قوقع

Arabic

Alternative forms

• قَوْقَن (qawqan) — al-Andalus
• قَوْقَعَة (qawqaʕa)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κοχλίας (kokhlías), partially via Latin cochlea, or from Ancient Greek κόγχη (kónkhē), κόγχος (kónkhos), partially via Latin concha.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /qaw.qaʕ/

Noun

قَوْقَع • (qawqaʕ) m (plural قَوَاقِع (qawāqiʕ))

1. cochlea, shell of a mollusk
2. shell mollusk

Declension

Declension of noun قَوْقَع (qawqaʕ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوْقَع qawqaʕ	الْقَوْقَع al-qawqaʕ	قَوْقَع qawqaʕ
Nominative	قَوْقَعٌ qawqaʕun	الْقَوْقَعُ al-qawqaʕu	قَوْقَعُ qawqaʕu
Accusative	قَوْقَعًا qawqaʕan	الْقَوْقَعَ al-qawqaʕa	قَوْقَعَ qawqaʕa
Genitive	قَوْقَعٍ qawqaʕin	الْقَوْقَعِ al-qawqaʕi	قَوْقَعِ qawqaʕi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوْقَعَيْن qawqaʕayn	الْقَوْقَعَيْن al-qawqaʕayn	قَوْقَعَيْ qawqaʕay
Nominative	قَوْقَعَانِ qawqaʕāni	الْقَوْقَعَانِ al-qawqaʕāni	قَوْقَعَا qawqaʕā
Accusative	قَوْقَعَيْنِ qawqaʕayni	الْقَوْقَعَيْنِ al-qawqaʕayni	قَوْقَعَيْ qawqaʕay
Genitive	قَوْقَعَيْنِ qawqaʕayni	الْقَوْقَعَيْنِ al-qawqaʕayni	قَوْقَعَيْ qawqaʕay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	قَوَاقِع qawāqiʕ	الْقَوَاقِع al-qawāqiʕ	قَوَاقِع qawāqiʕ
Nominative	قَوَاقِعُ qawāqiʕu	الْقَوَاقِعُ al-qawāqiʕu	قَوَاقِعُ qawāqiʕu
Accusative	قَوَاقِعَ qawāqiʕa	الْقَوَاقِعَ al-qawāqiʕa	قَوَاقِعَ qawāqiʕa
Genitive	قَوَاقِعَ qawāqiʕa	الْقَوَاقِعِ al-qawāqiʕi	قَوَاقِعِ qawāqiʕi

References

• Behnstedt, Peter, Woidich, Manfred (2010) Wortatlas der arabischen Dialekte – Band I: Mensch, Natur, Fauna und Flora (Handbook of Oriental Studies – Handbuch der Orientalistik; 100) (in German), Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 374–375
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1077
• Dozy, Reinhart Pieter Anne (1881) “قوقع”, in Supplément aux dictionnaires arabes‎^[1] (in French), volume 2, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 420
• Freytag, Georg (1835) “قوقع”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[2] (in Latin), volume 3, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 516
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “قوقع”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎^[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 1065