Arabic word sheet
بَلَغَ
he reached, it reached
- Type
- verb
- Root
- ب ل غ
Meaning and usage
To reach, to arrive at
To get to the place one was heading for. Said of a person, a letter or an object that arrives at its destination.
بَلَغَ الْمُسَافِرُونَ الْقَرْيَةَ قَبْلَ اللَّيْلِ.
The travellers reached the village before nightfall.
To attain a degree, an age, an amount
To come to a certain point in time, in number or in a state.
بَلَغَتِ الْحَرَارَةُ أَرْبَعِينَ دَرَجَةً.
The temperature reached forty degrees.
To come of age, to ripen
Said of a boy or a girl leaving childhood, and of a fruit that ripens.
بَلَغَ الْوَلَدُ وَصَارَ شَابًّا.
The boy came of age and became a young man.
To come to someone’s knowledge
Said of a piece of news or a remark that reaches someone: “I have heard that…”.
بَلَغَ لَيْلَى خَبَرُ نَجَاحِهَا.
The news of her success reached Layla.
Word family
What the root means ب ل غ
The root carries the idea of arriving at the end one is making for. From it come “arrival, coming of age”, “to convey”, “notification”, “eloquent” and “eloquence” (speech that hits its mark), and “exaggeration” (going all the way).
reaching; coming of age
بُلُوغٌ
to convey, to deliver
بَلَّغَ
notification; sufficiency
بَلَاغٌ
eloquent
بَلِيغٌ
eloquence
بَلَاغَةٌ
exaggeration, utmost effort
مُبَالَغَةٌ
Synonyms
to arrive
وَصَلَ
It simply says that one arrives or joins up, without the idea of an aimed-for end finally attained.
to catch up with, to attain
أَدْرَكَ
It implies catching up with what was ahead or grasping a thing; it shares the sense of coming to maturity.
to come to the end
اِنْتَهَى
It stresses stopping once the end has been reached.