مكوك

See also: مکوک

Arabic

Alternative forms

• مَاكُوك (mākūk)

Etymology

From Aramaic מָקוֹק (māqōq), ܡܩܘܩ (māqōq), whence also Ge'ez ማዕከክ (maʿkäk, “tub, laver”), from Middle Iranian *makōk, whence Persian مکوک (makôk), Old Armenian մակոյկ (makoyk).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak.kuːk/

Noun

مَكُّوك • (makkūk) m (plural مَكَاكِيك (makākīk) or مَكَاكِيّ (makākiyy))

1. (rare) drinking-cup
2. a liquid measure, about the size of a cup
3. weaver’s shuttle
   • 2016 April 1, “مكوك الحايك.. رحلة مستمرة منذ 5000 سنة”, in Souriat‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 December 2019:
4. space shuttle, transport capsule, space ship

Declension

Declension of noun مَكُّوك (makkūk)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكُّوك makkūk	الْمَكُّوك al-makkūk	مَكُّوك makkūk
Nominative	مَكُّوكٌ makkūkun	الْمَكُّوكُ al-makkūku	مَكُّوكُ makkūku
Accusative	مَكُّوكًا makkūkan	الْمَكُّوكَ al-makkūka	مَكُّوكَ makkūka
Genitive	مَكُّوكٍ makkūkin	الْمَكُّوكِ al-makkūki	مَكُّوكِ makkūki
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكُّوكَيْن makkūkayn	الْمَكُّوكَيْن al-makkūkayn	مَكُّوكَيْ makkūkay
Nominative	مَكُّوكَانِ makkūkāni	الْمَكُّوكَانِ al-makkūkāni	مَكُّوكَا makkūkā
Accusative	مَكُّوكَيْنِ makkūkayni	الْمَكُّوكَيْنِ al-makkūkayni	مَكُّوكَيْ makkūkay
Genitive	مَكُّوكَيْنِ makkūkayni	الْمَكُّوكَيْنِ al-makkūkayni	مَكُّوكَيْ makkūkay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكَاكِيك‎; مَكَاكِي makākīk‎; makākī	الْمَكَاكِيك‎; الْمَكَاكِي al-makākīk‎; al-makākī	مَكَاكِيك‎; مَكَاكِي makākīk‎; makākī
Nominative	مَكَاكِيكُ‎; مَكَاكِيُّ makākīku‎; makākiyyu	الْمَكَاكِيكُ‎; الْمَكَاكِيُّ al-makākīku‎; al-makākiyyu	مَكَاكِيكُ‎; مَكَاكِيُّ makākīku‎; makākiyyu
Accusative	مَكَاكِيكَ‎; مَكَاكِيَّ makākīka‎; makākiyya	الْمَكَاكِيكَ‎; الْمَكَاكِيَّ al-makākīka‎; al-makākiyya	مَكَاكِيكَ‎; مَكَاكِيَّ makākīka‎; makākiyya
Genitive	مَكَاكِيكَ‎; مَكَاكِيَّ makākīka‎; makākiyya	الْمَكَاكِيكِ‎; الْمَكَاكِيِّ al-makākīki‎; al-makākiyyi	مَكَاكِيكِ‎; مَكَاكِيِّ makākīki‎; makākiyyi

References

• “mqwq”, 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, pages 207–208
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مكوك”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[2] (in French), volume 2, Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie, page 1137
• Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 60
• Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[3] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 41
• Sokoloff, Michael (2002) A Dictionary of Jewish Babylonian Aramaic of the Talmudic and Geonic periods, Ramat Gan: Bar Ilan University, page 702
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مكوك”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1075
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مكوك”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[4] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1215

Gulf Arabic

Etymology

Sense 1 from Arabic مَكُّوك (makkūk), and sense 2 from phonetic similarity.

Pronunciation

• (Kuwait) IPA^(key): /məˈkːuːk/

Noun

مَكّوك • (makkūk) m (plural مَكّوكات (makkūkāt))

1. space shuttle, transport capsule, spaceship
2. (euphemistic) euphemistic form for مكوت (makkūt, “buttocks”)

   Synonym: (also euphemistic) دبة (dabba)