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مُلِحّ
urgent /mʊˈlɪħː/
adjectiveB2#3155 most common
Also: insistent, pressing, persistent
Example sentences
هذا طلبٌ مُلِحّ.
This is an urgent request.
لدي حاجة مُلِحّة إلى المساعدة.
I have an urgent need for help.
كانت المشكلة مُلِحّة جدًا فطلبنا اجتماعًا فوريًا.
The problem was very urgent, so we requested an immediate meeting.
يعتبر الخبراء التغيّر المناخي قضية مُلِحّة تتطلب حلولاً عاجلة.
Experts consider climate change an urgent issue that requires immediate solutions.
رغم الظروف الصعبة، ظلّ مُلِحًّا في طلب حقوقه أمام المحكمة.
Despite the difficult circumstances, he remained insistent in demanding his rights before the court.
أصدرت المنظمة نداءً مُلِحًّا يدعو الحكومات إلى التحرك العاجل قبل فوات الأوان.
The organization issued an urgent appeal calling on governments to act immediately before it is too late.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مُلِحٌّ | مُلِحُّونَ |
| Genitive | مُلِحٍّ | مُلِحِّينَ |
| Accusative | مُلِحًّا | مُلِحِّينَ |
| Vocative | أيها المُلِحّ | أيها المُلِحُّونَ |
Word family
أَلَحَّto insist, to press persistently
إلحاحinsistence, urgency
مُلِحّةurgent, insistent (feminine form)
يُلِحّhe insists, he keeps pressing
Etymology
مُلِحّ is the active participle of the Form IV verb أَلَحَّ, built on the geminate root ل ح ح, which carries the sense of pressing or bearing down on someone. The base verb لَحَّ already meant to persist or cling, and the Form IV derivation intensifies this into pushing someone insistently, as with a repeated demand. Because the second and third root letters are identical, they contract into a single letter marked by a shadda, giving the compact shape مُلِحّ. Arabic is a Semitic language, so it has no Indo-European root behind this word.
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