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أَلْقَى
to throw, to cast /ˈʔalqaː/
verbA1#550 most common
Also: to deliver (a speech or lecture), to cast (a glance or light), to drop, fling down
Example sentences
أَلْقَى الوَلَدُ الكُرَةَ.
The boy threw the ball.
أَلْقَى المُديرُ كَلِمَةً قَصيرَةً في الحَفْل.
The director gave a short speech at the ceremony.
أَلْقَتِ الأُمُّ نَظْرَةً على طِفْلِها النّائِم.
The mother cast a glance at her sleeping child.
أَلْقَى الرَّئيسُ خِطاباً مُؤَثِّراً أَمامَ البَرْلَمان.
The president delivered a moving speech before parliament.
أَلْقَتِ الشُّرْطَةُ القَبْضَ على المُشْتَبَهِ بِهِ بَعْدَ مُطارَدَةٍ طَويلَة.
The police arrested the suspect after a long chase.
أَلْقَى الباحِثُ الضَّوْءَ على جَوانِبَ مَجْهولَةٍ مِنْ تاريخِ المَنْطِقَة.
The researcher shed light on unknown aspects of the region's history.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُلْقِي | أَلْقَيْتُ | سَأُلْقِي |
| 2sg | تُلْقِي | أَلْقَيْتَ | سَتُلْقِي |
| 3sg | يُلْقِي | أَلْقَى | سَيُلْقِي |
| 1pl | نُلْقِي | أَلْقَيْنا | سَنُلْقِي |
| 2pl | تُلْقُونَ | أَلْقَيْتُمْ | سَتُلْقُونَ |
| 3pl | يُلْقُونَ | أَلْقَوْا | سَيُلْقُونَ |
Word family
إِلْقاءthrowing; delivery (of a speech)
مُلْقٍone who throws or delivers
مُلْقَىthrown, cast down
تَلَقَّىto receive
لِقاءmeeting, encounterEtymology
أَلْقَى comes from the triliteral root ل-ق-ي (l-q-y), which carries the sense of meeting or reaching. It is the Form IV (causative) verb built on that root, so the base idea shifts to making something reach a place: to throw or cast. From the physical act of casting, Arabic extended the verb to delivering a speech, casting a glance, and shedding light on a subject.
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