خيَّلَ يخيِّل، تخييلاً، فهو مخيِّل، والمفعول مخيَّل
Root: خ ي لSub-Meanings / Derivatives:
خيَّل الشَّيءَ
تخيَّله في نفسه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Imagined it within himself
خيَّل إليه الأمرَ/ خيَّل له الأمرَ
شبهه له وزيّنه، ووجّه إليه وَهْمَه، جعله يتخيَّله ويتوهمَّه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Made it seem like it to him and adorned it, directed his illusion to it, made him imagine and fancy it
خيَّل عليه الأمرَ
لبّسه وشبّهه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Obscured it and disguised it
خيَّل فيه الخيرَ
توسَّمه، تفرَّسه وظنَّه فيه
🇬🇧 Translation:
Foresaw it, perceived it and thought it to be in him
Example / Citation:
" خيَّل الحبلَ ثعبانًا يسعى "
🇬🇧 Translation:
"He imagined the rope to be a slithering snake"
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