خليق

See also: خليف‎

Arabic

Etymology

From the root خ ل ق‎ (ḵ-l-q); compare خَلُقَ‎ (ḵaluqa, “to be suitable”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /xa.liːq/

Adjective

خَلِيق • (ḵalīq) (masculine plural خُلَقَاء‎ (ḵulaqāʾ), elative أَخْلَق‎ (ʾaḵlaq))

suitable, appropriate, fit (بِ‎ (bi) or لِ‎ (li) for)
adequate (بِ‎ (bi) to), worthy (بِ‎ (bi) of)

Declension

Declension of adjective خَلِيق (ḵalīq)

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَلِيق ḵalīq	الْخَلِيق‎ al-ḵalīq	خَلِيقَة‎ ḵalīqa	الْخَلِيقَة‎ al-ḵalīqa
Nominative	خَلِيقٌ ḵalīqun	الْخَلِيقُ‎ al-ḵalīqu	خَلِيقَةٌ‎ ḵalīqatun	الْخَلِيقَةُ‎ al-ḵalīqatu
Accusative	خَلِيقًا‎ ḵalīqan	الْخَلِيقَ‎ al-ḵalīqa	خَلِيقَةً‎ ḵalīqatan	الْخَلِيقَةَ‎ al-ḵalīqata
Genitive	خَلِيقٍ ḵalīqin	الْخَلِيقِ‎ al-ḵalīqi	خَلِيقَةٍ‎ ḵalīqatin	الْخَلِيقَةِ‎ al-ḵalīqati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خَلِيقَيْن‎ ḵalīqayn	الْخَلِيقَيْن‎ al-ḵalīqayn	خَلِيقَتَيْن‎ ḵalīqatayn	الْخَلِيقَتَيْن‎ al-ḵalīqatayn
Nominative	خَلِيقَانِ‎ ḵalīqāni	الْخَلِيقَانِ‎ al-ḵalīqāni	خَلِيقَتَانِ‎ ḵalīqatāni	الْخَلِيقَتَانِ‎ al-ḵalīqatāni
Accusative	خَلِيقَيْنِ‎ ḵalīqayni	الْخَلِيقَيْنِ‎ al-ḵalīqayni	خَلِيقَتَيْنِ‎ ḵalīqatayni	الْخَلِيقَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵalīqatayni
Genitive	خَلِيقَيْنِ‎ ḵalīqayni	الْخَلِيقَيْنِ‎ al-ḵalīqayni	خَلِيقَتَيْنِ‎ ḵalīqatayni	الْخَلِيقَتَيْنِ‎ al-ḵalīqatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	basic broken plural diptote		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	خُلَقَاء‎ ḵulaqāʾ	الْخُلَقَاء‎ al-ḵulaqāʾ	خَلِيقَات‎ ḵalīqāt	الْخَلِيقَات‎ al-ḵalīqāt
Nominative	خُلَقَاءُ‎ ḵulaqāʾu	الْخُلَقَاءُ‎ al-ḵulaqāʾu	خَلِيقَاتٌ‎ ḵalīqātun	الْخَلِيقَاتُ‎ al-ḵalīqātu
Accusative	خُلَقَاءَ‎ ḵulaqāʾa	الْخُلَقَاءَ‎ al-ḵulaqāʾa	خَلِيقَاتٍ‎ ḵalīqātin	الْخَلِيقَاتِ‎ al-ḵalīqāti
Genitive	خُلَقَاءَ‎ ḵulaqāʾa	الْخُلَقَاءِ‎ al-ḵulaqāʾi	خَلِيقَاتٍ‎ ḵalīqātin	الْخَلِيقَاتِ‎ al-ḵalīqāti

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “خلق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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