غلق
Root: غلق
3 entries for this word
Hans Wehr Definitions
Entry 1
غلق galaqa i (galq) to close, shut (هـ s.th., a door); to look, bolt (هـ s.th., a door); galiqa a (galaq): غلق الرهن (rahnu) the pledge was forfeited as the pledger was unable to redeem it II to close shut (هـ s.th., a door); to lock, bolt (هـ s.th., a door) IV = II; to declare a pledge (رهنا rahnan) to be forfeited, foreclose (رهنا a mortgage); pass. ugliqa to be obscure, dark, ambiguous, dubious, incomprehensible (على to s.o.) VII to be closed, shut, looked, or bolted; to be incomprehensible, X to be obscure, dark, ambiguous, incomprehensible; to be difficult, intricate, complicated │ استغلق عليه الكلام (kalamu) he was unable to speak, he was struck dumb, he was speechless
Entry 2
غلق galaq pl. اغلق aglāq lock, padlock
Entry 3
غلق galiq obscure, dark, ambiguous, dubious, abstruse, recondite, difficult to comprehend
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