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طَلِيق
free, unrestrained, released /tˤɑˈliːq/
adjectiveB2#3446 most common
Also: at liberty, unchained, fluent (of speech)
Example sentences
الأسدُ طليقٌ في الغابةِ.
The lion is free in the forest.
خرج طليقًا من السجنِ.
He came out of prison a free man.
يعيش الطائر طليقًا في السماء الواسعة.
The bird lives free in the wide sky.
أصبح المتهمُ طليقًا بعد أن ثبتت براءته.
The defendant went free after his innocence was proven.
كان لسانه طليقًا لا يتلعثم أمام الجمهور.
His tongue was free-flowing; he never stammered in front of the audience.
عُرف عنه أنه طليق اليدين، يجود بماله على المحتاجين دون تردد.
He was known to be open-handed, giving his money to the needy without hesitation.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | طليقٌ | طُلَقاءُ |
| Genitive | طليقٍ | طُلَقاءَ |
| Accusative | طليقاً | طُلَقاءَ |
| Vocative | يا طليقُ | يا طُلَقاءُ |
Word family
طلاقdivorce
أطلقto release, set free; to fire a weapon
انطلقto set off, to start moving
مطلقabsolute, unconditional
إطلاقrelease, launch, firing
Etymology
The word comes from the Semitic root ط-ل-ق (ṭ-l-q), which carries the core idea of loosing, releasing, or setting free. طليق follows the فعيل (fa'īl) pattern, a common shape for adjectives describing a lasting state, here the state of being released or unbound. The same root gives طلاق, the legal release of a marriage bond, and أطلق, to release or to fire a shot. Arabic is a Semitic language, so no Proto-Indo-European root applies here.
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