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فلق

Root: فلق

3 entries for this word

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Entry 1

فلق falaqa i (falq) to split, cleave, rive, sunder, tear asunder (هـ s.th.); to cause (هـ dawn) to break, dispel the shadows of night (of God) II to split, cleave, rive, sunder, tear asunder (هـ s.th.) V to be split, be cleft, be torn apart; to split, cleave, crack, fissure, be or become cracked, be full of cracks or fissures VII = V; to burst; to break (dawn); (eg.) infaliq go hang yourself! go to hell!

Entry 2

فلق falq pl. فلوق faq crack, split, crevice, fissure, cleft, rift

Entry 3

فلق falaq daybreak, dawn

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