Hebrew Learning Guide
Adjectives

root חלל

חִילוֹנִי chiloni
חִילוֹנִית chilonit

secular, non-religious

Adjective forms

masc. singular fem. singular masc. plural fem. plural
חִילוֹנִי chiloni
חִילוֹנִית chilonit
חִילוֹנִיִּים chiloniyim
חִילוֹנִיּוֹת chiloniyot

Notes

The first radical of this word is guttural; this affects the adjacent vowels.

See also

  • Noun חוּלִּיָּה link (of chain); vertebra; part, component, element (of machine, equipment); stage, step (in progression)
  • Noun – kittul pattern, masculine חִילּוּל desecration, defilement
  • Noun – katla pattern, feminine חַלָּה challah; portion of dough set aside and burned (Judaism)
  • Adjective – katul pattern חָלוּל hollow
  • Noun – kitlon pattern, masculine חַלּוֹן window; gap, free time (coll.)
  • Noun – ktil pattern, masculine חֲלִיל flute
  • Adverb חָלִילָה God forbid, by no means (usually in expression חַס וְחָלִילָה)
  • Noun – feminine חֲלִילִית recorder (musical instrument)
  • Noun – katal pattern, masculine חָלָל space; outer space; void, cavity
  • Verb – pi'el לְחַלֵּל to desecrate
  • Verb – hif'il לְהָחֵל to start, to begin (lit.)
  • Noun – feminine חֲלָלִית spaceship
  • Noun – mekila pattern, feminine מְחִילָּה burrow, tunnel
  • Noun – tkilla pattern, feminine תְּחִילָּה beginning
  • Noun – feminine תְּחִילִּית prefix (grammar)