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مُطْلَق
absolute /ˈmutˤlaq/
adjectiveA2#897 most common
Also: unconditional, unrestricted, unlimited
Example sentences
هذا صَمتٌ مُطلَق.
This is absolute silence.
للمَلِك سُلطةٌ مُطلَقة.
The king has absolute power.
أثِقُ بكَ ثِقةً مُطلَقة.
I trust you absolutely.
الصِّفرُ المُطلَق هو أدنى دَرجةِ حرارةٍ مُمكِنة.
Absolute zero is the lowest possible temperature.
لا وجودَ لحُرّيّةٍ مُطلَقة داخلَ أيِّ مُجتمعٍ مُنظَّم.
There is no absolute freedom within any organized society.
يرى الفيلسوف أنّ المعرفةَ المُطلَقةَ وَهمٌ، إذ تظلُّ كلُّ حقيقةٍ نِسبيّةً بطبيعتها.
The philosopher holds that absolute knowledge is an illusion, since every truth remains relative by nature.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُطْلَقٌ | مُطْلَقون |
| Genitive | مُطْلَقٍ | مُطْلَقين |
| Accusative | مُطْلَقاً | مُطْلَقين |
| Vocative | يا مُطْلَقُ | يا مُطْلَقون |
Word family
أَطْلَقَto release, set free, launch
طَليقfree, set loose
طَلاقdivorceإطلاقrelease, launching
اِنطَلَقَto set off, dash away
Etymology
مُطْلَق is the passive participle of the Form IV verb أَطْلَقَ, meaning to release or set free. It comes from the triliteral root ط-ل-ق, whose core sense is being loose, free, or unrestrained. So the literal idea is something that has been let go and bound by no condition, which yields the meaning absolute.
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