سنبوق
Arabic
Alternative forms
- سُنْبُوك (sunbūk)
- صُنْبُوق (ṣunbūq) – obsolete
Etymology
From Middle Persian *sanbūk whence Classical Persian سنبک (sumbuk), from Sanskrit शम्बूक (śambūka, literally “snail-shell”), or less likely Malay sampan, from Chinese 舢板 (MC pˠanX).
To be kept apart from the name of the xebec / sciabecco type of vessel which was used in the Mediterranean and is derived only in the 15th century CE and later from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk).
Noun
سُنْبُوق • (sunbūq) m (plural سَنَابِيق (sanābīq))
- a kind of small skiff with a curved bow, sambuq
Declension
Declension of noun سُنْبُوق (sunbūq)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سُنْبُوق sunbūq | السُّنْبُوق as-sunbūq | سُنْبُوق sunbūq |
| Nominative | سُنْبُوقٌ sunbūqun | السُّنْبُوقُ as-sunbūqu | سُنْبُوقُ sunbūqu |
| Accusative | سُنْبُوقًا sunbūqan | السُّنْبُوقَ as-sunbūqa | سُنْبُوقَ sunbūqa |
| Genitive | سُنْبُوقٍ sunbūqin | السُّنْبُوقِ as-sunbūqi | سُنْبُوقِ sunbūqi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | سُنْبُوقَيْن sunbūqayn | السُّنْبُوقَيْن as-sunbūqayn | سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay |
| Nominative | سُنْبُوقَانِ sunbūqāni | السُّنْبُوقَانِ as-sunbūqāni | سُنْبُوقَا sunbūqā |
| Accusative | سُنْبُوقَيْنِ sunbūqayni | السُّنْبُوقَيْنِ as-sunbūqayni | سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay |
| Genitive | سُنْبُوقَيْنِ sunbūqayni | السُّنْبُوقَيْنِ as-sunbūqayni | سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | سَنَابِيق sanābīq | السَّنَابِيق as-sanābīq | سَنَابِيق sanābīq |
| Nominative | سَنَابِيقُ sanābīqu | السَّنَابِيقُ as-sanābīqu | سَنَابِيقُ sanābīqu |
| Accusative | سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa | السَّنَابِيقَ as-sanābīqa | سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa |
| Genitive | سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa | السَّنَابِيقِ as-sanābīqi | سَنَابِيقِ sanābīqi |
Descendants
- → Amharic: ሳምቡቅ (sambuḳ)
- → English: sambuq
- → Byzantine Greek: σαμβύκη (sambúkē)
- → Italian: sambuco, zambuco
- → Medieval Latin: sambūca
- → Persian: سنبوق (sambūq), سنبوک (sambūk)
- → Swahili: sambo, sambwe
References
- Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, page 314