إغليق
Arabic
FWOTD – 23 August 2021
Etymology
From the root غ ل ق (ḡ-l-q), possibly formed after the model of إِقْلِيد (ʾiqlīd).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔiɣ.liːq/
Noun
إِغْلِيق • (ʾiḡlīq) m (plural أَغَالِيق (ʾaḡālīq))
- (obsolete) key
- 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 64:86:
- فَدَخَلْتُ فَكَمَنْتُ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ النَّاسُ أَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ، ثُمَّ عَلَّقَ الأَغَالِيقَ عَلَى وَتَدٍ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى الأَقَالِيدِ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَفَتَحْتُ الْبَابَ.
- fadaḵaltu fakamantu, falammā daḵala n-nāsu ʾaḡlaqa l-bāba, ṯumma ʿallaqa l-ʾaḡālīqa ʿalā watadin qāla faqumtu ʾilā l-ʾaqālīdi, faʾaḵaḏtuhā fafataḥtu l-bāba.
- So I went in [the castle] and hid myself. When the people got inside, [the gate-keeper] closed the gate and hung the keys on a fixed wooden peg. I got up and took the keys and opened the gate.
- Synonym: مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ)
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Declension
Declension of noun إِغْلِيق (ʾiḡlīq)
Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
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Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | إِغْلِيق ʾiḡlīq | الْإِغْلِيق al-ʾiḡlīq | إِغْلِيق ʾiḡlīq |
Nominative | إِغْلِيقٌ ʾiḡlīqun | الْإِغْلِيقُ al-ʾiḡlīqu | إِغْلِيقُ ʾiḡlīqu |
Accusative | إِغْلِيقًا ʾiḡlīqan | الْإِغْلِيقَ al-ʾiḡlīqa | إِغْلِيقَ ʾiḡlīqa |
Genitive | إِغْلِيقٍ ʾiḡlīqin | الْإِغْلِيقِ al-ʾiḡlīqi | إِغْلِيقِ ʾiḡlīqi |
Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
Informal | إِغْلِيقَيْن ʾiḡlīqayn | الْإِغْلِيقَيْن al-ʾiḡlīqayn | إِغْلِيقَيْ ʾiḡlīqay |
Nominative | إِغْلِيقَانِ ʾiḡlīqāni | الْإِغْلِيقَانِ al-ʾiḡlīqāni | إِغْلِيقَا ʾiḡlīqā |
Accusative | إِغْلِيقَيْنِ ʾiḡlīqayni | الْإِغْلِيقَيْنِ al-ʾiḡlīqayni | إِغْلِيقَيْ ʾiḡlīqay |
Genitive | إِغْلِيقَيْنِ ʾiḡlīqayni | الْإِغْلِيقَيْنِ al-ʾiḡlīqayni | إِغْلِيقَيْ ʾiḡlīqay |
Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
Informal | أَغَالِيق ʾaḡālīq | الْأَغَالِيق al-ʾaḡālīq | أَغَالِيق ʾaḡālīq |
Nominative | أَغَالِيقُ ʾaḡālīqu | الْأَغَالِيقُ al-ʾaḡālīqu | أَغَالِيقُ ʾaḡālīqu |
Accusative | أَغَالِيقَ ʾaḡālīqa | الْأَغَالِيقَ al-ʾaḡālīqa | أَغَالِيقَ ʾaḡālīqa |
Genitive | أَغَالِيقَ ʾaḡālīqa | الْأَغَالِيقِ al-ʾaḡālīqi | أَغَالِيقِ ʾaḡālīqi |