مكاء
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مُكّاء
Arabic
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Etymology
An old bedouin word, the derivation can not be more than thoroughly unknown.
Pronunciation
Noun
مُكّاء • (mukkāʔ) m (plural مَكَاكِيّ (makākiyy))
- greater hoopoe-lark (Alaemon alaudipes, a euphonious bird of the desert)
- a. 1283, Abū Yahyā Zakariyāʾ ibn Muhammad al-Qazwīnīy, edited by Ferdinand Wüstenfeld, عجائب المخلوقات وغرائب الموجودات , Göttingen: Verlag der Dieterichschen Buchhandlung, published 1849, page 424:
Declension
Declension of noun مُكّاء (mukkāʔ)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مُكّاء mukkāʔ |
الْمُكّاء al-mukkāʔ |
مُكّاء mukkāʔ |
| Nominative | مُكّاءٌ mukkāʔun |
الْمُكّاءُ al-mukkāʔu |
مُكّاءُ mukkāʔu |
| Accusative | مُكّاءً mukkāʔan |
الْمُكّاءَ al-mukkāʔa |
مُكّاءَ mukkāʔa |
| Genitive | مُكّاءٍ mukkāʔin |
الْمُكّاءِ al-mukkāʔi |
مُكّاءِ mukkāʔi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مُكّاءَيْن mukkāʔayn |
الْمُكّاءَيْن al-mukkāʔayn |
مُكّاءَيْ mukkāʔay |
| Nominative | مُكّاءَانِ mukkāʔāni |
الْمُكّاءَانِ al-mukkāʔāni |
مُكّاءَا mukkāʔā |
| Accusative | مُكّاءَيْنِ mukkāʔayni |
الْمُكّاءَيْنِ al-mukkāʔayni |
مُكّاءَيْ mukkāʔay |
| Genitive | مُكّاءَيْنِ mukkāʔayni |
الْمُكّاءَيْنِ al-mukkāʔayni |
مُكّاءَيْ mukkāʔay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَكَاكِي makākī |
الْمَكَاكِي al-makākī |
مَكَاكِي makākī |
| Nominative | مَكَاكِيُّ makākiyyu |
الْمَكَاكِيُّ al-makākiyyu |
مَكَاكِيُّ makākiyyu |
| Accusative | مَكَاكِيَّ makākiyya |
الْمَكَاكِيَّ al-makākiyya |
مَكَاكِيَّ makākiyya |
| Genitive | مَكَاكِيَّ makākiyya |
الْمَكَاكِيِّ al-makākiyyi |
مَكَاكِيِّ makākiyyi |
References
- “مكاء” in Almaany
- Eisenstein, Herbert (1984) “Der Vogel mukkāʾ in der klassisch-arabischen Literatur”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft, volume 134, pages 257–268
- Jacob, Georg (1892) Studien in arabischen Geographen (in German), volume 3, Berlin: Meyer & Müller, pages 116–117