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Root ع ل ق ʿ-l-q

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ع ل قʿ-l-q

(س) عَلِقَ يَعْلَقُ عُلُوْقًاʿaliqa yaʿlaqu ʿulūqan: for something to get caught up and entangled in something, to cling, to hang. (this verb is not used in the Quran).

عَلَقٌʿalaq, singular عَلَقَةٌʿalaqah: a clinging or hanging thing; a clot of congealed blood. ﴿خَلَقَ الْاِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ﴾ (Al-ʿAlaq 96:2); ﴿ثُمَّ خَلَقْنَا النُّطْفَةَ عَلَقَةً﴾ (Al-Muʾminūn 23:14)

Form II (tafʿīl) عَلَّقَ يُعَلِّقُ تَعْلِيْقًاʿallaqa yuʿalliqu taʿlīqan: to make cling, to hang up, to suspend.

مُعَلَّقٌmuʿallaq (passive participle, ism mafʿūl): left hanging, suspended. ﴿فَتَذَرُوْهَا كَالْمُعَلَّقَةِ﴾ (An-Nisāʾ 4:129)

Form V (tafaʿʿul) تَعَلَّقَ يَتَعَلَّقُ تَعَلُّقًاtaʿallaqa yataʿallaqu taʿalluqan: to be attached to something; to have an attachment (this verb is not used in the Quran).

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