مكوك

See also: مکوک

Arabic

Alternative forms

  • مَاكُوك (mākūk)

Etymology

From Aramaic מָקוֹק (māqōq), ܡܩܘܩ (māqōq), whence also Ge'ez ማዕከክ (maʿkäk, tub, laver), from Middle Iranian *makōk, whence Persian مکوک (makôk), Old Armenian մակոյկ (makoyk).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mak.kuːk/

Noun

مَكُّوك • (makkūkm (plural مَكَاكِيك (makākīk) or مَكَاكِيّ (makākiyy))

  1. (rare) drinking-cup
  2. a liquid measure, about the size of a cup
  3. weaver’s shuttle
    • 2016 April 1, “مكوك الحايك.. رحلة مستمرة منذ 5000 سنة”, in Souriat[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2019:
  4. space shuttle, transport capsule, space ship

Declension

Declension of noun مَكُّوك (makkūk)
singular basic singular triptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَكُّوك
makkūk
الْمَكُّوك
al-makkūk
مَكُّوك
makkūk
nominative مَكُّوكٌ
makkūkun
الْمَكُّوكُ
al-makkūku
مَكُّوكُ
makkūku
accusative مَكُّوكًا
makkūkan
الْمَكُّوكَ
al-makkūka
مَكُّوكَ
makkūka
genitive مَكُّوكٍ
makkūkin
الْمَكُّوكِ
al-makkūki
مَكُّوكِ
makkūki
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَكُّوكَيْن
makkūkayn
الْمَكُّوكَيْن
al-makkūkayn
مَكُّوكَيْ
makkūkay
nominative مَكُّوكَانِ
makkūkāni
الْمَكُّوكَانِ
al-makkūkāni
مَكُّوكَا
makkūkā
accusative مَكُّوكَيْنِ
makkūkayni
الْمَكُّوكَيْنِ
al-makkūkayni
مَكُّوكَيْ
makkūkay
genitive مَكُّوكَيْنِ
makkūkayni
الْمَكُّوكَيْنِ
al-makkūkayni
مَكُّوكَيْ
makkūkay
plural basic broken plural diptote
indefinite definite construct
informal مَكَاكِيك‎; مَكَاكِي
makākīk‎; makākī
الْمَكَاكِيك‎; الْمَكَاكِي
al-makākīk‎; al-makākī
مَكَاكِيك‎; مَكَاكِي
makākīk‎; makākī
nominative مَكَاكِيكُ‎; مَكَاكِيُّ
makākīku‎; makākiyyu
الْمَكَاكِيكُ‎; الْمَكَاكِيُّ
al-makākīku‎; al-makākiyyu
مَكَاكِيكُ‎; مَكَاكِيُّ
makākīku‎; makākiyyu
accusative مَكَاكِيكَ‎; مَكَاكِيَّ
makākīka‎; makākiyya
الْمَكَاكِيكَ‎; الْمَكَاكِيَّ
al-makākīka‎; al-makākiyya
مَكَاكِيكَ‎; مَكَاكِيَّ
makākīka‎; makākiyya
genitive مَكَاكِيكَ‎; مَكَاكِيَّ
makākīka‎; makākiyya
الْمَكَاكِيكِ‎; الْمَكَاكِيِّ
al-makākīki‎; al-makākiyyi
مَكَاكِيكِ‎; مَكَاكِيِّ
makākīki‎; makākiyyi

References

  • mqwq”, 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, pages 207–208
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مكوك”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 1137
  • Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 60
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[3] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 41
  • Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, →ISBN, page 702
  • Wehr, Hans (1979) “مكوك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1075
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مكوك”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1215

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Sense 1 from Arabic مَكُّوك (makkūk), and sense 2 from phonetic similarity.

Pronunciation

Noun

مَكّوك • (makkūkm (plural مَكّوكات (makkūkāt))

  1. space shuttle, transport capsule, spaceship
  2. (euphemistic) euphemistic form for مكوت (makkūt, buttocks)
    Synonym: (also euphemistic) دبة (dabba)