ملعقه
North Levantine Arabic
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Arabic مِلْعَقة (milʕaqa).
Noun
[edit]ملعقه • (malʿ(a)ʾa) f (plural ملاعق (m(a)lāʿiʾ))
Usage notes
[edit]- As indicated in the alternative forms, many variants exist. The plural of a variant may remain ملاعق (m(a)lāʕiʔ), or it may be a logical broken plural like ملاقع (m(a)lāʔiʕ) or معالق (m(a)ʕāliʔ) derived from the singular form, or it may be a regular suffixed plural like ملقات (m(a)laʔāt) or ملقات (m(a)laʕāt).