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إِقْفال
closing (shutting or locking something down) /ʔiqˈfaːl/
nounB2#4367 most common
Also: locking, shutdown, sealing off
Example sentences
يَجِبُ إِقْفَالُ البَابِ.
The door must be closed.
أَعْلَنَتِ الشَّرِكَةُ إِقْفَالَ الفَرْعِ.
The company announced the closing of the branch.
تَمَّ إِقْفَالُ السُّوقِ فِي السَّاعَةِ الرَّابِعَةِ.
The market closed at four o'clock.
يُؤَدِّي إِقْفَالُ الحُدُودِ إِلَى تَعْطِيلِ التِّجَارَةِ.
Closing the borders disrupts trade.
أَثَارَ قَرَارُ إِقْفَالِ المَصْنَعِ احْتِجَاجَاتٍ وَاسِعَةً بَيْنَ العُمَّالِ.
The decision to close the factory sparked widespread protests among the workers.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنَ الجَدَلِ حَوْلَ إِقْفَالِ الحِسَابَاتِ المَصْرِفِيَّةِ المَشْبُوهَةِ، أَصَرَّتِ الحُكُومَةُ عَلَى تَطْبِيقِ الإِجْرَاءِ.
Despite the controversy over closing the suspicious bank accounts, the government insisted on carrying out the measure.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِقْفَالٌ | إِقْفَالَاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِقْفَالٍ | إِقْفَالَاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِقْفَالًا | إِقْفَالَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يَا إِقْفَالُ | يَا إِقْفَالَاتُ |
Word family
قَفَلَto lock (basic form)
أَقْفَلَto lock, close, shut down
قُفْلa lock, padlockمُقْفَلlocked, closed
مِقْفَلbolt or locking device
Etymology
إقفال is the verbal noun of the Form IV verb أَقْفَلَ, built on the root ق-ف-ل. That root centers on the idea of shutting or sealing, and Form IV adds a causative sense, so the noun literally means the act of making something locked or closed. The same root gives Arabic its everyday word for a padlock, قُفْل.
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