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طَلاق
divorce /tˤaˈlaːq/
nounB1#1836 most common
Also: repudiation, release from a marriage
Example sentences
الطَّلاق صَعْب.
Divorce is hard.
هُوَ يُفَكِّر في الطَّلاق.
He is thinking about divorce.
طَلَبَتْ زَوْجَتُهُ الطَّلاق بَعْدَ سَنَة.
His wife asked for a divorce after a year.
قَرَّرَا الطَّلاق بِالتَّراضي دونَ خِلاف.
They decided on divorce by mutual consent without dispute.
يَنُصُّ القانون على حُقوق المَرْأَة بَعْدَ الطَّلاق.
The law stipulates the rights of the woman after divorce.
أَفْضى الطَّلاق إلى نِزاعٍ طَويلٍ حَوْلَ حَضانَة الأَطْفال.
The divorce led to a long dispute over custody of the children.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَلاقٌ | — |
| Genitive | طَلاقٍ | — |
| Accusative | طَلاقًا | — |
| Vocative | يا طَلاقُ | — |
Word family
طَلَّقَto divorce
مُطَلَّقَةa divorced woman
طَليقfree, set free
أَطْلَقَto release, to fire (a shot)
انْطَلَقَto set off, to depart
Etymology
The word comes from the Arabic triliteral root ط-ل-ق (ṭ-l-q), which carries the sense of releasing, freeing, or letting go. A divorce is thus framed as the release of a marriage bond. The related verb طَلَّقَ means to divorce or set free.
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