مرقص

مرقص

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb رَقَصَ‎ (raqaṣa, “to dance”), from the root ر ق ص‎ (r-q-ṣ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.qasˁ/

Noun

مَرْقَص • (marqaṣ) m (plural مَرَاقِص‎ (marāqiṣ))

1. dancing place, dancing room
2. ballroom
3. discotheque, nightclub

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْقَص (marqaṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْقَص marqaṣ	الْمَرْقَص‎ al-marqaṣ	مَرْقَص marqaṣ
Nominative	مَرْقَصٌ marqaṣun	الْمَرْقَصُ‎ al-marqaṣu	مَرْقَصُ marqaṣu
Accusative	مَرْقَصًا‎ marqaṣan	الْمَرْقَصَ‎ al-marqaṣa	مَرْقَصَ marqaṣa
Genitive	مَرْقَصٍ marqaṣin	الْمَرْقَصِ‎ al-marqaṣi	مَرْقَصِ marqaṣi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْقَصَيْن‎ marqaṣayn	الْمَرْقَصَيْن‎ al-marqaṣayn	مَرْقَصَيْ‎ marqaṣay
Nominative	مَرْقَصَانِ‎ marqaṣāni	الْمَرْقَصَانِ‎ al-marqaṣāni	مَرْقَصَا‎ marqaṣā
Accusative	مَرْقَصَيْنِ‎ marqaṣayni	الْمَرْقَصَيْنِ‎ al-marqaṣayni	مَرْقَصَيْ‎ marqaṣay
Genitive	مَرْقَصَيْنِ‎ marqaṣayni	الْمَرْقَصَيْنِ‎ al-marqaṣayni	مَرْقَصَيْ‎ marqaṣay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاقِص‎ marāqiṣ	الْمَرَاقِص‎ al-marāqiṣ	مَرَاقِص‎ marāqiṣ
Nominative	مَرَاقِصُ‎ marāqiṣu	الْمَرَاقِصُ‎ al-marāqiṣu	مَرَاقِصُ‎ marāqiṣu
Accusative	مَرَاقِصَ‎ marāqiṣa	الْمَرَاقِصَ‎ al-marāqiṣa	مَرَاقِصَ‎ marāqiṣa
Genitive	مَرَاقِصَ‎ marāqiṣa	الْمَرَاقِصِ‎ al-marāqiṣi	مَرَاقِصِ‎ marāqiṣi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979), “رقص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN