فلوكة

Arabic

Etymology

From فُلْك m or f or pl (fulk, “ship”), deformed in the dialects due to its irregular noun class.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.luː.ka/

Noun

فَلُوكَة • (falūka) f (plural فَلَائِك (falāʔik) or فَلَالِك (falālik))

1. felucca

Declension

Declension of noun فَلُوكَة (falūka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلُوكَة falūka	الْفَلُوكَة al-falūka	فَلُوكَة falūkat
Nominative	فَلُوكَةٌ falūkatun	الْفَلُوكَةُ al-falūkatu	فَلُوكَةُ falūkatu
Accusative	فَلُوكَةً falūkatan	الْفَلُوكَةَ al-falūkata	فَلُوكَةَ falūkata
Genitive	فَلُوكَةٍ falūkatin	الْفَلُوكَةِ al-falūkati	فَلُوكَةِ falūkati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلُوكَتَيْن falūkatayn	الْفَلُوكَتَيْن al-falūkatayn	فَلُوكَتَيْ falūkatay
Nominative	فَلُوكَتَانِ falūkatāni	الْفَلُوكَتَانِ al-falūkatāni	فَلُوكَتَا falūkatā
Accusative	فَلُوكَتَيْنِ falūkatayni	الْفَلُوكَتَيْنِ al-falūkatayni	فَلُوكَتَيْ falūkatay
Genitive	فَلُوكَتَيْنِ falūkatayni	الْفَلُوكَتَيْنِ al-falūkatayni	فَلُوكَتَيْ falūkatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَائِك‎; فَلَالِك falāʔik‎; falālik	الْفَلَائِك‎; الْفَلَالِك al-falāʔik‎; al-falālik	فَلَائِك‎; فَلَالِك falāʔik‎; falālik
Nominative	فَلَائِكُ‎; فَلَالِكُ falāʔiku‎; falāliku	الْفَلَائِكُ‎; الْفَلَالِكُ al-falāʔiku‎; al-falāliku	فَلَائِكُ‎; فَلَالِكُ falāʔiku‎; falāliku
Accusative	فَلَائِكَ‎; فَلَالِكَ falāʔika‎; falālika	الْفَلَائِكَ‎; الْفَلَالِكَ al-falāʔika‎; al-falālika	فَلَائِكَ‎; فَلَالِكَ falāʔika‎; falālika
Genitive	فَلَائِكَ‎; فَلَالِكَ falāʔika‎; falālika	الْفَلَائِكِ‎; الْفَلَالِكِ al-falāʔiki‎; al-falāliki	فَلَائِكِ‎; فَلَالِكِ falāʔiki‎; falāliki

Further reading

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne, Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe‎^[1] (in French), 2^nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 264–266, instead proposes a Spanish corruption of حَرَّاقَة (ḥarrāqa)
• Kahane, Henry R., Kahane, Renée, Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, pages 211–213 Nr. 278, contains more detailed attestation data, but considers Arabic derivation “unsatisfactory” and instead a Romance mediation of Dutch or English hulk

Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluː.ka/

Noun

فلوكة • (flūka) f (plural فلايك (flāyik) or فلوكات (flūkāt))

1. small boat

See also

• بابور (bābūr, “ship”)
• سفينة (sfīna, “ship”)

 

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَلُوكَة (falūka).

Noun

فلوكة • (flōka) f (plural فلايك (falāyek))

1. fishing boat

   Synonym: شختورة (šaḵtūra)

See also

• بابور (bābōr, “ship”)
• باخرة (bāḵira, “ship”)
• سفينة (safīne, “ship”)