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مُغْلَق
closed /ˈmuɣ.laq/
adjectiveA2#1236 most common
Also: shut, locked, sealed
Example sentences
البابُ مُغْلَقٌ.
The door is closed.
المَتْجَرُ مُغْلَقٌ اليَوْمَ.
The shop is closed today.
النّافِذةُ مُغْلَقةٌ مُنذُ الصَّباح.
The window has been closed since morning.
وَجَدْنا البابَ مُغْلَقاً عِندَما وَصَلْنا.
We found the door closed when we arrived.
بَقِيَت المَحَلّاتُ مُغْلَقةً طَوالَ أيّامِ العيد.
The shops stayed closed throughout the holiday.
يَعمَلُ هذا الجِهازُ ضِمنَ نِظامٍ مُغْلَقٍ لا يَتَبادَلُ المادّةَ مع مُحيطِه.
This device works within a closed system that does not exchange matter with its surroundings.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُغْلَقٌ | مُغْلَقونَ |
| Genitive | مُغْلَقٍ | مُغْلَقينَ |
| Accusative | مُغْلَقاً | مُغْلَقينَ |
| Vocative | مُغْلَقُ | مُغْلَقونَ |
Word family
أَغْلَقَto close, to shut
إِغْلاقclosure, lockdownمِغْلاقlock, latch
مُغْلَقةclosed (feminine)
مَفْتوحopen (antonym)
Etymology
مُغْلَق is the passive participle of the form IV verb أَغْلَقَ, meaning to close or to shut. It derives from the Semitic triconsonantal root غ-ل-ق, which carries the sense of shutting and locking. The same root yields إِغْلاق, closure, and مِغْلاق, a lock or bolt.
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