سنبوق

Arabic

Alternative forms

سُنْبُوك (sunbūk)
صُنْبُوق (ṣunbūq) — obsolete

Etymology

From Middle Persian *sanbūk whence Classical Persian (sumbuk), from Sanskrit शम्बूक (śambūka, literally “snail-shell”), or less likely Malay sampan, from Chinese 舢板 (MC paenX).
To be kept apart from the name of the xebec / sciabecco type of vessel which was used in the Mediterranean and is derived only in the 15^th century CE and later from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk).

Noun

سُنْبُوق • (sunbūq) m (plural سَنَابِيق (sanābīq))

a kind of small skiff with a curved bow, sambuq

Declension

Declension of noun **سُنْبُوق** (sunbūq)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سُنْبُوق sunbūq	السُّنْبُوق as-sunbūq	سُنْبُوق sunbūq
nominative	سُنْبُوقٌ sunbūqun	السُّنْبُوقُ as-sunbūqu	سُنْبُوقُ sunbūqu
accusative	سُنْبُوقًا sunbūqan	السُّنْبُوقَ as-sunbūqa	سُنْبُوقَ sunbūqa
genitive	سُنْبُوقٍ sunbūqin	السُّنْبُوقِ as-sunbūqi	سُنْبُوقِ sunbūqi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سُنْبُوقَيْن sunbūqayn	السُّنْبُوقَيْن as-sunbūqayn	سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay
nominative	سُنْبُوقَانِ sunbūqāni	السُّنْبُوقَانِ as-sunbūqāni	سُنْبُوقَا sunbūqā
accusative	سُنْبُوقَيْنِ sunbūqayni	السُّنْبُوقَيْنِ as-sunbūqayni	سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay
genitive	سُنْبُوقَيْنِ sunbūqayni	السُّنْبُوقَيْنِ as-sunbūqayni	سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	سَنَابِيق sanābīq	السَّنَابِيق as-sanābīq	سَنَابِيق sanābīq
nominative	سَنَابِيقُ sanābīqu	السَّنَابِيقُ as-sanābīqu	سَنَابِيقُ sanābīqu
accusative	سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa	السَّنَابِيقَ as-sanābīqa	سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa
genitive	سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa	السَّنَابِيقِ as-sanābīqi	سَنَابِيقِ sanābīqi

Descendants

→ Amharic: ሳምቡቅ (sambuḳ)
→ English: sambuq
→ Byzantine Greek: σαμβύκη (sambúkē)
→ Italian: sambuco, zambuco (archaic)
→ Medieval Latin: sambūca
→ Persian: سنبوق (sanbuq), سنبوک (sambūk)
→ Swahili: sambo, sambwe
→ Tigre: ሰንቡቅ (sänbuḳ)

References

Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, page 314