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م-ل-ك

The Arabic root م-ل-ك (m-l-k)

Core idea: owning, ruling

22 words in the dictionary are built from م-ل-ك, including verbs in Forms I, II, VI, VIII. Each verb is listed with the nouns that come from it: its verbal noun (masdar), its participles, and words derived from it.

Most common

Verb · Form I
to take in possession
Noun
king
Verb · Form VIII
to possess
Noun
owner
Adjective
owning
Noun
مَلَك
angel

Verbs and the nouns that come from them

مَلَكَ · present يَمْلِكُ
Form I · The plain action

to take in possession, to take over, to acquire, to seize; to possess, to lay hold, to own, to have, to be the owner; to dominate, to control

Verbal noun
kingdom
مَلْك
Verbal noun
مِلْك
Verbal noun
property
مُلْك
Verbal noun
rule
مَلَكَة
Verbal noun
possession
مَمْلُكَة
Verbal noun
مَمْلِكَة
Verbal noun
Active participle
owner
Active participle
owning
مَمْلُوك
Passive participle
owned
مَمْلُوك
Passive participle
a slave
مَلَّكَ · present يُمَلِّكُ
Form II · Causative or intensive

to make the owner; to put in possession; to transfer ownership, to assign, to make over, to convey

تَمْلِيك
Verbal noun
مُمَلِّك
Active participle
مُمَلَّك
Passive participle
تَمَالَكَ · present يَتَمَالَكُ
Form VI · Mutual action

to gain control over (something); to restrain oneself, to check oneself; to refrain

تَمَالُك
Verbal noun
مُتَمَالِك
Active participle
مُتَمَالَك
Passive participle
اِمْتَلَكَ · present يَمْتَلِكُ
Form VIII · Reflexive, often idiomatic

to possess, own, have; to gain, win; to acquire

اِمْتِلَاك
Verbal noun
مُمْتَلِك
Active participle
مُمْتَلَك
Passive participle

Other nouns and adjectives

Noun
king
Noun
queen
مَلَك
Noun
angel
مِلْكِيَّة
Noun
ownership
مَلَكِيَّة
Noun
monarchy
مَلَك
Noun
possession
أَمْلَك
Adjective
elative degree of مَالِك
مَلَكُوت
Noun
kingdom
اِسْتِمْلَاك
Noun
expropriation

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