Arabic

Verb

غَلَقَ • ‎(ḡalaqa) I, non-past يَغْلِقُ or يَغْلُقُ‎ (yaḡliqu or yaḡluqu)

1. to lock or shut (a door)
2. to travel far

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “غلق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 2

Verb

غَلِقَ • ‎(ḡaliqa) I, non-past يَغْلَقُ‎ (yaḡlaqu)

1. to become forfeit to the receiver when not redeemed in a stipulated time (of a pledge)
2. to be unransomed or unredeemed
3. to stick fast (of one's heart, temper, etc.)
4. to be or become disquieted by grief
5. to be or become angry
6. to have worms in the base of its branches, rendering it unable to produce fruit (of a palm tree)
7. to become galled with galls not to be cured (of a camel's back)

Conjugation

References

• “غلق” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “غلق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 3

Noun

غَلْق • ‎(ḡalq) m

1. verbal noun of غَلَقَ ‎(ḡalaqa, “to lock, shut”) (form I)
2. locking, shutting

Declension

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “غلق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen

Etymology 4

Noun

غَلَق • ‎(ḡalaq) m ‎(plural أَغْلَاق ‎(ʾaḡlāq) or أَغَالِق ‎(ʾaḡāliq))

1. verbal noun of غَلِقَ ‎(ḡaliqa, “to become forfeit when not redeemed in time”) (form I)
2. bolt, keyless wooden lock
3. keystone

Declension

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “غلق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen