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عالِق
stuck /ˈʕaː.liq/
adjectiveB1#1713 most common
Also: stranded, caught, hanging/suspended
Example sentences
السيارة عالقة في الطين.
The car is stuck in the mud.
أنا عالق في الزحام.
I am stuck in the traffic.
بقي الطعام عالقاً بين أسنانه.
Food stayed stuck between his teeth.
ظل المسافرون عالقين في المطار بسبب العاصفة.
The travelers stayed stranded at the airport because of the storm.
لا يزال هذا الملف عالقاً في أدراج البيروقراطية منذ أشهر.
This file has been stuck in bureaucratic drawers for months.
شعر أنه عالق بين ولائه لعائلته وطموحه الشخصي الذي لا يهدأ.
He felt caught between loyalty to his family and his restless personal ambition.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عالِقٌ | عالِقونَ |
| Genitive | عالِقٍ | عالِقينَ |
| Accusative | عالِقاً | عالِقينَ |
| Vocative | يا عالِقُ | يا عالِقونَ |
Word family
عَلِقَto cling, get stuck
عَلاقةrelationship, connection
تعليقsuspension; comment
مُعلَّقsuspended, pending
عَلَقةleech
Etymology
The word is the active participle of the verb علق (ʿaliqa), to cling, hang, or stick. It comes from the Semitic root ع-ل-ق, which carries the idea of one thing attaching to another. The same root gives علقة, the leech, an animal that clings to the skin.
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