فيلق

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic פּלג‎ (plag, “phalanx, military unit; attendant or bodyguard especially of the Persian king”), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phálanx) – in which case a doublet of فَلَقَة‎ (falaqa) – or from Aramaic פּלוגּה‎ (pluggā, “group, division”), derived from Proto-Semitic *palag- (“to split, to divide, to cleave, to partition”); see פלג‎ and φῠ́λᾰξ (phúlax).

Noun

فَيْلَق • (faylaq) m (plural فَيَالِق‎ (fayāliq))

  1. (military) corps, legion

Declension

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