ألغى العقد
“ألغى العقد” (альгаа аль-ʿакд) — to cancel the contract in Arabic. Phrase, level B1. Literally "annulled the contract": alghaa, "to annul", the same word as a cancelled train or event. Ending by mutual consent is softer: ittafaqa ʿala al-ghaaʾ — "agreed to end it". In a live sentence: “ألغى العقد قبل نهاية المدة” — He cancelled the contract before the end of the term. Written with the characters أ, ل, غ, ى, ا, ل, ع, ق, د.
In short
| Written in Arabic | ألغى العقد |
| Read in Latin letters | альгаа аль-ʿакд |
| Translation | to cancel the contract |
| Part of speech | phrase |
| Level | B1 |
Why it looks that way
Literally "annulled the contract": alghaa, "to annul", the same word as a cancelled train or event. Ending by mutual consent is softer: ittafaqa ʿala al-ghaaʾ — "agreed to end it"
A word with a story stays in memory longer than one learned as a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.
In a live sentence
A single word almost never appears alone in conversation. A sentence shows where it fits and what stands next to it.
- ألغى العقد قبل نهاية المدةальгаа аль-ʿакд габля нихаят аль-муддаHe cancelled the contract before the end of the term
How not to forget this word
Reading a word and remembering it are different jobs. A day later, little survives of a single reading — and that is not bad memory, that is how memory works.
- This has been tested on foreign words too. The difference shows up most when you test yourself a few days later rather than straight away.checked many timesKim & Webb, 2022, Language Learning 72(2) · 48 experiments, 3,411 participants, 98 comparisons.
- Recalling beats re-reading. Covering the translation and trying to remember it does more than reading it ten more times.checked many timesAdesope, Trevisan & Sundararajan, 2017, Review of Educational Research 87(3) · 188 experiments, 272 comparisons. g = 0.61; against plain re-reading 0.51, against passive review 0.93.
- An answer you worked out yourself sticks better than one handed to you.checked many timesBertsch et al., 2007, Memory & Cognition 35(2) · 86 studies, 445 comparisons, d = 0.40.
Frequently asked
How do you say “to cancel the contract” in Arabic?
«ألغى العقد», read “альгаа аль-ʿакд”. In a live sentence: “ألغى العقد قبل نهاية المدة” — He cancelled the contract before the end of the term. Phrase, level B1; written with the characters أ, ل, غ, ى, ا, ل, ع, ق, د.
How is “ألغى العقد” written in Latin letters?
альгаа аль-ʿакд. This is a practical spelling — you need it to read aloud and be understood, not to meet an academic standard.
Why does this word look the way it does?
Literally "annulled the contract": alghaa, "to annul", the same word as a cancelled train or event. Ending by mutual consent is softer: ittafaqa ʿala al-ghaaʾ — "agreed to end it". A word with a story stays in memory longer than a “spelling — translation” pair: memory holds on to meaning, not to a string.