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إِلْغاء
cancellation /ʔɪlˈɣaːʔ/
nounB1#2527 most common
Also: annulment, abolition, revocation
Example sentences
تم إلغاء الرحلة.
The flight was cancelled.
قررت الشركة إلغاء الاجتماع.
The company decided to cancel the meeting.
طلبتُ إلغاء اشتراكي في المجلة.
I requested the cancellation of my subscription to the magazine.
أثار إلغاء الحكومة للدعم غضب المواطنين.
The government's cancellation of the subsidy angered citizens.
يُعدّ إلغاء عقوبة الإعدام قضية خلافية في كثير من الدول.
The abolition of the death penalty is a controversial issue in many countries.
نتج عن إلغاء الاتفاقية التجارية تداعيات اقتصادية لم تكن في الحسبان.
The annulment of the trade agreement led to economic repercussions no one had anticipated.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | إلغاءٌ | إلغاءاتٌ |
| Genitive | إلغاءٍ | إلغاءاتٍ |
| Accusative | إلغاءً | إلغاءاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا إلغاءُ | يا إلغاءاتُ |
Word family
أَلْغَىto cancel, annul, abolish
يُلْغِيhe cancels (present)
مُلْغًىcancelled, voided
لَغْوidle talk, nonsense
لاغٍvoid, invalid
Etymology
إلغاء is the verbal noun (maṣdar) of the Form IV verb أَلْغَى, meaning to render void or cancel. Both trace to the root ل-غ-و, whose core sense is emptiness, nullity, or meaningless speech. The Form IV pattern إفعال turns that root sense into a transitive causative action: to make something null. This is a native Semitic formation, not a borrowing.
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