عقعق

Arabic

عَقْعَقٌ أُورُوبِيٌّ

Alternative forms

• قَعْقَع (qaʕqaʕ)

Etymology

Onomatopoeic and reduplicated, compare نَعَقَ (naʕaqa, “to caw”). Parallel to Hebrew עַקְעָק (ʿaqʿāq, “magpie”)

Noun

عَقْعَق • (ʕaqʕaq) m (plural عَقاعِق (ʕaqāʕiq))

1. magpie

Declension

Declension of noun عَقْعَق (ʕaqʕaq)

singular	basic singular triptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَقْعَق ʕaqʕaq	الْعَقْعَق al-ʕaqʕaq	عَقْعَق ʕaqʕaq
nominative	عَقْعَقٌ ʕaqʕaqun	الْعَقْعَقُ al-ʕaqʕaqu	عَقْعَقُ ʕaqʕaqu
accusative	عَقْعَقًا ʕaqʕaqan	الْعَقْعَقَ al-ʕaqʕaqa	عَقْعَقَ ʕaqʕaqa
genitive	عَقْعَقٍ ʕaqʕaqin	الْعَقْعَقِ al-ʕaqʕaqi	عَقْعَقِ ʕaqʕaqi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَقْعَقَيْن ʕaqʕaqayn	الْعَقْعَقَيْن al-ʕaqʕaqayn	عَقْعَقَيْ ʕaqʕaqay
nominative	عَقْعَقَانِ ʕaqʕaqāni	الْعَقْعَقَانِ al-ʕaqʕaqāni	عَقْعَقَا ʕaqʕaqā
accusative	عَقْعَقَيْنِ ʕaqʕaqayni	الْعَقْعَقَيْنِ al-ʕaqʕaqayni	عَقْعَقَيْ ʕaqʕaqay
genitive	عَقْعَقَيْنِ ʕaqʕaqayni	الْعَقْعَقَيْنِ al-ʕaqʕaqayni	عَقْعَقَيْ ʕaqʕaqay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	عَقاعِق ʕaqāʕiq	الْعَقاعِق al-ʕaqāʕiq	عَقاعِق ʕaqāʕiq
nominative	عَقاعِقُ ʕaqāʕiqu	الْعَقاعِقُ al-ʕaqāʕiqu	عَقاعِقُ ʕaqāʕiqu
accusative	عَقاعِقَ ʕaqāʕiqa	الْعَقاعِقَ al-ʕaqāʕiqa	عَقاعِقَ ʕaqāʕiqa
genitive	عَقاعِقَ ʕaqāʕiqa	الْعَقاعِقِ al-ʕaqāʕiqi	عَقاعِقِ ʕaqāʕiqi

References

• Nöldeke, Theodor (1904), Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎^[1] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, →DOI, page 117
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985), “عقعق”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[2] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 861