مصطكى

See also: مصطكي and مصطکی

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Aramaic מצטכי, מצטיכי, ܡܘܣܛܟܗ (/⁠mūṣṭəḵē⁠/), from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /musˤ.tˤa.kaː/

Noun

مُصْطَكَى • (muṣṭakāf

  1. mastic, the gum-resin of Pistacia lentiscus
    Synonyms: رَمَاص (ramāṣ), عِلْك (ʕilk)
    Holonyms: ضَرْو (ḍarw), رَامَك (rāmak)

Declension

Declension of noun مُصْطَكَى (muṣṭakā)
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)
  • 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, →DOI, 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