خلع

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خلع^¹

/xa.la.ʕa/

verb خَلَعَ · ḵalaʕa · يَخْلَعُ · خَلْع · خَلَاعَة

transitive to take (an item of clothing) off (one's or someone else's body), to remove; to pull off; to strip off اِخْلَعْ عَنْكَ ثِيَابَكَ.
Similar: أَزَالَ, نَزَعَ, وَضَعَ
transitive to remove by pulling, to take out, to pull out, to extract خَلَعَ الطَّبِيبُ سِنَّهُ.
Similar: نَزَعَ
Arabic, Modern, Standard, transitive to remove from power, to overthrow, to oust, to topple خُلِعَ مُحَمَّدُ حُسْنِيِّ مُبَارَكٍ سَنَةَ 2011.
transitive, of a woman to divorce (one's husband) under a divorce settlement whereby the woman agrees to give away an amount of money or property to the man or to forgo her right thereto خَلَعَتْ زَوْجَهَا بِمَهْرِهَا.
transitive, of a man, of a woman to separate from (one's wife) under such a settlement

خلع^²

/xa.lu.ʕa/

verb خَلُعَ · ḵaluʕa · يَخْلُعُ · خَلَاعَة · خَلِيع

intransitive, transitive to become loose, dissolute

خلع^³

/xal.la.ʕa/

verb خَلَّعَ · ḵallaʕa · يُخَلِّعُ · تَخْلِيع · مُخَلِّع

intransitive, transitive to break into pieces, to break up, to disjoint

خلع^⁴

/xalʕ/

noun خَلْع · ḵalʕ · الْخَلْع · خَلْعٌ

intransitive, noun from verb, transitive verbal noun of خَلَعَ (ḵalaʕa) (form I)

خلع^⁵

/xulʕ/

noun خُلْع · ḵulʕ · الْخُلْع · خُلْعٌ

intransitive, transitive, uncountable divorce from one's wife on her request, usually in exchange for the dower; khul', khula

In English

take off to remove
divorce legal dissolution of a marriage
dislocation dislocating of a joint

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {خلع},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%AE%D9%84%D8%B9},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

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