عكروت
Arabic
Etymology
Probably individualizing from عَكَارَة (ʕakāra, “dregs, settlings”) in a figurative sense of “what has settled on the bottom of society”, as in Armenian տականք (takankʻ), German Hefe, English riffraff, Russian подонок (podonok) etc., both a frequent Egyptian Arabic word.
Noun
عَكْرُوت • (ʕakrūt) m (plural عَكَارِيت (ʕakārīt)) (regional, derogatory)
Declension
| singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عَكْرُوت ʕakrūt |
الْعَكْرُوت al-ʕakrūt |
عَكْرُوت ʕakrūt |
| nominative | عَكْرُوتٌ ʕakrūtun |
الْعَكْرُوتُ al-ʕakrūtu |
عَكْرُوتُ ʕakrūtu |
| accusative | عَكْرُوتًا ʕakrūtan |
الْعَكْرُوتَ al-ʕakrūta |
عَكْرُوتَ ʕakrūta |
| genitive | عَكْرُوتٍ ʕakrūtin |
الْعَكْرُوتِ al-ʕakrūti |
عَكْرُوتِ ʕakrūti |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | عَكْرُوتَيْن ʕakrūtayn |
الْعَكْرُوتَيْن al-ʕakrūtayn |
عَكْرُوتَيْ ʕakrūtay |
| nominative | عَكْرُوتَانِ ʕakrūtāni |
الْعَكْرُوتَانِ al-ʕakrūtāni |
عَكْرُوتَا ʕakrūtā |
| accusative | عَكْرُوتَيْنِ ʕakrūtayni |
الْعَكْرُوتَيْنِ al-ʕakrūtayni |
عَكْرُوتَيْ ʕakrūtay |
| genitive | عَكْرُوتَيْنِ ʕakrūtayni |
الْعَكْرُوتَيْنِ al-ʕakrūtayni |
عَكْرُوتَيْ ʕakrūtay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | عَكَارِيت ʕakārīt |
الْعَكَارِيت al-ʕakārīt |
عَكَارِيت ʕakārīt |
| nominative | عَكَارِيتُ ʕakārītu |
الْعَكَارِيتُ al-ʕakārītu |
عَكَارِيتُ ʕakārītu |
| accusative | عَكَارِيتَ ʕakārīta |
الْعَكَارِيتَ al-ʕakārīta |
عَكَارِيتَ ʕakārīta |
| genitive | عَكَارِيتَ ʕakārīta |
الْعَكَارِيتِ al-ʕakārīti |
عَكَارِيتِ ʕakārīti |
Descendants
- → Turkish: akrut (“crafty”) (Paphos, Cyprus)
References
- Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey[1], London: Bickers & Son, page 150
- Sykes, Mark (1904) Dar ul-Islam. A record of a journey through ten of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey[2], London: Bickers & Son, page 211