معلق

Arabic

Root
ق ص ر (q-ṣ-r)

Etymology 1

Derived from the passive participle of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa, to hang, to suspend, to attach).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.ʕal.laq/

Adjective

مُعَلَّق • (muʕallaq) (feminine مُعَلَّقَة (muʕallaqa), masculine plural مُعَلَّقُونَ (muʕallaqūna), feminine plural مُعَلَّقَات (muʕallaqāt))

  1. suspended, hanging
  2. attached
  3. lit (of a fuse)
  4. undecided
  5. dependent (بِ (bi) or عَلَى (ʕalā) on)
Declension
References
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “معلق”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “علق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Noun

مُعَلَّق • (muʕallaq) m

  1. that on which anything is suspended
  2. attachment
  3. pulley of a well
  4. rope of the bucket
  5. bucket
Declension

Etymology 2

Derived from the active participle of عَلَّقَ (ʕallaqa, to comment).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mu.ʕal.liq/

Noun

مُعَلِّق • (muʕalliq) m

  1. commentator
Declension
References
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