# سهل
## Arabic
### Etymology 1.1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sahl/
* Audio:(file)

#### Adjective

سَهْل • (sahl) (feminine سَهْلَة (sahla), elative أَسْهَل (ʔashal))
* easy
    تَعَلَمُ اللُّغَةَ الْجَدِيدَةَ قَدْ يَكُنُ أَمْرًا سَهْلًا إِذَا كُنْتَ مُلْتَزِمًًا.taʕalamu l-luḡata l-jadīdata qad yakunu ʔamran sahlan ʔiḏā kunta multazimanan.Learning a new language can be easy if you're committed.
* flat; level

##### Antonyms

* صَعْب (ṣaʕb)

##### Derived terms

* سَهْل مُمْتَنِع (sahl mumtaniʕ)

#### Noun

سَهْل • (sahl) m (plural سُهُول (suhūl)) (countable)
* a plain, a grassland

##### Declension
### Etymology 1.2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sa.hu.la/

#### Verb

سَهُلَ • (sahula) I (non-past يَسْهُلُ (yashulu), verbal noun سُهُولَة (suhūla)) (intransitive)
* to be or become less difficult, toilsome, or laborious; to smooth
* (dated) to flatten

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 1.3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sah.ha.la/

#### Verb

سَهَّلَ • (sahhala) II (non-past يُسَهِّلُ (yusahhilu), verbal noun تَسْهِيل (tashīl)) (transitive)
* to make less difficult, toilsome, or laborious; to facilitate; to smooth; to lubricate
    Synonym: مَهَّدَ (mahhada)
* (dated) to flatten

##### Conjugation
### References

* Wehr, Hans (1979) “سهل”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

## Egyptian Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic سَهَّلَ (sahhala).

#### Pronunciation

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#### Verb

سهل • (sahhil) II (non-past يسهل (yisahhil))
* to facilitate

##### Conjugation

$^1$ The future tense can be prefixed with either هـ (ha-) or حـ (ḥa-) depending on the speaker.

### Etymology 2

From Arabic سَهْل (sahl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sahl/

#### Adjective

سهل • (sahl) (elative أسهل (ashal))
* easy, convenient

### References

* Hinds, Martin, Badawi, El-Said (1986) “س ه ل 1”, in A Dictionary of Egyptian Arabic‎, Beirut: Librairie du Liban, page 437

## Persian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَهْل (sahl).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Persian) IPA: [sahl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [säɦl]
* (Dari, formal) IPA: [säɦl]
** (Kabuli) IPA: [sɑːl]
** (Hazaragi) IPA: [sɔːl̥]
* (Iran, formal) IPA: [sæɦl̥]
* (Tajik, formal) IPA: [säɦl]

### Adjective

سهل • (sahl)
* easy
    Synonyms: ساده (sâde), راحت (râhat), خوار (xwâr), آسان (âsân)
    Antonyms: سخت (saxt), دشوار (došvâr)

## South Levantine Arabic
### Etymology 1

From Arabic سَهُلَ (sahula).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /si.hil/, [ˈsi.hɪl]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Verb

سهل • (sihil) I (present بسهل (bishal))
* to be easy
    بدّنا نقسّم الخطوات على جزئين عشان يسهلو عليكم.biddna nʔassim il-ḵuṭwāt ʕala juzʔēn ʕašān yshalu ʕalēkomWe're going to split up the steps into two parts so they'll be easy for you.

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2

From Arabic سَهَّلَ (sahhala).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sah.hal/, [ˈsah.hal]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Verb

سهّل • (sahhal) II (present بسهّل (bisahhel))
* to make (something) easy, to ease
    Synonym: هوّن (hawwan)

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 3

From Arabic سَهْل (sahl).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /sihl/, [ˈsɪ.h(ɪ)l]
* Audio (Ramallah):(file)

#### Adjective

سهل • (sihl) (feminine سهلة (sihle), elative أسهل (ʔashal))
* easy, convenient
    Synonym: هين (hayyen)
    Antonym: صعب (ṣaʕb)

##### See also

* بسيط (basīṭ, “simple”)
* مريح (mrayyeḥ, “convenient, comfortable”)