ءلك

Root entry · 10 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of carrying or delivering a message, akin to a messenger or an envoy. It also extends to the act of chewing or masticating, possibly as a secondary or metaphorical extension of the primary meaning.

Derived headwords

علكverb

1.
to chewboth
To masticate or grind food in the mouth.

علكnoun

1.
chewingboth
The act of masticating.

الألوكةnoun

1.
messageclassical
A communication or dispatch sent from one person or place to another.

المألكةnoun

1.
messageclassical
A communication or dispatch sent from one person or place to another.

الألوكnoun

1.
messageclassical
A communication or dispatch sent from one person or place to another.
2.
messengerclassical
A person who carries a message or delivers something.

المألكnoun

1.
messageclassical
A communication or dispatch sent from one person or place to another.

الملكnoun

1.
royaltyclassical
The status or position of a king or queen.
2.
kingdomclassical
A territory ruled by a king or queen.

مألكةnoun

1.
messageclassical
A communication or dispatch sent from one person or place to another.

مألوكadjective

1.
entrusted with a messageclassical
Having been sent with a message or entrusted with a mission.

استألكverb

1.
to entrust with a messageclassical
To give someone a message to deliver or to entrust them with a mission.

Parallel reading

ألك الفرس اللجام: علكه.

The horse chewed the bridle: it masticated it.

والألوكة والمألكة، وتفتح اللام، والألوك والمألك، بضم اللام، ولا مفعل غيره: الرسالة

And al-awlūkah and al-ma'lakah (with fathah on the lam), and al-ulūk and al-ma'lak (with damm on the lam), and no other maf'al form: the message.

قيل: الملك مشتق منه، أصله: مألك.

It is said: Al-mulk is derived from it, its origin is ma'lak.

والألوك: الرسول.

And al-ulūk: the messenger.

والمألوك: المألوق.

And al-ma'lūk: the one who is sent with a message.

واستألك مألكته: حمل رسالته.

And he entrusted him with his message: he carried his message.