ع ل ق

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

This root primarily concerns the concept of clinging, attaching, or adhering to something. It extends to meanings related to blood clots, substances that stick, and even emotional attachments like love or animosity. It also encompasses terms for tools used for drawing water and, metaphorically, for things that are essential for sustenance.

Derived headwords

العَلَقnoun

1.
blood clotboth
Generally refers to blood, especially when it is intensely red, thick, or coagulated before drying.
2.
thing that clingsboth
Anything that attaches itself to something else.
3.
mudclassical
Mud that sticks to the hand.
4.
dispute or loveboth
Persistent animosity or affection.
5.
leechboth
A small red creature found in water that attaches to the body and sucks blood; used medicinally.
6.
sustenanceboth
What livestock graze on from trees, or what one can subsist on.
7.
main part of the roadclassical
The most significant portion of a path.
8.
part of a well-drawing apparatusclassical
The part to which the pulley is attached from the frame.
9.
rope of a well-bucketclassical
The rope attached to the pulley or the pulley itself.
10.
loveboth
Deep-seated affection or passion for someone.

خلق الإنسان من علق — Man was created from a clinging substance (blood clot).

ترى بها من كل مرشاش الورق كثامر الحماض من هفت العلق — You see in it from every gushing of leaves like the fruiting of the wild sorrel from the clinging substance.

عَلِقَverb

1.
to clingboth
To attach oneself firmly to something.
2.
to become attached (emotionally)both
To develop a strong affection or animosity towards someone.
3.
to get stuckboth
To become lodged or trapped, especially in the throat.
4.
to learnclassical
To become aware of or to know something.
5.
to beginclassical
To start doing something, similar to 'ṭafiqa'.
6.
to become pregnantclassical
For a female to conceive.

وقد علق به علقا: إذا خاصمه — And he became hostile to him with animosity: if he disputed with him.

وقد علق به علقا: إذا هويه — And he became attached to him with affection: if he loved him.

فعلقوا وجهه ضربا — And they began to strike his face.

عَلِقَ بهverb

1.
to be attached toboth
To have a strong emotional connection, either positive (love) or negative (animosity), to someone.

وإذا خاصمه، وعلق به علقا: إذا هويه — And if he disputed with him, and became attached to him with affection: if he loved him.

عُلُوقnoun

1.
attachment (love)both
The state of being deeply in love or having a strong affection.
2.
clingingboth
The act of attaching or sticking to something.

وعلق حبها بقلبه علوقا بالضم — And her love attached itself to his heart with a deep attachment.

عَلَقَةnoun

1.
blood clotboth
A piece of coagulated blood.
2.
sustenanceboth
What is sufficient for sustenance, especially from plants or food.
3.
small amountboth
A small quantity of something, often food.

ثم خلقنا النطفة علقة — Then We created the drop of sperm into a clinging substance (blood clot).

عَلَاقnoun

1.
sustenanceboth
What one can subsist on, especially from plants.
2.
main part of the roadclassical
The most significant portion of a path.

وفلاة كأنها ظهر ترس ... ليس إلا الرجيع فيها علاق — And a desert like the back of a shield... with nothing in it but regurgitated food.

عَلَاقَةnoun

1.
loveboth
A strong affection or love for someone.
2.
attachmentboth
A strong bond or connection.
3.
sustenanceboth
What is sufficient for sustenance.

لقد علقت مي بقلبي علاقة ... بطيئا على مر الليالي انحلالها — May has attached herself to my heart with an attachment... slow to dissolve over the passing nights.

مَعْلَقnoun

1.
something attachedboth
Anything that is hung or attached to something else.

مَعْلُوقnoun

1.
something stuckclassical
Something that has become lodged or stuck, especially in the throat.

نشـب العلق في حلقه عند الشراب فهو معلوق — The thing got stuck in his throat when drinking, so he is lodged.

مَعْلَقَةnoun

1.
something that clingsclassical
A person who is tenacious and clings to whatever they encounter.
2.
hanging objectboth
A thing that is hung or suspended.

أخاف أن يعلقها ذو معلقه — I fear that the tenacious one will attach himself to it.

مَعْلَاقnoun

1.
eloquent tongueclassical
A skilled and persuasive speaker.
2.
tenacious opponentclassical
A fierce debater who clings to arguments.

وخصيما ألد ذا معلاق — And a stubborn opponent with a tenacious tongue.

مَعْلَاقَانnoun

1.
parts of a well-bucket apparatusclassical
The parts of the apparatus used for drawing water with a bucket and pulley.

المعلاقان: معلاق الدلو وشبهها — The two 'ma'laqan': the attachment of the bucket and the like.

عَلَّقَverb

1.
to hangboth
To suspend something.
2.
to attachboth
To fasten or connect something to another.
3.
to get stuckboth
To become lodged or trapped.
4.
to beginclassical
To start doing something.

علق حوضي نغر مكب — My basin began to be frequented by a diving bird.

تَعَلَّقَverb

1.
to cling toboth
To hold onto something firmly.
2.
to be attached toboth
To have a strong emotional connection.
3.
to graze onboth
For animals to eat leaves or branches from trees.
4.
to drinkclassical
For an animal to drink water.

تعلق كتسمع — To cling, as in 'tasma'a'.

عَلَقِيّadjective

1.
related to Alqboth
Pertaining to a person named Alq or a place named Alq.

جندب بن عبد الله بن سفيان البجلي العلقي الصحابي الجليل — Jundub bin Abdullah bin Sufyan Al-Bajali Al-'Allaqi, the noble companion.

عَلَقَىnoun

1.
a type of plantclassical
A plant that can be used as sustenance.

