انقلب

See also: أنقلب

Arabic

Etymology

From the root ق ل ب (q-l-b).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /in.qa.la.ba/

Verb

اِنْقَلَبَ • (inqalaba) VII, non-past يَنْقَلِبُ‎ (yanqalibu)

  1. to be turned upside down or topsy-turvy, to be overturned
  2. to be changed, transformed, metamorphosed
  3. to be converted (إِلَى (ʔilā) into)
  4. (copulative) to become
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:صار
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 7:119:
      فَغُلِبُوا هُنَالِكَ وَانْقَلَبُوا صَاغِرِينَ
      faḡulibū hunālika wānqalabū ṣāḡirīna
      They were defeated there and became humble
  5. to veer, turn around, turn
  6. to be turned (عَلَى (ʕalā) from)

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • اِنْقَلَبَ السِّحْرُ عَلَى السَّاحِرِ (inqalaba s-siḥru ʕalā s-sāḥiri, idiom)
  • اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى عَقِبَيْهِ (inqalaba ʕalā ʕaqibayhi, idiom)
  • اِنْقَلَبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ (inqalaba ʕalā wajhihi, idiom)

References

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