عقعق
Arabic
عقعق أوروبي ― a Eurasian magpie
Alternative forms
- قَعْقَع (qaʿqaʿ)
Etymology
Onomatopoeic and reduplicated, compare نَعَقَ (naʿaqa, “to caw”). Parallel to Hebrew עַקְעָק (ʿaqʿāq, “magpie”)
Noun
عَقْعَق • (ʿaqʿaq) m (plural عَقاعِق (ʿaqāʿiq))
- magpie
Declension
Declension of noun عَقْعَق (ʿaqʿaq)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَقْعَق ʿaqʿaq | الْعَقْعَق al-ʿaqʿaq | عَقْعَق ʿaqʿaq |
| Nominative | عَقْعَقٌ ʿaqʿaqun | الْعَقْعَقُ al-ʿaqʿaqu | عَقْعَقُ ʿaqʿaqu |
| Accusative | عَقْعَقًا ʿaqʿaqan | الْعَقْعَقَ al-ʿaqʿaqa | عَقْعَقَ ʿaqʿaqa |
| Genitive | عَقْعَقٍ ʿaqʿaqin | الْعَقْعَقِ al-ʿaqʿaqi | عَقْعَقِ ʿaqʿaqi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | عَقْعَقَيْن ʿaqʿaqayn | الْعَقْعَقَيْن al-ʿaqʿaqayn | عَقْعَقَيْ ʿaqʿaqay |
| Nominative | عَقْعَقَانِ ʿaqʿaqāni | الْعَقْعَقَانِ al-ʿaqʿaqāni | عَقْعَقَا ʿaqʿaqā |
| Accusative | عَقْعَقَيْنِ ʿaqʿaqayni | الْعَقْعَقَيْنِ al-ʿaqʿaqayni | عَقْعَقَيْ ʿaqʿaqay |
| Genitive | عَقْعَقَيْنِ ʿaqʿaqayni | الْعَقْعَقَيْنِ al-ʿaqʿaqayni | عَقْعَقَيْ ʿaqʿaqay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | عَقاعِق ʿaqāʿiq | الْعَقاعِق al-ʿaqāʿiq | عَقاعِق ʿaqāʿiq |
| Nominative | عَقاعِقُ ʿaqāʿiqu | الْعَقاعِقُ al-ʿaqāʿiqu | عَقاعِقُ ʿaqāʿiqu |
| Accusative | عَقاعِقَ ʿaqāʿiqa | الْعَقاعِقَ al-ʿaqāʿiqa | عَقاعِقَ ʿaqāʿiqa |
| Genitive | عَقاعِقَ ʿaqāʿiqa | الْعَقاعِقِ al-ʿaqāʿiqi | عَقاعِقِ ʿaqāʿiqi |
References
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1904) Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 117
- Wehr, Hans; Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “عقعق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 861