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أَقْفَل
to lock /ʔaqˈfala/
verbB2#3529 most common
Also: to close, to shut
Example sentences
أُقْفِلُ البَابَ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ.
I lock the door every night.
أَقْفَلَتْ أُمِّي النَّافِذَةَ لِأَنَّ الجَوَّ بَارِدٌ.
My mother closed the window because it was cold.
هَلْ أَقْفَلْتَ السَّيَّارَةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ نَذْهَبَ؟
Did you lock the car before we left?
أَقْفَلَ المُدِيرُ المَكْتَبَ مُبَكِّرًا بِسَبَبِ العُطْلَةِ.
The manager closed the office early because of the holiday.
تُقْفِلُ الحُكُومَةُ الحُدُودَ مُؤَقَّتًا لِمَنْعِ انْتِشَارِ الوَبَاءِ.
The government is temporarily closing the borders to stop the epidemic from spreading.
أُقْفِلَتِ الأَسْوَاقُ المَالِيَّةُ العَالَمِيَّةُ عَلَى انْخِفَاضٍ حَادٍّ بَعْدَ إِعْلَانِ الأَزْمَةِ.
Global financial markets closed with a sharp drop after the crisis was announced.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُقْفِلُ | أَقْفَلْتُ | سَأُقْفِلُ |
| 2sg | تُقْفِلُ | أَقْفَلْتَ | سَتُقْفِلُ |
| 3sg | يُقْفِلُ | أَقْفَلَ | سَيُقْفِلُ |
| 1pl | نُقْفِلُ | أَقْفَلْنَا | سَنُقْفِلُ |
| 2pl | تُقْفِلُونَ | أَقْفَلْتُمْ | سَتُقْفِلُونَ |
| 3pl | يُقْفِلُونَ | أَقْفَلُوا | سَيُقْفِلُونَ |
Word family
Etymology
أَقْفَل is the Form IV verb built on the triliteral root ق ف ل (q-f-l), using the causative pattern أَفْعَلَ. The same root gives قُفْل, the everyday word for a lock. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European ancestry.
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