Arabic

Verb

عَلِقَ • ‎(ʿaliqa) I, non-past يَعْلَقُ‎ (yaʿlaqu)

1. (intransitive) to hang on, to be suspended
2. to be tied to, to be hooked in (transitive or بِ ‎(bi) or فِي ‎(fī) something)
3. to cling, to cleave, to be attached (بِ ‎(bi) to)
4. to get caught (بِ ‎(bi) on, فِي ‎(fī) in; a snare, trap, net or similar)
5. to begin (followed by the non-past)

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “علق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “علق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Verb

عَلِقَ • ‎(ʿaliqa) I, non-past يَعْلَقُ‎ (yaʿlaqu)

1. to be attached to, to love
2. to cling to
3. to know, to learn
4. to conceive (مِن ‎(min) by), to get big (بِ ‎(bi) with)
5. (passive) to adhere

Conjugation

References

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

Etymology 2

Verb

عَلَقَ • ‎(ʿalaqa) I, non-past يَعْلُقُ‎ (yaʿluqu)
عَلِقَ • ‎(ʿaliqa) I, non-past يَعْلَقُ‎ (yaʿlaqu)

1. to browse leaves from high trees

Conjugation

References

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

Etymology 3

Verb

عَلَقَ • ‎(ʿalaqa) I, non-past يَعْلُقُ‎ (yaʿluqu)

1. to revile

Conjugation

References

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

Etymology 4

Causative of عَلِقَ ‎(ʿaliqa, “to be suspended, to hang (intransitive), to be attached”).

Verb

عَلَّقَ • ‎(ʿallaqa) II, non-past يُعَلِّقُ‎ (yuʿalliqu)

1. (transitive) to hang, to suspend (بِ ‎(bi) or عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) something (transitive) on something)
2. to tie to, to hook in or to
3. to attach (something بِ ‎(bi) or عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) to something)
4. to remark, to comment (عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) on something)
5. to note down, to make marginal notes
6. to make (something) dependent (بِ ‎(bi) or عَلَى ‎(ʿalā) to something)
7. to leave pending
8. to set leeches
9. to give one a cancel with provisions to take with him
10. to mount afresh (an iron tool)
11. to ignite, to catch fire
12. to break out
13. to kindle
14. to lock up
15. (passive) to be in love

Conjugation

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “علق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979), “علق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, ISBN 0-87950-003-4

Etymology 5

Noun

عَلَق • ‎(ʿalaq) m ‎(plural أَعْلَاق ‎(ʾaʿlāq))

1. verbal noun of عَلِقَ ‎(ʿaliqa, “to hang (intransitive), be suspended”) (form I)
2. anything suspended or hung
3. suspensory cord (of the pulley of a well, a waterskin, etc.)
4. apparatus holding up the pulley of a well
5. pulley of a well
6. clay that clings to the hand
7. tenacious love
8. pertinaceous contention in an altercation
9. disputation, litigation
10. middle part of a road

Declension

References

• “علق” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Noun

عَلَق • ‎(ʿalaq) m ‎(collective, singulative عَلَقَة ‎(ʿalaqa), plural أَعْلَاق ‎(ʾaʿlāq))

1. leeches
2. blood
3. thick or clotted blood

Declension

References

• “علق” in Edward William Lane (1863), Arabic-English Lexicon, London: Williams & Norgate

Etymology 6

عَلْق • ‎(ʿalq) m

1. verbal noun of عَلَقَ ‎(ʿalaqa) (form I)
2. verbal noun of عَلِقَ ‎(ʿaliqa) (form I)

Declension

Etymology 7

Noun

عِلْق • ‎(ʿilq) m

1. verbal noun of عَلِقَ ‎(ʿaliqa) (form I)

Declension

Etymology 8

Noun

عَلْق • ‎(ʿalq) m

1. verbal noun of عَلِقَ ‎(ʿaliqa) (form I)
2. verbal noun of عَلَقَ ‎(ʿalaqa) (form I)

Declension