حَلْىٌ

An ornament (Mgh, Msb, *, K) of a woman, (S, Mgh, Msb,) of moulded metal, or of stones, (K,) or of gold, or of silver, and some say, or of jewels, or gems: (Mgh:) plural حُلِىٌّ (S, Mgh, Msb, K) and حِلِىٌّ, also, because of the حُلِىٌّ like عِصِىٌّ: (S, TA:) or حَلْىٌ is a plural [or coll. gen. n.], and its singular [or n. un.] is ↓ حَلْيَةٌ: (K:) so says AAF: (TA:) ↓ حِلْيَةٌ, also, signifies the same as حَلْىٌ; (K; [in the CK حُلِىّ;]) and particularly, (K,) the ornament, or ornaments, حَلْىٌ, K, or زِينَةٌ, Mgh and Msb,) of gold or silver, (Mgh,) of a sword, (S, Mgh, Msb, K,) as also ↓ حَلَاةٌ, (K,) or of a lamp, and of other things: (Mgh:) according to Lth, حَلْىٌ signifies any حِلْيَة [i. e. ornament, or ornaments,] with which one decks a woman or a sword and the like: but according to others, only of a woman; and one says only ↓ حِلْيَةٌ in relation to other things, to a sword [for instance], and the like: (TA:) the plural of حِلْيَةٌ is حِلًى and حُلًى; (S, K;) or, according to IF, it has no plural (Msb.)