مصطكى

See also: مصطكي and مصطکی

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مُصْطَكَاء (muṣṭakāʔ), مُصْطَكِيّ (muṣṭakiyy)
• مِسْتَكَة (mistaka), مِسْتَكِيّ (mistakiyy), مَسْتِيك (mastīk) — more dialectal

Etymology

From Aramaic מצטכי, מצטיכי, ܡܘܣܛܟܗ (/⁠mūṣṭəḵē⁠/), from Ancient Greek μαστίχη (mastíkhē).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /musˤ.tˤa.kaː/

Noun

مُصْطَكَى • (muṣṭakā) f

1. mastic, the gum-resin of Pistacia lentiscus

   Synonyms: رَمَاص (ramāṣ), عِلْك (ʕilk)

   Holonyms: ضَرْو (ḍarw), رَامَك (rāmak)

Declension

Declension of noun مُصْطَكَى (muṣṭakā)

Singular	singular invariable
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā	الْمُصْطَكَى al-muṣṭakā	مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā
Nominative	مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā	الْمُصْطَكَى al-muṣṭakā	مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā
Accusative	مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā	الْمُصْطَكَى al-muṣṭakā	مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā
Genitive	مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā	الْمُصْطَكَى al-muṣṭakā	مُصْطَكَى muṣṭakā

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mastika
• → Egyptian Arabic: مستيكة (mastika)
• → Persian: مصطکی (mastaki)
• → Moroccan Arabic: مسكة (maska)
• → Ottoman Turkish: ماستقه (mastıka, mastika), ماستیقه (mastıka, mastika), ماستكی (masteki)
  • Turkish: mastika

References

• “mwsṭkh”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 151
• Löw, Immanuel (1881) Aramæische Pflanzennamen‎^[1] (in German), Leipzig: Wilhelm Engelmann, page 70
• Löw, Immanuel (1928) Die Flora der Juden‎^[2] (in German), volume 1, Wien und Leipzig: R. Löwit, page 196
• Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎^[3] (in German), volume 51, page 304