disjunction with أَمْ (ʔam, “or”), as in alternative questions فَإِذَا أَرَادَ الْمُرِيدُ أَنَّ عُقُولَ الْعُقَلَاءِ لَمْ تَصِلْ إلَى مَعْرِفَةِ مِثْلِ هَذِهِ الْأُمُورِ فَهَذَا صَحِيحٌ وَأَمَّا إذَا أَرَادَ أَنَّ الْعُقَلَاءَ لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُمْ عِلْمٌ وَلَا يَقِينٌ بَلْ حَيْرَةٌ وَرَيْبٌ فَهَذَا بَاطِلٌ قَطْعًا. وَمَا ذُكِرَ عَنْ ذِي النُّونِ " فِي هَذَا الْبَا
Similar: أَ

In English

do in questions
whether if, whether or not

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {هل},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%87%D9%84},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}