شنك

Arabic

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish شنلك (şenlik).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃin.nik/, /ʃan.nik/

Noun

شِنِّك or شَنِّك • (šinnik or šannik) m (plural شَنَانِك (šanānik))

(obsolete, Egypt) festivities, fair, Marybone
- 1822, ʿAbd ar-Raḥmān al-Jabartīy, عجائب الآثار في التراجم والأخبار‎^[1]:
  فلما كانت ليلة الأربع طاف المنادون بالرايات الحمر، ونادَوْا بالوفاء وعُمِل الشنك والوقدة تلك الليلة على العادة.
  And when it was Wednesday night the callers circled with red banners and hight confidence, and the festive feats and fireworks worked as usual.

Declension

Declension of noun شِنِّك (šinnik)‎; شَنِّك (šannik)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِنِّك‎; شَنِّك šinnik‎; šannik	الشِّنِّك‎; الشَّنِّك aš-šinnik‎; aš-šannik	شِنِّك‎; شَنِّك šinnik‎; šannik
Nominative	شِنِّكٌ‎; شَنِّكٌ šinnikun‎; šannikun	الشِّنِّكُ‎; الشَّنِّكُ aš-šinniku‎; aš-šanniku	شِنِّكُ‎; شَنِّكُ šinniku‎; šanniku
Accusative	شِنِّكًا‎; شَنِّكًا šinnikan‎; šannikan	الشِّنِّكَ‎; الشَّنِّكَ aš-šinnika‎; aš-šannika	شِنِّكَ‎; شَنِّكَ šinnika‎; šannika
Genitive	شِنِّكٍ‎; شَنِّكٍ šinnikin‎; šannikin	الشِّنِّكِ‎; الشَّنِّكِ aš-šinniki‎; aš-šanniki	شِنِّكِ‎; شَنِّكِ šinniki‎; šanniki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شِنِّكَيْن‎; شَنِّكَيْن šinnikayn‎; šannikayn	الشِّنِّكَيْن‎; الشَّنِّكَيْن aš-šinnikayn‎; aš-šannikayn	شِنِّكَيْ‎; شَنِّكَيْ šinnikay‎; šannikay
Nominative	شِنِّكَانِ‎; شَنِّكَانِ šinnikāni‎; šannikāni	الشِّنِّكَانِ‎; الشَّنِّكَانِ aš-šinnikāni‎; aš-šannikāni	شِنِّكَا‎; شَنِّكَا šinnikā‎; šannikā
Accusative	شِنِّكَيْنِ‎; شَنِّكَيْنِ šinnikayni‎; šannikayni	الشِّنِّكَيْنِ‎; الشَّنِّكَيْنِ aš-šinnikayni‎; aš-šannikayni	شِنِّكَيْ‎; شَنِّكَيْ šinnikay‎; šannikay
Genitive	شِنِّكَيْنِ‎; شَنِّكَيْنِ šinnikayni‎; šannikayni	الشِّنِّكَيْنِ‎; الشَّنِّكَيْنِ aš-šinnikayni‎; aš-šannikayni	شِنِّكَيْ‎; شَنِّكَيْ šinnikay‎; šannikay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	شَنَانِك šanānik	الشَّنَانِك aš-šanānik	شَنَانِك šanānik
Nominative	شَنَانِكُ šanāniku	الشَّنَانِكُ aš-šanāniku	شَنَانِكُ šanāniku
Accusative	شَنَانِكَ šanānika	الشَّنَانِكَ aš-šanānika	شَنَانِكَ šanānika
Genitive	شَنَانِكَ šanānika	الشَّنَانِكِ aš-šanāniki	شَنَانِكِ šanāniki

References

Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “شنك”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[2] (in French), volume 1, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 792b
Fleischer, Heinrich Leberecht (1888) Kleinere Schriften‎^[3] (in German), volume 2, Leipzig: S. Hirzel, pages 585–586
Kremer, Alfred von (1883) Beiträge zur arabischen Lexikographie‎^[4] (in German), Wien: In Commission bei Carl Gerold’s Sohn, page 87
Littmann, Enno (1954) “Türkisches Sprachgut im Ägyptisch-Arabischen”, in Fritz Meier, editor, Westöstliche Abhandlungen : Rudolf Tschudi zum 70. Geburtstag überreicht von Freunden und Schülern‎^[5], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz, page 119
Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[6] (in German), volume 51, page 308 Nr. 63