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إِقْلاع
takeoff /ʔiqˈlaːʕ/
nounB2#3502 most common
Also: quitting (a habit), cessation, uprooting
Example sentences
الإِقْلاعُ بَعْدَ عَشْرِ دَقائِقَ.
Takeoff is in ten minutes.
تَأَخَّرَ إِقْلاعُ الطّائِرَةِ بِسَبَبِ الطَّقْسِ.
The plane's takeoff was delayed because of the weather.
قَرَّرَ أَخِي الإِقْلاعَ عَنِ التَّدْخينِ هذا الشَّهْرَ.
My brother decided to quit smoking this month.
يَحْتاجُ الطَّيّارُ إِلى إِذْنٍ مِنَ البُرْجِ قَبْلَ الإِقْلاعِ.
The pilot needs permission from the tower before takeoff.
أَصْبَحَ الإِقْلاعُ عَنِ العاداتِ السَّيِّئَةِ أَسْهَلَ بِفَضْلِ الدَّعْمِ النَّفْسِيِّ.
Quitting bad habits became easier thanks to psychological support.
تُشْرِفُ هَيْئَةُ الطَّيَرانِ عَلى إِجْراءاتِ الإِقْلاعِ وَالهُبوطِ لِضَمانِ سَلامَةِ الرَّكّابِ.
The aviation authority oversees takeoff and landing procedures to ensure passenger safety.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إِقْلاعٌ | إِقْلاعاتٌ |
| Genitive | إِقْلاعٍ | إِقْلاعاتٍ |
| Accusative | إِقْلاعًا | إِقْلاعاتٍ |
| Vocative | إِقْلاعُ | إِقْلاعاتُ |
Word family
أَقْلَعَto take off; to quit, desist
قَلَعَto uproot, pull out
مُقْلِعone who is quitting, or an aircraft taking off
مِقْلَعquarry
قَلْعthe act of uprooting or extracting
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ق ل ع, which carries the sense of tearing something out or uprooting it. The Form IV verb أَقْلَعَ built on this root means to pull free, whether a plant from soil, a plane from the ground, or a person from a habit. إِقْلاع is the verbal noun of that verb, so it names the act of breaking free itself.
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