بليغ

Arabic

Root
ب ل غ (b-l-ḡ)

Etymology

فَعِيل (faʕīl)-type stative-verb derived from the active participle from the verb بَلَغَ (balaḡa, “to be reach, to go far”). Related to بَلَاغَة (balāḡa, “eloquence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.liːɣ/
• Rhymes: -iːɣ

Adjective

بَلِيغ • (balīḡ) (feminine بَلِيغَة (balīḡa), masculine plural بَلِيغُون (balīḡūn) or بُلَغَاء (bulaḡāʔ), feminine plural بَلِيغَات (balīḡāt), elative أَبْلَغ (ʔablaḡ))

1. eloquent
2. intense, deep (impression)
3. serious, grave (injury)

Declension

Declension of adjective بَلِيغ (balīḡ)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَلِيغ balīḡ	الْبَلِيغ al-balīḡ	بَلِيغَة balīḡa	الْبَلِيغَة al-balīḡa
Nominative	بَلِيغٌ balīḡun	الْبَلِيغُ al-balīḡu	بَلِيغَةٌ balīḡatun	الْبَلِيغَةُ al-balīḡatu
Accusative	بَلِيغًا balīḡan	الْبَلِيغَ al-balīḡa	بَلِيغَةً balīḡatan	الْبَلِيغَةَ al-balīḡata
Genitive	بَلِيغٍ balīḡin	الْبَلِيغِ al-balīḡi	بَلِيغَةٍ balīḡatin	الْبَلِيغَةِ al-balīḡati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَلِيغَيْن balīḡayn	الْبَلِيغَيْن al-balīḡayn	بَلِيغَتَيْن balīḡatayn	الْبَلِيغَتَيْن al-balīḡatayn
Nominative	بَلِيغَانِ balīḡāni	الْبَلِيغَانِ al-balīḡāni	بَلِيغَتَانِ balīḡatāni	الْبَلِيغَتَانِ al-balīḡatāni
Accusative	بَلِيغَيْنِ balīḡayni	الْبَلِيغَيْنِ al-balīḡayni	بَلِيغَتَيْنِ balīḡatayni	الْبَلِيغَتَيْنِ al-balīḡatayni
Genitive	بَلِيغَيْنِ balīḡayni	الْبَلِيغَيْنِ al-balīḡayni	بَلِيغَتَيْنِ balīḡatayni	الْبَلِيغَتَيْنِ al-balīḡatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	بَلِيغِين‎; بُلَغَاء balīḡīn‎; bulaḡāʔ	الْبَلِيغِين‎; الْبُلَغَاء al-balīḡīn‎; al-bulaḡāʔ	بَلِيغَات balīḡāt	الْبَلِيغَات al-balīḡāt
Nominative	بَلِيغُونَ‎; بُلَغَاءُ balīḡūna‎; bulaḡāʔu	الْبَلِيغُونَ‎; الْبُلَغَاءُ al-balīḡūna‎; al-bulaḡāʔu	بَلِيغَاتٌ balīḡātun	الْبَلِيغَاتُ al-balīḡātu
Accusative	بَلِيغِينَ‎; بُلَغَاءَ balīḡīna‎; bulaḡāʔa	الْبَلِيغِينَ‎; الْبُلَغَاءَ al-balīḡīna‎; al-bulaḡāʔa	بَلِيغَاتٍ balīḡātin	الْبَلِيغَاتِ al-balīḡāti
Genitive	بَلِيغِينَ‎; بُلَغَاءَ balīḡīna‎; bulaḡāʔa	الْبَلِيغِينَ‎; الْبُلَغَاءِ al-balīḡīna‎; al-bulaḡāʔi	بَلِيغَاتٍ balīḡātin	الْبَلِيغَاتِ al-balīḡāti

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: bəliğ
• → Persian: بلیغ
• → Ottoman Turkish: بلیغ
  • → Turkish: beliğ

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “بليغ”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “بلغ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN