أقلع

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ل ع‎ (q-l-ʿ).

Verb

أَقْلَعَ • (ʾaqlaʿa) IV, non-past يُقْلِعُ‎‎ (yuqliʿu)

  1. to take off, to head out, to set sail
  2. to forgo, to relinquish, to refrain from [+ عَن‎ (object)]
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:44:
      ‏وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي‎
      waqīla yā ʾarḍu blaʿī māʾaki wayā samāʾu ʾaqliʿī
      And it was said: “O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]."

Conjugation

This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.