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حَلِيلٌ حليل : see حَلَالٌ. ― -b2- Also A fellow-lodger, or fellow-resident, of another, in one house: fem. with ة. (S.) ― -b3- And hence, (TA,) A husband: (S, Msb, K:) and with ة a wife; (S, Mgh, Msb, K;) as also without ة: (K:) or they are so called because each occupies a place, in relation to the other, which none beside occupies: (Msb:) [but there may be two or more wives to one man:] accord. to some, they are so called because the husband is lawful to the wife, and the wife to the husband: but the word, [or rather each word,] thus applied, is ancient: not a law-term: the pl. is حَلَائِلُ. (TA.) ― -b4- Also A neighbour: (Msb:) fem. with ة. (S.) ― -b5- And A guest. (Msb.)
An Arabic-English Lexicon. London. Williams and Norgate. 1863.

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