عَلَقٍ
A word in the Arabic language will either be 1) a verb or 2) a noun or 3) a particle – عَلَقٍ is a noun
A noun may either be 1) Definite or indefinite 2) Masculine or feminine 3) Singular, dual or plural 4) Nominative, accusative or genitive
عَلَقٌ is the natural state of this indefinite noun and it becomes عَلَقٍ due to: 1) a preposition that precedes it or 2) a possessed noun that precedes it or 3) it’s a noun of dependent declension a) نَعْتٌ / صِفَطٌ adjectives b) التَّوْكِيْدُ emphatic c) المَعْطُوْفٌ conjunction d) البَدَلُ synonym
Clot of blood; Attachment; Love
To adhere to, hang, love, leech, have an attachment, cling, hold fast, pertain, catch, concern, become attached by love, suspend, fasten a thing, cleave
Grammatical analysis
اِسْمٌ مَجْرُوْرٌ بِالْكَسْرَةِ
| نَكِرَةٌ | مُفْرَدٌ | مُذَكَّرٌ | مَجْرُوْرٌ | ع ل ق | بَاب سَمِعَ | عَلِقَ يَعْلَقُ | فَعَلٌ | اسْمٌ | اِسْمُ الجِنْسِ |
| Indefinite | Singular | Masculine | Genitive | Root | Clot | س | Pattern | Noun | Generic or common Noun |
| Surah/ | Below is the only verse in the holy Quran containing the genitive noun | عَلَقٍ |
| Verse | ||
| 96-2 | He created man from a clot | خَلَقَ الإِنْسَانَ مِنْ عَلَقٍ |