غلق

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غلق

/ɣa.la.qa/

verb غَلَقَ · ḡalaqa · يَغْلِقُ · يَغْلُقُ · غَلْق

to shut, to close (a door) Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali وَلَا أَقُولُ لِقِدْرِ ٱلقَوْمِ قَدْ غَلِيَتْ وَلَا أَقُولُ لِبَابِ ٱلدَّارِ مَغْلُوقُ لَكِنْ أَقُولُ لِبَابِي مُغْلَقٌ وَغَلَتْ قِدْرِي وَقَابَلَهَا دَنٌّ وَإِبْرِيقُ walā ʔaqūlu liqidri l-qawmi qad ḡaliyat walā ʔaqūlu libābi d-dāri maḡlūqu lakin ʔaqūlu libābī muḡlaqun waḡala
to travel far

verb غَلِقَ · ḡaliqa · يَغْلَقُ · غَلَق · غُلُوق

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

verb غَلَّقَ · ḡallaqa · يُغَلِّقُ · تَغْلِيق · مُغَلِّق

transitive to close in large numbers or thoroughly وَرَاوَدَتْهُ الَّتِي هُوَ فِي بَيْتِهَا عَنْ نَفْسِهِ وَغَلَّقَتِ الأَبْوَابَ وَقَالَتْ هَيْتَ لَكَ

noun غَلْق · ḡalq · الْغَلْق · غَلْقٌ

noun from verb verbal noun of غَلَقَ (ḡalaqa, “to lock, shut”) (form I)
locking, shutting

noun غَلَق · ḡalaq · أَغْلَاق · أَغَالِيق · الْغَلَق

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

In English

lodge to be firmly fixed in a specified position
inscrutable difficult or impossible to comprehend, fathom or interpret

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {غلق},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D8%BA%D9%84%D9%82},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}