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حَلْقَة
ring, circle /ˈħal.qa/
nounA1#633 most common
Also: episode (of a series), link (of a chain), study circle, session
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ هَذِهِ الحَلْقَةَ.
I like this episode.
شاهَدْنا الحَلْقَةَ الأَخيرَةَ مِنَ المُسَلْسَلِ.
We watched the last episode of the series.
جَلَسَ الأَطْفالُ في حَلْقَةٍ حَوْلَ المُعَلِّمَةِ.
The children sat in a circle around the teacher.
تَنْكَسِرُ السِّلْسِلَةُ عِنْدَ أَضْعَفِ حَلْقَةٍ فيها.
The chain breaks at its weakest link.
تُعْقَدُ في المَسْجِدِ حَلْقَةٌ لِتَعْليمِ القُرآنِ كُلَّ مَساءٍ.
A circle for teaching the Quran is held in the mosque every evening.
يُمَثِّلُ هَذا الاكْتِشافُ الحَلْقَةَ المَفْقودَةَ بَيْنَ النَّظَرِيَّةِ وَالتَّطْبيقِ.
This discovery represents the missing link between theory and practice.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حَلْقَةٌ | حَلَقاتٌ |
| Genitive | حَلْقَةٍ | حَلَقاتٍ |
| Accusative | حَلْقَةً | حَلَقاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا حَلْقَةُ | يا حَلَقاتُ |
Word family
حَلَقاتrings, circles, episodes (plural)
حِلَقcircles, study circles (plural)
حَلَّقَto soar, to fly in circles
مُحَلِّقةsoaring, circling (e.g. an aircraft)
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ح-ل-ق (ḥ-l-q), which carries the idea of roundness and encircling. The same root yields the verb for shaving (going around the head) and the noun for the throat. The modern sense of an episode grew from the image of a link in a chain, since a series is a chain (سِلْسِلَة) and each part is one link.
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