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حَلَّق
to fly, soar /ˈħal.la.qa/
verbB1#2393 most common
Also: to circle in the air, to soar (figuratively, of hopes or ambition)
Example sentences
الطَّائِرُ يُحَلِّقُ فِي السَّمَاءِ.
The bird flies in the sky.
حَلَّقَتِ الطَّائِرَةُ فَوْقَ الْمَدِينَةِ.
The plane flew over the city.
رَأَيْتُ النُّسُورَ تُحَلِّقُ عَالِيًا فَوْقَ الْجِبَالِ.
I saw the eagles soaring high above the mountains.
بَعْدَ الْإِقْلَاعِ، حَلَّقَتِ الطَّائِرَةُ بِسُرْعَةٍ نَحْوَ الْغُيُومِ.
After takeoff, the plane climbed quickly toward the clouds.
حَلَّقَتْ آمَالُهُ عَالِيًا بَعْدَ نَجَاحِهِ فِي الِامْتِحَانِ.
His hopes soared after he passed the exam.
ظَلَّتِ الطُّيُورُ الْمُهَاجِرَةُ تُحَلِّقُ لِسَاعَاتٍ طَوِيلَةٍ دُونَ أَنْ تَهْبِطَ، مُتَحَدِّيَةً قُوَى الطَّبِيعَةِ.
The migratory birds kept soaring for long hours without landing, defying the forces of nature.
Conjugation
| Present Active | Simple Past Active | Simple Future Active | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1sg | أُحَلِّقُ | حَلَّقْتُ | سَأُحَلِّقُ |
| 2sg | تُحَلِّقُ | حَلَّقْتَ | سَتُحَلِّقُ |
| 3sg | يُحَلِّقُ | حَلَّقَ | سَيُحَلِّقُ |
| 1pl | نُحَلِّقُ | حَلَّقْنَا | سَنُحَلِّقُ |
| 2pl | تُحَلِّقُونَ | حَلَّقْتُمْ | سَتُحَلِّقُونَ |
| 3pl | يُحَلِّقُونَ | حَلَّقُوا | سَيُحَلِّقُونَ |
Word family
تَحْلِيقflight, soaring (verbal noun of حَلَّق)
مُحَلِّقsoaring, flying (active participle)
حَلْقَةring, circle, episodeحَلَّاقbarber
حَلْقthroatEtymology
حَلَّق comes from the triliteral root ح ل ق, which also gives حَلْقَة (ring, circle) and حَلْق (throat). Classical lexicographers link the verb to the image of a bird wheeling in a circular path high in the air, tracing a ḥalqa against the sky. Form II doubles the middle radical, which here intensifies the root sense into a full verb of motion: to circle upward, to soar. Over time the word settled into general use for any kind of flight, literal or figurative.
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