غلقة

غلقة

Arabic

Alternative forms

• غَلْقَى‎ (ḡalqā)

Etymology

From the root غ ل ق‎ (ḡ-l-q).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣal.qa/; IPA^(key): /ɣil.qa/

Noun

غَلْقَة or غِلْقَة • (ḡalqa or ḡilqa) f

1. swallow-wort, Vincetoxicum (a sort of toxic plant that has been used for tanning, عَطْن‎ (ʿaṭn), as well as poisoning weapons)

Declension

Declension of noun غَلْقَة (ḡalqa)‎; غِلْقَة (ḡilqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	غَلْقَة‎; غِلْقَة ḡalqa‎; ḡilqa	الْغَلْقَة‎‎; الْغِلْقَة‎ al-ḡalqa‎; al-ḡilqa	غَلْقَة‎; غِلْقَة ḡalqat‎; ḡilqat
Nominative	غَلْقَةٌ‎; غِلْقَةٌ ḡalqatun‎; ḡilqatun	الْغَلْقَةُ‎‎; الْغِلْقَةُ‎ al-ḡalqatu‎; al-ḡilqatu	غَلْقَةُ‎; غِلْقَةُ ḡalqatu‎; ḡilqatu
Accusative	غَلْقَةً‎; غِلْقَةً ḡalqatan‎; ḡilqatan	الْغَلْقَةَ‎‎; الْغِلْقَةَ‎ al-ḡalqata‎; al-ḡilqata	غَلْقَةَ‎; غِلْقَةَ ḡalqata‎; ḡilqata
Genitive	غَلْقَةٍ‎; غِلْقَةٍ ḡalqatin‎; ḡilqatin	الْغَلْقَةِ‎‎; الْغِلْقَةِ‎ al-ḡalqati‎; al-ḡilqati	غَلْقَةِ‎; غِلْقَةِ ḡalqati‎; ḡilqati

References

• Freytag, Georg (1835), “غلقة”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 291
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860), “غلقة”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 496
• Lane, Edward William (1863), “غلقة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate, page 2286