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حِيالَ
regarding, concerning /ħiˈjaː.la/
particleA2#882 most common
Also: towards, in the face of, opposite, facing, with respect to
Example sentences
ما رأيُكَ حِيالَ هذا؟
What is your opinion regarding this?
موقِفي حِيالَ الأمرِ واضِحٌ.
My position regarding the matter is clear.
لم يفعَلْ شيئًا حِيالَ المُشكِلة.
He did nothing about the problem.
عبّرتِ الحكومةُ عن قلقِها حِيالَ الوضعِ الاقتصادي.
The government expressed its concern regarding the economic situation.
يختلِفُ الناسُ في مواقِفِهم حِيالَ قضايا الهجرةِ والاندماج.
People differ in their positions regarding the issues of immigration and integration.
إنّ صمتَ المجتمعِ الدولي حِيالَ هذه الانتهاكاتِ يُعَدُّ تواطؤًا ضِمنيًّا.
The international community's silence regarding these violations amounts to implicit complicity.
Word family
Etymology
حِيال comes from the root ح-و-ل, which carries the sense of turning, surrounding, and facing. The form first named the space directly in front of something, the place that stands opposite it. From standing opposite a thing, the word shifted to mean in the face of it, then regarding it. In modern written Arabic it works as a preposition for stance and reaction: a position حيال an issue.
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