فيلق

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فيلق¹

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From Aramaic פּלג (plag, “phalanx, military unit; attendant or bodyguard especially of the Persian king”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phắlănx) – in which case a doublet of فَلَقَة (falaqa) – or from Aramaic פּלוגּה (pluggā, “group, division”), derived from Proto-Semitic *palag- (“to split, to divide, to cleave, to partition”); see פלג and φῠ́λᾰξ (phŭ́lăx). First attested in 573

noun فَيْلَق · faylaq · فَيَالِق · الْفَيْلَق

  1. corps, legion, regiment الفَيْلَق الرَابِع فِي الجَيْشِ المِصْرِيِّ

فيلق²

Where it comes from

Denominal verb from فَيْلَق (faylaq). First attested in 2008.

verb فَيْلَقَ · faylaqa · يُفَيْلِقُ · فَيْلَقَة · مُفَيْلِق

  1. transitive to enter someone into a corps, legion نَرَى فِي مُجْتَمَعِ مَا بَعْدَ الحَدَاثَةِ مُجْتَمَعَ مَا بَعْدَ الفَرْدِ وَالفَرْدِيَّةِ أَنَّهُ " يُفَيْلِقُ " الفَرْدَ وَيُنَظِّمُهُ فِي طِرَازَاتٍ ذَوْقِيَّة

In English

  • corps battlefield formation
  • legion the major unit or division of the Roman army

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {فيلق},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%82},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}

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