مكاء

Arabic

مُكّاء

Etymology

An old bedouin word, the derivation can not be more than thoroughly unknown.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /muk.kaːʔ/

Noun

مُكّاء • (mukkāʔ) m (plural مَكَاكِيّ (makākiyy))

1. 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 [ʿajāʾib al-maḵlūqāt wa-ḡarāʾib al-mawjūdāt]‎^[1], 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^[2], volume 134, pages 257–268
• Jacob, Georg (1892) Studien in arabischen Geographen‎^[3] (in German), volume 3, Berlin: Meyer & Müller, pages 116–117