قلعة

See also: قلعہ‎ and قلعه‎

Arabic

قَلْعَة

Etymology

From Persian (kalât, “fortress”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /qal.ʕa/, IPA^(key): /qil.ʕa/

Noun

قَلْعَة • (qalʿa) f (plural قِلَاع‎ (qilāʿ) or قُلُوع‎ (qulūʿ) or قَلَعَات‎ (qalaʿāt))

fortress, fort, castle

Declension

Declension of noun قَلْعَة (qalʿa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَلْعَة qalʿa	الْقَلْعَة‎ al-qalʿa	قَلْعَة qalʿat
Nominative	قَلْعَةٌ qalʿatun	الْقَلْعَةُ‎ al-qalʿatu	قَلْعَةُ qalʿatu
Accusative	قَلْعَةً qalʿatan	الْقَلْعَةَ‎ al-qalʿata	قَلْعَةَ qalʿata
Genitive	قَلْعَةٍ qalʿatin	الْقَلْعَةِ‎ al-qalʿati	قَلْعَةِ qalʿati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَلْعَتَيْن‎ qalʿatayn	الْقَلْعَتَيْن‎ al-qalʿatayn	قَلْعَتَيْ‎ qalʿatay
Nominative	قَلْعَتَانِ‎ qalʿatāni	الْقَلْعَتَانِ‎ al-qalʿatāni	قَلْعَتَا‎ qalʿatā
Accusative	قَلْعَتَيْنِ‎ qalʿatayni	الْقَلْعَتَيْنِ‎ al-qalʿatayni	قَلْعَتَيْ‎ qalʿatay
Genitive	قَلْعَتَيْنِ‎ qalʿatayni	الْقَلْعَتَيْنِ‎ al-qalʿatayni	قَلْعَتَيْ‎ qalʿatay
Plural	basic broken plural triptote‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قِلَاع‎‎; قُلُوع‎‎; قَلَعَات‎ qilāʿ‎; qulūʿ‎; qalaʿāt	الْقِلَاع‎‎; الْقُلُوع‎‎; الْقَلَعَات‎ al-qilāʿ‎; al-qulūʿ‎; al-qalaʿāt	قِلَاع‎‎; قُلُوع‎‎; قَلَعَات‎ qilāʿ‎; qulūʿ‎; qalaʿāt
Nominative	قِلَاعٌ‎‎; قُلُوعٌ‎‎; قَلَعَاتٌ‎ qilāʿun‎; qulūʿun‎; qalaʿātun	الْقِلَاعُ‎‎; الْقُلُوعُ‎‎; الْقَلَعَاتُ‎ al-qilāʿu‎; al-qulūʿu‎; al-qalaʿātu	قِلَاعُ‎‎; قُلُوعُ‎‎; قَلَعَاتُ‎ qilāʿu‎; qulūʿu‎; qalaʿātu
Accusative	قِلَاعًا‎‎; قُلُوعًا‎‎; قَلَعَاتٍ‎ qilāʿan‎; qulūʿan‎; qalaʿātin	الْقِلَاعَ‎‎; الْقُلُوعَ‎‎; الْقَلَعَاتِ‎ al-qilāʿa‎; al-qulūʿa‎; al-qalaʿāti	قِلَاعَ‎‎; قُلُوعَ‎‎; قَلَعَاتِ‎ qilāʿa‎; qulūʿa‎; qalaʿāti
Genitive	قِلَاعٍ‎‎; قُلُوعٍ‎‎; قَلَعَاتٍ‎ qilāʿin‎; qulūʿin‎; qalaʿātin	الْقِلَاعِ‎‎; الْقُلُوعِ‎‎; الْقَلَعَاتِ‎ al-qilāʿi‎; al-qulūʿi‎; al-qalaʿāti	قِلَاعِ‎‎; قُلُوعِ‎‎; قَلَعَاتِ‎ qilāʿi‎; qulūʿi‎; qalaʿāti

Descendants

→ Ottoman Turkish: قلعه‎ (kal'e)
- → Albanian: kala
- Turkish: kale
→ Persian: قلعه‎ (qal'e)
- → Hindi: क़िला (qilā)
- → Urdu: قلعہ‎ (qila)
- → Marathi: किल्ला (killā)
Spanish: Alcalá

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “قلعة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
Wehr, Hans (1979), “قلع”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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