فلوكة

فلوكة

Arabic

Etymology

From فُلْك‎ m or f or pl (fulk, “ship”), deformed in the dialects due to its irregular noun class.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fa.luː.ka/

Noun

فَلُوكَة • (falūka) f (plural فَلَائِك‎ (falāʾik) or فَلَالِك‎ (falālik))

1. felucca

Declension

Declension of noun فَلُوكَة (falūka)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلُوكَة falūka	الْفَلُوكَة‎ al-falūka	فَلُوكَة falūkat
Nominative	فَلُوكَةٌ falūkatun	الْفَلُوكَةُ‎ al-falūkatu	فَلُوكَةُ falūkatu
Accusative	فَلُوكَةً falūkatan	الْفَلُوكَةَ‎ al-falūkata	فَلُوكَةَ falūkata
Genitive	فَلُوكَةٍ falūkatin	الْفَلُوكَةِ‎ al-falūkati	فَلُوكَةِ falūkati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلُوكَتَيْن‎ falūkatayn	الْفَلُوكَتَيْن‎ al-falūkatayn	فَلُوكَتَيْ‎ falūkatay
Nominative	فَلُوكَتَانِ‎ falūkatāni	الْفَلُوكَتَانِ‎ al-falūkatāni	فَلُوكَتَا‎ falūkatā
Accusative	فَلُوكَتَيْنِ‎ falūkatayni	الْفَلُوكَتَيْنِ‎ al-falūkatayni	فَلُوكَتَيْ‎ falūkatay
Genitive	فَلُوكَتَيْنِ‎ falūkatayni	الْفَلُوكَتَيْنِ‎ al-falūkatayni	فَلُوكَتَيْ‎ falūkatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	فَلَائِك‎‎; فَلَالِك‎ falāʾik‎; falālik	الْفَلَائِك‎‎; الْفَلَالِك‎ al-falāʾik‎; al-falālik	فَلَائِك‎‎; فَلَالِك‎ falāʾik‎; falālik
Nominative	فَلَائِكُ‎‎; فَلَالِكُ‎ falāʾiku‎; falāliku	الْفَلَائِكُ‎‎; الْفَلَالِكُ‎ al-falāʾiku‎; al-falāliku	فَلَائِكُ‎‎; فَلَالِكُ‎ falāʾiku‎; falāliku
Accusative	فَلَائِكَ‎‎; فَلَالِكَ‎ falāʾika‎; falālika	الْفَلَائِكَ‎‎; الْفَلَالِكَ‎ al-falāʾika‎; al-falālika	فَلَائِكَ‎‎; فَلَالِكَ‎ falāʾika‎; falālika
Genitive	فَلَائِكَ‎‎; فَلَالِكَ‎ falāʾika‎; falālika	الْفَلَائِكِ‎‎; الْفَلَالِكِ‎ al-falāʾiki‎; al-falāliki	فَلَائِكِ‎‎; فَلَالِكِ‎ falāʾiki‎; falāliki

Further reading

• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne; Engelmann, Wilhelm Hermann (1869) Glossaire des mots espagnols et portugais, dérivés de l’arabe‎ (in French), 2^nd edition, Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 264–266, instead proposes a Spanish corruption of حَرَّاقَة‎ (ḥarrāqa)
• Kahane, Henry R.; Kahane, Renée; Tietze, Andreas (1958) The Lingua Franca in the Levant: Turkish Nautical Terms of Italian and Greek Origin, Urbana: University of Illinois, pages 211–213 Nr. 278, contains more detailed attestation data, but considers Arabic derivation “unsatisfactory” and instead a Romance mediation of Dutch or English hulk

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Moroccan Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَلُوكَة‎ (falūka).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fluː.ka/

Noun

فلوكة • (flūka) f (plural فلايك‎ (flāyik) or فلوكات‎ (flūkāt))

1. small boat

See also

• بابور‎ (bābūr, “ship”)
• سفينة‎ (sfīna, “ship”)

 

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South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic فَلُوكَة‎ (falūka).

Noun

فلوكة • (flōka) f (plural فلايك‎ (falāyek))

1. fishing boat

   Synonym: شختورة‎ (šaḵtūra)

See also

• بابور‎ (bābōr, “ship”)
• باخرة‎ (bāḵira, “ship”)
• سفينة‎ (safīne, “ship”)