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طَلَقَة
a shot (a single round of gunfire) /ˈtˤa.la.qa/
nounB1#1659 most common
Also: a round (of ammunition), a gunshot
Example sentences
سَمِعْنا طَلَقَة.
We heard a shot.
أَطْلَقَ الصَّيّادُ طَلَقَةً واحِدَةً.
The hunter fired a single shot.
أَصابَتِ الطَّلَقَةُ الهَدَفَ.
The shot hit the target.
لم تَبْقَ في البُندُقِيّةِ سِوى طَلَقَةٍ واحِدَةٍ.
Only one round was left in the rifle.
دَوَّى صَوْتُ طَلَقَةٍ في الظَّلامِ فَأَيْقَظَ القَرْيَةَ كُلَّها.
The sound of a shot rang out in the dark and woke the whole village.
مع كُلِّ طَلَقَةٍ كانَ الجُنودُ يَزدادونَ يَقيناً بأنَّ المَعرَكَةَ لن تَنتَهيَ قَريباً.
With every shot the soldiers grew more certain the battle would not end soon.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طَلَقَةٌ | طَلَقاتٌ |
| Genitive | طَلَقَةٍ | طَلَقاتٍ |
| Accusative | طَلَقَةً | طَلَقاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا طَلَقَةُ | يا طَلَقاتُ |
Word family
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ṭ-l-q, which carries the sense of releasing or letting loose. A shot is a single release of a bullet, so the noun marks one instance of that action. The same root gives words for divorce, freedom, and the act of firing.
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