كلأ

See also: كلا‎, کلا‎, and گلا‎

Arabic

Etymology

From root ك ل ء‎ (k-l-ʔ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.la.ʔa/

Verb

كَلَأَ • (kalaʔa) I, non-past يَكْلَأُ‎‎ (yaklaʔu)

  1. to guard, to protect
  2. to be postponed, to be delayed, to be long
    ‏كَلَأَ ٱلدَّيْنُ‎
    kalaʔa d-daynu
    The paying of the debt was postponed.
    ‏كَلَأَ عُمْرُهَا‎
    kalaʔa ʕumruhā
    Her life came to an end.
    (literally, “Her life was long.”)
  3. to fix repeatedly one's look at
    ‏كَلَأَ بَصَرَهُ فِي شَيْءٍ‎
    kalaʔa baṣarahu fī šayʔin
    He repeatedly turned his eye to a thing.
  4. to beat, to whip

Conjugation

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