ملكوت

See also: ملکوت

Arabic

Root
م ل ك (m l k)
12 terms

Etymology

Borrowed from Aramaic מַלְכוּתָא / ܡܰܠܟ݁ܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ (malḵūṯā).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ma.la.kuːt/

Noun

مَلَكُوت • (malakūt) m

kingdom, dominion, reign
Synonyms: مَمْلَكَة (mamlaka), مُلْك (mulk)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 6:75:
  وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُرِي إِبْرَٰهِيمَ مَلَكُوتَ ٱلسَّمَٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَلِيَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْمُوقِنِينَ
  wakaḏālika nurī ʔibrāhīma malakūta s-samāwāti wal-ʔarḍi waliyakūna mina l-mūqinīna
  And thus did We show Abraham the kingdom of the heavens and the earth so that he would be among the certain in faith
- 1865 CE, Bible (SVD), Gospel of Matthew, 8:11:
  وَأَقُولُ لَكُمْ أَنَّ كَثِيرِينَ سَيَأْتُونَ مِنَ الْمَشْرِقِ وَالْمَغْرِبِ وَيَتَّكِئُونَ مَعَ إِبْرَٰهِيمَ وَإِسْحَٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ فِي مَلَكُوتِ السَّمَٰوَٰتِ
  waʔaqūlu lakum ʔanna kaṯīrīna sayaʔtūna mina l-mašriqi wālmaḡribi wayattakiʔūna maʕa ʔibrāhīma waʔisḥāqa wayaʕqūba fī malakūti as-samāwāti
  And I say to you that many will come from east and west, and will recline with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of the heavens.
(Christianity) kingdom (of God) (those places and spheres where God’s will truly reigns)
- Lord's Prayer 3-4:
  لِيَأْتِ مَلَكُوتُكَ! لِتَكُنْ مَشِيئَتُكَ عَلَى الأَرْضِ كَمَا هِيَ فِي السَّمَاءِ!
  liyaʔti malakūtuka! litakun mašīʔatuka ʕalā l-ʔarḍi kamā hiya fī s-samāʔi!
  1582 translation by Douay-Rheims
  Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.

Declension

Declension of noun مَلَكُوت (malakūt)

Singular	basic singular triptote
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَلَكُوت malakūt	الْمَلَكُوت al-malakūt	مَلَكُوت malakūt
Nominative	مَلَكُوتٌ malakūtun	الْمَلَكُوتُ al-malakūtu	مَلَكُوتُ malakūtu
Accusative	مَلَكُوتًا malakūtan	الْمَلَكُوتَ al-malakūta	مَلَكُوتَ malakūta
Genitive	مَلَكُوتٍ malakūtin	الْمَلَكُوتِ al-malakūti	مَلَكُوتِ malakūti