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أَلْحَق
to attach, to append, to add on /ˈʔalħaqa/
verbB1#2189 most common
Also: to enroll, to enlist (someone in), to inflict (harm or damage) on, to annex, to join (one thing to another)
Example sentences
أَلْحَقَ المُعَلِّمُ اسْمِي بِالقَائِمَةِ.
The teacher added my name to the list.
أَلْحَقَ أَبِي أَخِي الصَّغِيرَ بِالمَدْرَسَةِ.
My father enrolled my little brother in the school.
أَلْحَقْتُ المُلْحَقَ بِالرِّسَالَةِ قَبْلَ إِرْسَالِهَا.
I appended the attachment to the letter before sending it.
أَلْحَقَ الإِعْصَارُ أَضْرَارًا جَسِيمَةً بِالمَدِينَةِ السَّاحِلِيَّةِ.
The hurricane inflicted severe damage on the coastal city.
سَتُلْحِقُ الوِزَارَةُ المُوَظَّفِينَ الجُدُدَ بِبَرْنَامَجٍ تَدْرِيبِيٍّ مُكَثَّفٍ.
The ministry will attach the new employees to an intensive training program.
أَلْحَقَ القَاضِي بِحُكْمِهِ حَاشِيَةً تُوَضِّحُ الأَسَاسَ القَانُونِيَّ لِقَرَارِهِ.
The judge appended to his ruling a note clarifying the legal basis of his decision.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُلْحِقُ | أَلْحَقْتُ | سَأُلْحِقُ |
| 2sg | تُلْحِقُ | أَلْحَقْتَ | سَتُلْحِقُ |
| 3sg | يُلْحِقُ | أَلْحَقَ | سَيُلْحِقُ |
| 1pl | نُلْحِقُ | أَلْحَقْنَا | سَنُلْحِقُ |
| 2pl | تُلْحِقُونَ | أَلْحَقْتُمْ | سَتُلْحِقُونَ |
| 3pl | يُلْحِقُونَ | أَلْحَقُوا | سَيُلْحِقُونَ |
Word family
لَحِقَto catch up with, to follow
مُلْحَقappendix, annex, attaché
لاحِقfollowing, subsequentاِلْتَحَقَto join, to enroll
إِلْحاقattachment, annexation, enrollment
Etymology
The verb comes from the Semitic triliteral root ل-ح-ق (l-ḥ-q), whose core sense is catching up with or following after something. The base verb لَحِقَ means to overtake or reach. The Form IV pattern أَفْعَلَ turns this into a causative: to make one thing follow or join another, hence to attach or append.
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