مذوق

Arabic

Adjective

مَذُوق • (maḏūq) (feminine مَذُوقَة (maḏūqa))

passive participle of ذَاقَ (ḏāqa)

Declension

Declension of adjective **مَذُوق** (maḏūq)
singular	masculine		feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَذُوق maḏūq	الْمَذُوق al-maḏūq	مَذُوقَة maḏūqa	الْمَذُوقَة al-maḏūqa
nominative	مَذُوقٌ maḏūqun	الْمَذُوقُ al-maḏūqu	مَذُوقَةٌ maḏūqatun	الْمَذُوقَةُ al-maḏūqatu
accusative	مَذُوقًا maḏūqan	الْمَذُوقَ al-maḏūqa	مَذُوقَةً maḏūqatan	الْمَذُوقَةَ al-maḏūqata
genitive	مَذُوقٍ maḏūqin	الْمَذُوقِ al-maḏūqi	مَذُوقَةٍ maḏūqatin	الْمَذُوقَةِ al-maḏūqati
dual	masculine		feminine
dual	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَذُوقَيْن maḏūqayn	الْمَذُوقَيْن al-maḏūqayn	مَذُوقَتَيْن maḏūqatayn	الْمَذُوقَتَيْن al-maḏūqatayn
nominative	مَذُوقَانِ maḏūqāni	الْمَذُوقَانِ al-maḏūqāni	مَذُوقَتَانِ maḏūqatāni	الْمَذُوقَتَانِ al-maḏūqatāni
accusative	مَذُوقَيْنِ maḏūqayni	الْمَذُوقَيْنِ al-maḏūqayni	مَذُوقَتَيْنِ maḏūqatayni	الْمَذُوقَتَيْنِ al-maḏūqatayni
genitive	مَذُوقَيْنِ maḏūqayni	الْمَذُوقَيْنِ al-maḏūqayni	مَذُوقَتَيْنِ maḏūqatayni	الْمَذُوقَتَيْنِ al-maḏūqatayni
plural	masculine		feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
informal	مَذُوقِين maḏūqīn	الْمَذُوقِين al-maḏūqīn	مَذُوقَات maḏūqāt	الْمَذُوقَات al-maḏūqāt
nominative	مَذُوقُونَ maḏūqūna	الْمَذُوقُونَ al-maḏūqūna	مَذُوقَاتٌ maḏūqātun	الْمَذُوقَاتُ al-maḏūqātu
accusative	مَذُوقِينَ maḏūqīna	الْمَذُوقِينَ al-maḏūqīna	مَذُوقَاتٍ maḏūqātin	الْمَذُوقَاتِ al-maḏūqāti
genitive	مَذُوقِينَ maḏūqīna	الْمَذُوقِينَ al-maḏūqīna	مَذُوقَاتٍ maḏūqātin	الْمَذُوقَاتِ al-maḏūqāti

North Levantine Arabic

Root
ذ و ق
2 terms

Etymology

Formed natively in Levantine Arabic from the non-native learned borrowing ذوق (zōʔ, “taste”).

The presence of a sibilant ذ (/⁠z⁠/) indicates a learned borrowing from Standard Arabic, since the native cognate of this root in Levantine has no sibilant. This is seen in words such as داق (dāʔ, “to taste”, verb), inherited from Arabic ذَاقَ (ḏāqa).

However, the form مذوق (mizwiʔ) itself does not follow Standard Arabic patterns. There is no attested form *مُذْوِق (muḏwiq), and the expected Standard Arabic form would be مُذِيق (muḏīq), based on the hollow root structure. This form is only known as the active participle of أَذَاقَ (ʔaḏāqa, “to give a taste”), and would have produced a Levantine reflex like *مذيق (muzīʔ, mzīʔ), not مذوق (mizwiʔ).

The Levantine Arabic template مِفْعِل (miCCiC) comes from the original active participle مُفْعِل (muCCiC) of form IV verbs in Standard Arabic. However, Levantine dialects eventually separated this pattern from Form IV verbs and began using it independently to form adjectives, often from nouns rather than verbs. The word مذوق (mizwiʔ) was likely created in this later stage, derived directly from the noun ذوق (zōʔ, “taste”), which by then had become fully integrated into the dialect.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /miz.wiʔ/, [mɪz.weʔ]
(coastal Syria) IPA^(key): /miz.wiq/

Adjective

مذوق • (mizweʔ) (feminine مذوقة (mizwʔa, mizweʔa), common plural مذوقين (mizwʔīn, mizweʔīn), feminine plural مذوقات (mizwʔāt, mizweʔāt))

tasteful, tactful, couth
having good taste