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قُفْل
lock /ˈqufl/
nounB1#2896 most common
Also: padlock, lock mechanism
Example sentences
هَذَا قُفْلٌ.
This is a lock.
أَغْلَقْتُ الْبَابَ بِالْقُفْلِ.
I closed the door with the lock.
نَسِيتُ مِفْتَاحَ الْقُفْلِ فِي الْبَيْتِ.
I forgot the lock's key at home.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ قُفْلًا جَدِيدًا لِلدَّرَّاجَةِ.
I bought a new lock for the bicycle.
كَانَ الْقُفْلُ صَدِئًا فَلَمْ يَفْتَحْ بِسُهُولَةٍ.
The lock was rusty, so it did not open easily.
تَتَطَلَّبُ صِنَاعَةُ الْأَقْفَالِ دِقَّةً عَالِيَةً فِي تَصْمِيمِ آلِيَّةِ الْقُفْلِ الدَّاخِلِيَّةِ.
Locksmithing requires high precision in designing the lock's internal mechanism.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | قُفْلٌ | أَقْفَالٌ |
| Genitive | قُفْلٍ | أَقْفَالٍ |
| Accusative | قُفْلًا | أَقْفَالًا |
| Vocative | يَا قُفْلُ | يَا أَقْفَالُ |
Word family
قَفَلَto lock, to shut
مُقْفَلlocked, shut
قَفَّالlocksmith
قافِلةcaravan
Etymology
Qufl comes from the Arabic root q-f-l, which carries the sense of closing, shutting, or returning. The same root gives the verb qafala, to lock or shut, and the noun qaafila, a caravan, originally a group of travelers returning home. The noun qufl itself names the physical object that closes something off.
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