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))

  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, 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 (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 (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, 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 (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
  • (Kuwait) IPA(key): /məˈkːuːk/

Noun

مَكّوك • (makkūk) m (plural مَكّوكات (makkūkāt))

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