انقلب

See also: أنقلب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ل ب (q-l-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.qa.la.ba/

Verb

اِنْقَلَبَ (inqalaba) VII, non-past يَنْقَلِبُ‎ (yanqalibu)

  1. to be turned upside down or topsy-turvy, to be overturned
  2. to be changed, transformed, metamorphosed
  3. to be converted (إِلَى (ʔilā) into)
  4. (copulative) to become
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:119:
      فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانْقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ
      faḡulibū hunālika wānqalabū ṣāḡirīna
      They were defeated there and became humble
  5. to veer, turn around, turn
  6. to be turned from

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • اِنْقَلَبَ السِّحْرُ عَلَى السَّاحِرِ (inqalaba s-siḥru ʕalā s-sāḥiri, idiom)
  • اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (inqalaba ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, idiom)
  • اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ (inqalaba ʕalā wajhihi, idiom)

References

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