فحط في علقى وفي مكور — He settled in 'alaqa' and in 'mukawwar'.

عَلَّقَةnoun

1.
a type of plantclassical
A plant that can be used as sustenance.

الواحدة علقاة — The singular is 'allaqah'.

مَعَالِيقnoun

1.
a type of palm treeclassical
A variety of date palm tree.

لئن نجوت ونجت معاليق من الدبى — If I survive and the 'ma'aliq' trees survive the locusts.

Parallel reading

خلق الإنسان من علق

Man was created from a clinging substance (blood clot).

ثم خلقنا النطفة علقة

Then We created the drop of sperm into a clinging substance (blood clot).

ترى بها من كل مرشاش الورق كثامر الحماض من هفت العلق

You see in it from every gushing of leaves like the fruiting of the wild sorrel from the clinging substance.

والعلق: كل ما علق.

And 'alaq: everything that clings.

وأيضا: الطين الذي يعلق باليد.

And also: the mud that clings to the hand.

وأيضا: الخصومة والمحبة اللازمتان

And also: persistent animosity and love.

وقد علق به علقا: إذا خاصمه

And he became hostile to him with animosity: if he disputed with him.

وعلق به علقا: إذا هويه

And he became attached to him with affection: if he loved him.

والعلق: دويبة، وهي دويدة حمراء تكون في الماء تعلق بالبدن وتمص الدم

And 'alaq: a small creature, a small red one found in water that attaches to the body and sucks blood.

خير الدواء العلق والحجامة.

The best medicine is the leech and cupping.

والعلق: ما تتبلغ به الماشية من الشجر

And 'alaq: what livestock graze on from the trees.

ما ذقت علاقا.

I did not taste any sustenance.

وفلاة كأنها ظهر ترس ... ليس إلا الرجيع فيها علاق

And a desert like the back of a shield... with nothing in it but regurgitated food.

والعلق: معظم الطريق.

And 'alaq: the main part of the road.

والعلق: الذي تعلق به البكرة من القامة.

And 'alaq: that to which the pulley is attached from the frame.

أعرني علقك، أي: أداة بكرتك

Lend me your 'alaq, meaning: your pulley apparatus.

والأعلاق أو العلق: الرشاء، والغرب، والمحور والبكرة جميعا

And 'a'laq or 'alaq: the rope, the bucket, the axle, and the pulley all together.

والعلق: الهوى والحب اللازم للقلب.

And 'alaq: the passion and love that is fixed in the heart.

نظرة من ذي علق

A glance from one who is in love.

ولقد أردت الصبر عنك فعاقني ... علق بقلبي من هواك قديم

And I wanted to be patient with you, but an old attachment from my love for you prevented me.

فقد علق الأحشاء ما علقا

What had clung to the innards, had clung.

لقد علقت مي بقلبي علاقة ... بطيئا على مر الليالي انحلالها

May has attached herself to my heart with an attachment... slow to dissolve over the passing nights.

لها في قلبي علق حب، وعلاقة حب، وعلاقة حب

She has in my heart a clinging love, and a bond of love, and a relationship of love.

والعلق من القربة، كعرقها، وهو سير تعلق به

And 'alaq from the waterskin, like its strap, which is a strap by which it is attached.

علق حوضي نغر مكب

My basin began to be frequented by a diving bird.

فعلقوا وجهه ضربا

And they began to strike his face.

علقت معالقها وصر الجندب

Her attachments were made and the cricket chirped.

جاء بعلق فلق

He came with a great calamity.

ورجل ذو معلقة: إذا كان مغيرا يتعلق بكل ما أصابه.

And a man with 'ma'laqah': if he is aggressive, clinging to everything that befalls him.

ورجل معلاق، وذو معلاق أي: خصم شديد الخصومة يتعلق بالحجج ويستدركها

And a man 'mi'laq', and 'dhu mi'laq' meaning: a fierce opponent who clings to arguments and retrieves them.

والمعلاق: اللسان البليغ.

And 'al-mi'laq': the eloquent tongue.

إذا علق خصما لم يتخلص منه

If he attaches himself to an opponent, he cannot escape him.

وكل ما علق به شيء فهو معلاقه

And everything to which something is attached is its 'ma'laq'.

علقت المرأة علقا، أي: حبلت

The woman became pregnant, meaning: she conceived.

علقت الإبل العضاه، كنصر وسمع تعلق علقا: إذا تسنمتها، أي: رعتها من أعلاها

The camels grazed on the thorny trees, as in 'naṣara' and 'sami'a', 'talaqqa' with 'alaqan': if they reached for them, meaning: they grazed on them from above.

أرواح الشهداء في حواصل طير خضر تعلق من ثمار الجنة

The souls of the martyrs are in the crops of green birds, clinging to the fruits of Paradise.

تعلق، أي: تتناول بأفواهها.

'Talaqqa', meaning: they reach for them with their mouths.

شربت الماء فعلقت بها العلقة

She drank the water, and the 'alaqah' (thirst) clung to her.

ما يأكل فلان إلا علقة.

So-and-so eats nothing but a meager amount.

العلقة: شجر يبقى في الشتاء تعلق به الإبل حتى تدرك الربيع.

Al-'alaqah: trees that remain in winter, to which camels cling until spring arrives.

البهم تعلق من الورق، أي تصيب

The young animals graze on the leaves, meaning they reach them.

فحط في علقى وفي مكور بين تواري الشمس والذرور

He settled in 'alaqa' and in 'mukawwar' between the setting of the sun and the scattering.

الواحدة علقاة

The singular is 'allaqah'.