أقلع

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Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ل ع (q-l-ʕ).

Verb

أَقْلَعَ (ʔaqlaʕa) IV (non-past يُقْلِعُ (yuqliʕu), verbal noun إِقْلَاع (ʔiqlāʕ))

  1. to take off, to head out, to set sail
  2. to forgo, to relinquish, to refrain from Template:+preo
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 11:44:
      وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي
      waqīla yā ʔarḍu blaʕī māʔaki wayā samāʔu ʔaqliʕī
      And it was said: “O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]."

Conjugation