هل

4 أَهْلَلْنَا هِلَالَ شَهْرِ كَذَا : see سَلَخَ.10 اِسْتَهَلَّ : see a verse cited at the close of the first paragraph of art. ضحك. b2: See also a verse cited voce أَفْثَأَ. b3: See مُسْتَهَلٌّ.

هَلْ may be originally هَلْو or هَلْى or هَلّ: (Akh, in S, voce بل:) see بَلْ. b2: هَلْ followed by إِلَى: see the latter. b3: حَىّ هَلَ: see حى. b4: هَلَّا: see حَضَّةٌ and عَنْ, latter part, and لَوْلَا, and أَلَّا. هَلَّةٌ : see بَلَّةٌ.

الهِلاَلُ The new moon; or the moon when it is termed هِلاَل: it may be explained as meaning, generally, the moon when near the sun, or moon a little after or before the change. b2: See سَمَا.

مُسْتَهَلُّ الشَّهْرِ The first night of the lunar month. (Msb.)