إغليق

From the root غ ل ق (ḡ-l-q), possibly formed after the model of إِقْلِيد (ʔiqlīd).

• IPA^(key): /ʔiɣ.liːq/

إِغْلِيق • (ʔiḡlīq) m (plural أَغَالِيق (ʔaḡālīq))

1. (obsolete) key

   Synonym: مِفْتَاح (miftāḥ)

   • 7th century CE, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Buḵāriyy, 64:86:

     فَدَخَلْتُ فَكَمَنْتُ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ النَّاسُ أَغْلَقَ الْبَابَ، ثُمَّ عَلَّقَ الأَغَالِيقَ عَلَى وَتَدٍ قَالَ فَقُمْتُ إِلَى الأَقَالِيدِ، فَأَخَذْتُهَا فَفَتَحْتُ الْبَابَ.

     fadaḵaltu fakamantu, falammā daḵala n-nāsu ʔaḡlaqa l-bāba, ṯumma ʕallaqa l-ʔaḡālīqa ʕalā watadin qāla faqumtu ʔilā l-ʔaqālīdi, faʔaḵaḏtuhā fafataḥtu l-bāba.

     So I went in and hid myself. When the people got inside, closed the gate and hung the keys on a fixed wooden peg. I got up and took the keys and opened the gate.