How to say "lock" in Arabic
New wordMeaninglock
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
قُفْل
quflקפל
قفل
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מנעול
manulمَانُول
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ق-ف-لNo Hebrew relative — though it echoes Hebrew קיפל 'to fold', the meanings never meet; almost certainly a coincidence, not a cognate. Qufl, 'lock', pairs naturally with مفتاح, 'key', above.
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In a phrase
فَتَحَ الْقُفْل بِالْمِفْتَاح
fataḥa al-qufl bi-l-miftāḥפתח אל-קפל באל-מפתאחHe opened the lock with the key.
Plural
أَقْفَال
aqfālאקפאלbroken plural aCCāC — like بَاب→أَبْوَاب