خلقة

See also: حلقه and حلقة

Arabic

Root
خ ل ق (ḵ-l-q)

Etymology

Compare خَلَقَ (ḵalaqa, “to create”), خَلُقَ (ḵaluqa, “to be suitable”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xil.qa/

Noun

خِلْقَة • (ḵilqa) f (plural خِلَق (ḵilaq))

1. creation
2. innate nature

Declension

Declension of noun خِلْقَة (ḵilqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلْقَة ḵilqa	الْخِلْقَة al-ḵilqa	خِلْقَة ḵilqat
Nominative	خِلْقَةٌ ḵilqatun	الْخِلْقَةُ al-ḵilqatu	خِلْقَةُ ḵilqatu
Accusative	خِلْقَةً ḵilqatan	الْخِلْقَةَ al-ḵilqata	خِلْقَةَ ḵilqata
Genitive	خِلْقَةٍ ḵilqatin	الْخِلْقَةِ al-ḵilqati	خِلْقَةِ ḵilqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلْقَتَيْن ḵilqatayn	الْخِلْقَتَيْن al-ḵilqatayn	خِلْقَتَيْ ḵilqatay
Nominative	خِلْقَتَانِ ḵilqatāni	الْخِلْقَتَانِ al-ḵilqatāni	خِلْقَتَا ḵilqatā
Accusative	خِلْقَتَيْنِ ḵilqatayni	الْخِلْقَتَيْنِ al-ḵilqatayni	خِلْقَتَيْ ḵilqatay
Genitive	خِلْقَتَيْنِ ḵilqatayni	الْخِلْقَتَيْنِ al-ḵilqatayni	خِلْقَتَيْ ḵilqatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	خِلَق ḵilaq	الْخِلَق al-ḵilaq	خِلَق ḵilaq
Nominative	خِلَقٌ ḵilaqun	الْخِلَقُ al-ḵilaqu	خِلَقُ ḵilaqu
Accusative	خِلَقًا ḵilaqan	الْخِلَقَ al-ḵilaqa	خِلَقَ ḵilaqa
Genitive	خِلَقٍ ḵilaqin	الْخِلَقِ al-ḵilaqi	خِلَقِ ḵilaqi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: xilqət
• → Ottoman Turkish: خلقت (hilkat)
  • → Turkish: hilkat
• → Persian: خلقت
  • → Urdu: خلقت

References

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