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حِلْيَةٌ Adornment in Arabic

حِلْيَةٌ is how you say “Adornment” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

لمّا نظرتَ في كتاب حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم الأصبهاني أعجبك ذكر الصالحين والأخيار،

When you looked into the book 'Adornment of the Saints' by Abu Nu'aym al-Isfahani, you were impressed by the mention of the righteous and the virtuous.

حِلْيَةِ Adornment

A noun, 'Adornment', the owned half of the 'book of Adornment' pairing and itself heading a further pairing with 'the Saints'. Arabic can stack such possessive links, so this word is at once owned by 'book' and owner of 'the Saints'.

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