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عِمْلاق
giant /ʕimˈlaːq/
adjectiveB1#2433 most common
Also: colossal, gigantic, huge (of a person, company, or structure)
Example sentences
هُوَ رَجُلٌ عِمْلاقٌ.
He is a giant man.
رَأَيْتُ عِمْلاقًا فِي الْقِصَّةِ.
I saw a giant in the story.
بَنَى الْعُمَّالُ بُرْجًا عِمْلاقًا فِي وَسَطِ الْمَدِينَةِ.
The workers built a giant tower in the middle of the city.
تُعْتَبَرُ هَذِهِ الشَّرِكَةُ عِمْلاقًا فِي صِنَاعَةِ التِّكْنُولُوجِيا.
This company is considered a giant in the technology industry.
يُحَارِبُ الْبَطَلُ فِي الْأُسْطُورَةِ عِمْلاقًا ذَا قُوَّةٍ خَارِقَةٍ.
The hero in the legend fights a giant of superhuman strength.
عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ مَظْهَرِهِ الْعِمْلاقِ، كَانَ قَلْبُهُ رَقِيقًا كَقَلْبِ طِفْلٍ.
Despite his giant appearance, his heart was as tender as a child's.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | عِمْلاقٌ | عَمَالِقَةٌ |
| Genitive | عِمْلاقٍ | عَمَالِقَةٍ |
| Accusative | عِمْلاقًا | عَمَالِقَةً |
| Vocative | يَا عِمْلاقُ | يَا عَمَالِقَةُ |
Word family
عَمَالِقَةgiants, Amalekites
تَعَمْلَقَto become huge, to grow to giant size
عَمْلَقَةgigantification, the process of becoming huge (often used for corporate mergers)
عِمْلاقِيّgiant-like, relating to a giant
Etymology
The word traces back to العَمَالِقَة, the Amalekites, a people that Arabic and Hebrew tradition both describe as unusually tall and powerful. Over time the tribal name gave rise to a common noun and adjective for any giant or oversized thing. This is a Semitic root, not an Indo-European one, so it has no PIE ancestor.
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