المعلقات

Arabic

Etymology

Plural of مُعَلَّقَة (muʕallaqa, “poster”), derived from مُعَلَّق (muʕallaq, “suspended, hung”).

Proper noun

اَلْمُعَلَّقَات • (al-muʕallaqāt) pl

the Mu'allaqat (seven famous pre-Islamic odes (qasidas))

Declension

Declension of noun **اَلْمُعَلَّقَات** (al-muʕallaqāt)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُعَلَّقَة muʕallaqa	الْمُعَلَّقَة al-muʕallaqa	مُعَلَّقَة muʕallaqat
nominative	مُعَلَّقَةٌ muʕallaqatun	الْمُعَلَّقَةُ al-muʕallaqatu	مُعَلَّقَةُ muʕallaqatu
accusative	مُعَلَّقَةً muʕallaqatan	الْمُعَلَّقَةَ al-muʕallaqata	مُعَلَّقَةَ muʕallaqata
genitive	مُعَلَّقَةٍ muʕallaqatin	الْمُعَلَّقَةِ al-muʕallaqati	مُعَلَّقَةِ muʕallaqati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُعَلَّقَتَيْن muʕallaqatayn	الْمُعَلَّقَتَيْن al-muʕallaqatayn	مُعَلَّقَتَيْ muʕallaqatay
nominative	مُعَلَّقَتَانِ muʕallaqatāni	الْمُعَلَّقَتَانِ al-muʕallaqatāni	مُعَلَّقَتَا muʕallaqatā
accusative	مُعَلَّقَتَيْنِ muʕallaqatayni	الْمُعَلَّقَتَيْنِ al-muʕallaqatayni	مُعَلَّقَتَيْ muʕallaqatay
genitive	مُعَلَّقَتَيْنِ muʕallaqatayni	الْمُعَلَّقَتَيْنِ al-muʕallaqatayni	مُعَلَّقَتَيْ muʕallaqatay
plural	sound feminine plural
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُعَلَّقَات muʕallaqāt	الْمُعَلَّقَات al-muʕallaqāt	مُعَلَّقَات muʕallaqāt
nominative	مُعَلَّقَاتٌ muʕallaqātun	الْمُعَلَّقَاتُ al-muʕallaqātu	مُعَلَّقَاتُ muʕallaqātu
accusative	مُعَلَّقَاتٍ muʕallaqātin	الْمُعَلَّقَاتِ al-muʕallaqāti	مُعَلَّقَاتِ muʕallaqāti
genitive	مُعَلَّقَاتٍ muʕallaqātin	الْمُعَلَّقَاتِ al-muʕallaqāti	مُعَلَّقَاتِ muʕallaqāti

References

Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “المعلقات”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
Wehr, Hans (1979) “علق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN