From Proto-Semitic *malk-. The insertion of the vowel i is irregular, leading, though it could be a prop vowel as in إِبِل (ʔibil), to the suggestion that it is instead borrowed from an archaic Aramaic predecessor to Aramaic מַלְכָּא (malkā, “king”), along with the clear borrowing مَلَكُوت (malakūt).

Words from the root م-ل-ك

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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

مَمْلَكَة

Verbal noun

kingdom

مَلْك

Verbal noun

مِلْك

Verbal noun

property

مُلْك

Verbal noun

rule

مَلَكَة

Verbal noun

possession

مَمْلُكَة

Verbal noun

مَمْلِكَة

Verbal noun

مَالِك

Active participle

owner

مَالِك

Active participle · Adjective

owning

مَمْلُوك

Passive participle · Adjective

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

مَلِك

Noun · m.

king

مَلِكَة

Noun · f.

queen

مَلَك

Noun · m.

angel

مِلْكِيَّة

Noun · f.

ownership

مَلَكِيَّة

Noun · f.

monarchy

مَلَك

Noun · m.

possession

أَمْلَك

Adjective

elative degree of مَالِك

مَلَكُوت

Noun · m.

kingdom

اِسْتِمْلَاك

Noun · m.

expropriation

مَلِك: plural and other forms

Singular	مَلِك
Plural	مُلُوك
Alternative plurals	أَمْلَاك
Feminine	مَلِكَة

مَلِك in a sentence

From a fully vowelled text

وَصَالَحَ يَهُوشَافَاطُ مَلِكَ إِسْرَائِيلَ.And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.1 Kings 22:44, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

مَلِكُ دَبِيرَ وَاحِدٌ. مَلِكُ جَادَرَ وَاحِدٌ.The king of Debir, one; the king of Geder, one;Joshua 12:13, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

مَلِكُ حُرْمَةَ وَاحِدٌ. مَلِكُ عِرَادَ وَاحِدٌ.The king of Hormah, one; the king of Arad, one;Joshua 12:14, Smith & Van Dyke (1865) / KJV

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