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, 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