مصطكى
See also: مصطكي and مصطکی
Arabic
Alternative forms
- مُصْطَكَاء (muṣṭakāʔ), مُصْطَكِيّ (muṣṭakiyy)
- مِسْتَكَة (mistaka), مِسْتَكِيّ (mistakiyy), مَسْتِيك (mastīk) — more dialectal
Etymology
From Aramaic מצטכי, מצטיכי, ܡܘܣܛܟܗ (/mūṣṭəḵē/), from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /musˤ.tˤa.kaː/
Noun
مُصْطَكَى • (muṣṭakā) f
- mastic, the gum-resin of Pistacia lentiscus
Declension
| singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā |
الْمُصْطَكَى al-muṣṭakā |
مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā |
| nominative | مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā |
الْمُصْطَكَى al-muṣṭakā |
مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā |
| accusative | مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā |
الْمُصْطَكَى al-muṣṭakā |
مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā |
| genitive | مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā |
الْمُصْطَكَى al-muṣṭakā |
مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: mastika
- → Egyptian Arabic: مستيكة (mastika)
- → Persian: مصطکی (mastaki)
- → Moroccan Arabic: مسكة (maska)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ماستقه (mastıka, mastika), ماستیقه (mastıka, mastika), ماستكی (masteki)
- Turkish: mastika
- → Portuguese: almécega
References
- “mwsṭkh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 151
- Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, , page 70
- Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 196
- Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft[3] (in German), volume 51, page 304