فيلق

Arabic

Etymology

From Aramaic פּלג (plag, phalanx, military unit; attendant or bodyguard especially of the Persian king), from Ancient Greek φᾰ́λᾰγξ (phálanx) – in which case a doublet of فَلَقَة (falaqa) – or from Aramaic פּלוגּה (pluggā, group, division), derived from Proto-Semitic *palag- (to split, to divide, to cleave, to partition); see פלג and φῠ́λᾰξ (phúlax).

Noun

فَيْلَق • (faylaq) m (plural فَيَالِق (fayāliq))

  1. (military) corps, legion

Declension

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