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 • (makkūk) m (plural مَكَاكِيك (makākīk) or مَكَاكِيّ (makākiyy))
- (rare) drinking-cup
- a liquid measure, about the size of a cup
- weaver’s shuttle
- 2016 April 1, “مكوك الحايك.. رحلة مستمرة منذ 5000 سنة”, in Souriat[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2019:
- space shuttle, transport capsule, space ship
Declension
| 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, , 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 • (makkūk) m (plural مَكّوكات (makkūkāt))
- space shuttle, transport capsule, spaceship
- (euphemistic) euphemistic form for مكوت (makkūt, “buttocks”)
- Synonym: (also euphemistic) دبة (dabba)