This site uses cookies. Some of these cookies are essential to the operation of the site, while others help to improve your experience by providing insights into how the site is being used. For more information, please see the ProZ.com privacy policy.
Cookie settings
  1. KudoZ™ Top
  2. Arabic to English
  3. Geology

فالق

English translation: fissure

07:03 Mar 22, 2005
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Science - Geology
Arabic term or phrase: فالق
يقطع المدينة فالقين متوازيين يمتدان بالاتجاه العام لمحور التركيب
Mueen Issa
Local time: 08:57
English translation:fissure
Explanation:
Based on a quick search on ajeeb.com, I think the source term should be:

فَلَقَ

فلقان

This means "fissure" -

"a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth"
"An extensive crack, break, or fracture in the rocks."
"An extensive crack, break, or fracture in the rocks. It may contain mineral-bearing material."

(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define:fissure&btnG=Goo...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 20 mins (2005-03-22 07:23:52 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Just looked it up in Hans Wehr. The word is most likely meant to be:

فَلْقٌ فَلْقان


\"Crack, split, crevice, fissure, cleft, rift.\" I would go with fissure or rift.

Michael


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 21 mins (2005-03-22 07:24:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Just looked it up in Hans Wehr. The word is most likely meant to be:

فَلْقٌ فَلْقان


\"Crack, split, crevice, fissure, cleft, rift.\" I would go with fissure or rift.

Michael
Selected response from:

Michael McCain (X)
France
Local time: 07:57
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
3 +4fissure
Michael McCain (X)
4gorge
Fuad Yahya


Discussion entries: 8





  

Answers


11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
فالق
fissure


Explanation:
Based on a quick search on ajeeb.com, I think the source term should be:

فَلَقَ

فلقان

This means "fissure" -

"a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth"
"An extensive crack, break, or fracture in the rocks."
"An extensive crack, break, or fracture in the rocks. It may contain mineral-bearing material."

(http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=define:fissure&btnG=Goo...

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 20 mins (2005-03-22 07:23:52 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Just looked it up in Hans Wehr. The word is most likely meant to be:

فَلْقٌ فَلْقان


\"Crack, split, crevice, fissure, cleft, rift.\" I would go with fissure or rift.

Michael


--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 21 mins (2005-03-22 07:24:08 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Just looked it up in Hans Wehr. The word is most likely meant to be:

فَلْقٌ فَلْقان


\"Crack, split, crevice, fissure, cleft, rift.\" I would go with fissure or rift.

Michael


Michael McCain (X)
France
Local time: 07:57
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Graded automatically based on peer agreement.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Fuad Yahya: From the last added note, I would go with "crack" based on the language used in the geology of earthquakes, as in http://www.platetectonics.com/article.asp?a=95&c=4
1 hr
agree  Aisha Maniar: fissures or cracks both sound fine to me
2 hrs
agree  Dina Abdo: I'll go with Fuad too
5 days
agree  ennan
8 days
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)

10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
فالق
gorge


Explanation:
جاء في المنجد
الفالق هو الشق في الجبل
There is no way to tell with certainty from the little fragment you posted that this is what your passage is talking about, but a gorge is defined as "a deep narrow passage with steep rocky sides" (American Heritage Dictionary). See, for example, what is on the Internet on the city of Ithaca, New York (where the motto is "Ithaca is gorges").

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 1 hr 5 mins (2005-03-22 08:08:54 GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

If the writer is talking about a geological feature, it is possible, but not certain without clear context, that the writer meant \"fault.\" A fault is defined as \"a fracture in the continuity of a rock formation caused by a shifting or dislodging of the earth\'s crust, in which adjacent surfaces are displaced relative to one another and parallel to the plane of fracture -- also called shift\" (American Heritage Dictionary).


Fuad Yahya
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Login to enter a peer comment (or grade)



Login or register (free and only takes a few minutes) to participate in this question.

You will also have access to many other tools and opportunities designed for those who have language-related jobs (or are passionate about them). Participation is free and the site has a strict confidentiality policy.

Return to KudoZ list

KudoZ™ translation help

The KudoZ network provides a framework for translators and others to assist each other with translations or explanations of terms and short phrases.

See also:
ProZ.com term search
Search millions of term translations
Close search
Term search
  • All of ProZ.com
  • Term search
  • Jobs
  • Forums
  • Multiple search