عاتق

Arabic

From the root ع ت ق (ʕ-t-q). Has the form of an derived from the active participle but the verb عَتَقَ (ʕataqa, “to mature, to be emancipated”) does not fit the meaning.

عَاتِق • (ʕātiq) m (plural عَوَاتِق (ʕawātiq))

Declension of noun عَاتِق (ʕātiq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاتِق ʕātiq	الْعَاتِق al-ʕātiq	عَاتِق ʕātiq
Nominative	عَاتِقٌ ʕātiqun	الْعَاتِقُ al-ʕātiqu	عَاتِقُ ʕātiqu
Accusative	عَاتِقًا ʕātiqan	الْعَاتِقَ al-ʕātiqa	عَاتِقَ ʕātiqa
Genitive	عَاتِقٍ ʕātiqin	الْعَاتِقِ al-ʕātiqi	عَاتِقِ ʕātiqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَاتِقَيْن ʕātiqayn	الْعَاتِقَيْن al-ʕātiqayn	عَاتِقَيْ ʕātiqay
Nominative	عَاتِقَانِ ʕātiqāni	الْعَاتِقَانِ al-ʕātiqāni	عَاتِقَا ʕātiqā
Accusative	عَاتِقَيْنِ ʕātiqayni	الْعَاتِقَيْنِ al-ʕātiqayni	عَاتِقَيْ ʕātiqay
Genitive	عَاتِقَيْنِ ʕātiqayni	الْعَاتِقَيْنِ al-ʕātiqayni	عَاتِقَيْ ʕātiqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	عَوَاتِق ʕawātiq	الْعَوَاتِق al-ʕawātiq	عَوَاتِق ʕawātiq
Nominative	عَوَاتِقُ ʕawātiqu	الْعَوَاتِقُ al-ʕawātiqu	عَوَاتِقُ ʕawātiqu
Accusative	عَوَاتِقَ ʕawātiqa	الْعَوَاتِقَ al-ʕawātiqa	عَوَاتِقَ ʕawātiqa
Genitive	عَوَاتِقَ ʕawātiqa	الْعَوَاتِقِ al-ʕawātiqi	عَوَاتِقِ ʕawātiqi

Wehr, Hans (1979) “عاتق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN