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حِلاقَة
haircutting; barbering (the craft of cutting hair or shaving) /ħɪˈlaː.qa/
nounB2#3729 most common
Also: shaving, hairdressing
Example sentences
أَنَا أَذْهَبُ إِلَى مَحَلِّ الحِلاقَةِ.
I go to the barber shop.
أَبِي يَعْمَلُ فِي الحِلاقَةِ.
My father works in barbering.
تَعَلَّمَ أَخِي الحِلاقَةَ فِي مَعْهَدٍ خَاصٍّ.
My brother learned barbering at a private institute.
تَحْتَاجُ الحِلاقَةُ الجَيِّدَةُ إِلَى أَدَوَاتٍ حَادَّةٍ وَنَظِيفَةٍ.
Good haircutting needs sharp, clean tools.
افْتَتَحَ صَدِيقِي صَالُونَ حِلاقَةٍ جَدِيدًا فِي وَسَطِ المَدِينَةِ.
My friend opened a new barbershop downtown.
تَطَوَّرَتْ صِنَاعَةُ الحِلاقَةِ كَثِيرًا بِفَضْلِ الأَجْهِزَةِ الكَهْرَبَائِيَّةِ الحَدِيثَةِ.
The barbering trade has developed a great deal thanks to modern electric equipment.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | حِلاقَةٌ | حِلاقَاتٌ |
| Genitive | حِلاقَةٍ | حِلاقَاتٍ |
| Accusative | حِلاقَةً | حِلاقَاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا حِلاقَةُ | يا حِلاقَاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
حِلاقَة is a verbal noun built from the Arabic root ح-ل-ق (ḥ-l-q), tied to the verb حَلَقَ, meaning to shave or cut hair close to the skin. The same root gives حَلْق, the throat, since shaving traditionally worked around that area of the neck. Arabic uses the فِعالَة (fiʿālah) pattern here to name a craft or trade, the same pattern seen in words like زِراعَة (farming) and كِتابَة (writing).
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