ملكة
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Arabic
| Root |
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| م ل ك (m l k) |
| 12 terms |
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
مَلِكَة • (malika) f (plural مَلِكَات (malikāt), masculine مَلِك (malik))
Declension
Declension of noun مَلِكَة (malika)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَلِكَة malika |
الْمَلِكَة al-malika |
مَلِكَة malikat |
| Nominative | مَلِكَةٌ malikatun |
الْمَلِكَةُ al-malikatu |
مَلِكَةُ malikatu |
| Accusative | مَلِكَةً malikatan |
الْمَلِكَةَ al-malikata |
مَلِكَةَ malikata |
| Genitive | مَلِكَةٍ malikatin |
الْمَلِكَةِ al-malikati |
مَلِكَةِ malikati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَلِكَتَيْن malikatayn |
الْمَلِكَتَيْن al-malikatayn |
مَلِكَتَيْ malikatay |
| Nominative | مَلِكَتَانِ malikatāni |
الْمَلِكَتَانِ al-malikatāni |
مَلِكَتَا malikatā |
| Accusative | مَلِكَتَيْنِ malikatayni |
الْمَلِكَتَيْنِ al-malikatayni |
مَلِكَتَيْ malikatay |
| Genitive | مَلِكَتَيْنِ malikatayni |
الْمَلِكَتَيْنِ al-malikatayni |
مَلِكَتَيْ malikatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَلِكَات malikāt |
الْمَلِكَات al-malikāt |
مَلِكَات malikāt |
| Nominative | مَلِكَاتٌ malikātun |
الْمَلِكَاتُ al-malikātu |
مَلِكَاتُ malikātu |
| Accusative | مَلِكَاتٍ malikātin |
الْمَلِكَاتِ al-malikāti |
مَلِكَاتِ malikāti |
| Genitive | مَلِكَاتٍ malikātin |
الْمَلِكَاتِ al-malikāti |
مَلِكَاتِ malikāti |
Descendants
- → Azerbaijani: məlikə
- → Chagatai: ملکه
- → English: Malika
- → Kazakh: мәлике (mälike)
- → Ottoman Turkish: ملكه (melike)
- Turkish: melike
- → Old Armenian: Մլքէ (Mlkʻē)
- → Classical Persian: مَلِکَه (malika)
- → Turkmen: melike
- → Swahili: malkia
See also
- وَزِير (wazīr) (chess piece)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “ملك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
مَلَكَة • (malaka) f (plural مَلَكَات (malakāt))
- possession
- acquisition
- attainment, acquired skill or quality, talent, virtue
- 1377 CE, Ibn Khaldun, “الفصل السادس والأربعون في أن اللغة ملكة صناعية”, in Khalīl Shiḥādah, editor, تاريخ ابن خلدون, volume 1, Beirut, Lebanon: Dār Al-Fikr, published 1981, →OCLC, pages 764–765:
- وَٱلْمَلَكَاتُ لَا تَحْصُلُ إلَّا بِتَكْرَارِ الْأَفْعَالِ، لِأَنَّ الْفِعْلَ يَقَعُ أَوَّلًا، وَتَعُودُ مِنْهُ لِلذَّاتِ صِفَةٌ، ثُمَّ تَتَكَرَّرُ فَتَكُونُ حَالًا. وَمَعْنَى الْحَالِ أَنَّهَا صِفَةٌ غَيْرُ رَاسِخَةٍ ثُمَّ يَزِيدُ التَّكْرَارُ فَتَكُونُ مَلَكَةً أَيْ صِفَةً رَاسِخَةً.
- wal-malakātu lā taḥṣulu ʔillā bitakrāri l-ʔafʕāli, liʔanna l-fiʕla yaqaʕu ʔawwalan, wataʕūdu minhu li-ḏ-ḏāti ṣifatun, ṯumma tatakarraru fatakūnu ḥālan. wamaʕnā l-ḥāli ʔannahā ṣifatun ḡayru rāsiḵatin ṯumma yazīdu t-takrāru fatakūnu malakatan ʔay ṣifatan rāsiḵatan.
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- habit, custom
- slavery
Declension
Declension of noun مَلَكَة (malaka)
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
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| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَلَكَة malaka |
الْمَلَكَة al-malaka |
مَلَكَة malakat |
| Nominative | مَلَكَةٌ malakatun |
الْمَلَكَةُ al-malakatu |
مَلَكَةُ malakatu |
| Accusative | مَلَكَةً malakatan |
الْمَلَكَةَ al-malakata |
مَلَكَةَ malakata |
| Genitive | مَلَكَةٍ malakatin |
الْمَلَكَةِ al-malakati |
مَلَكَةِ malakati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَلَكَتَيْن malakatayn |
الْمَلَكَتَيْن al-malakatayn |
مَلَكَتَيْ malakatay |
| Nominative | مَلَكَتَانِ malakatāni |
الْمَلَكَتَانِ al-malakatāni |
مَلَكَتَا malakatā |
| Accusative | مَلَكَتَيْنِ malakatayni |
الْمَلَكَتَيْنِ al-malakatayni |
مَلَكَتَيْ malakatay |
| Genitive | مَلَكَتَيْنِ malakatayni |
الْمَلَكَتَيْنِ al-malakatayni |
مَلَكَتَيْ malakatay |
| Plural | sound feminine plural | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَلَكَات malakāt |
الْمَلَكَات al-malakāt |
مَلَكَات malakāt |
| Nominative | مَلَكَاتٌ malakātun |
الْمَلَكَاتُ al-malakātu |
مَلَكَاتُ malakātu |
| Accusative | مَلَكَاتٍ malakātin |
الْمَلَكَاتِ al-malakāti |
مَلَكَاتِ malakāti |
| Genitive | مَلَكَاتٍ malakātin |
الْمَلَكَاتِ al-malakāti |
مَلَكَاتِ malakāti |
Descendants
References
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “ملكة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen
South Levantine Arabic
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| م ل ك |
| 3 terms |
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
ملكة • (malike) f (construct state ملكة (malket), plural ملكات (malikāt), masculine ملك (malik))
See also
| Chess pieces in South Levantine Arabic · قطع الشطرنج (ʔuṭaʕ iš-šaṭranj) (layout · text) | |||||
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| ملك (malik) | ملكة (malike) | قلعة (ʔalʕa) | وزير (wazīr) | حصان (ḥsān) | جندي (jundi) |