ملعقة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ل ع ق (l ʕ q)
3 terms

Tool noun derived from لَعِقَ (laʕiqa, “to lick”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil.ʕa.qa/

Noun

مِلْعَقَة • (milʕaqa) f (plural مَلَاعِق (malāʕiq) or مِلْعَقَات (milʕaqāt))

1. spoon
2. skimmer

Declension

Declension of noun مِلْعَقَة (milʕaqa)

singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِلْعَقَة milʕaqa	الْمِلْعَقَة al-milʕaqa	مِلْعَقَة milʕaqat
nominative	مِلْعَقَةٌ milʕaqatun	الْمِلْعَقَةُ al-milʕaqatu	مِلْعَقَةُ milʕaqatu
accusative	مِلْعَقَةً milʕaqatan	الْمِلْعَقَةَ al-milʕaqata	مِلْعَقَةَ milʕaqata
genitive	مِلْعَقَةٍ milʕaqatin	الْمِلْعَقَةِ al-milʕaqati	مِلْعَقَةِ milʕaqati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِلْعَقَتَيْن milʕaqatayn	الْمِلْعَقَتَيْن al-milʕaqatayn	مِلْعَقَتَيْ milʕaqatay
nominative	مِلْعَقَتَانِ milʕaqatāni	الْمِلْعَقَتَانِ al-milʕaqatāni	مِلْعَقَتَا milʕaqatā
accusative	مِلْعَقَتَيْنِ milʕaqatayni	الْمِلْعَقَتَيْنِ al-milʕaqatayni	مِلْعَقَتَيْ milʕaqatay
genitive	مِلْعَقَتَيْنِ milʕaqatayni	الْمِلْعَقَتَيْنِ al-milʕaqatayni	مِلْعَقَتَيْ milʕaqatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَلَاعِق‎; مِلْعَقَات malāʕiq‎; milʕaqāt	الْمَلَاعِق‎; الْمِلْعَقَات al-malāʕiq‎; al-milʕaqāt	مَلَاعِق‎; مِلْعَقَات malāʕiq‎; milʕaqāt
nominative	مَلَاعِقُ‎; مِلْعَقَاتٌ malāʕiqu‎; milʕaqātun	الْمَلَاعِقُ‎; الْمِلْعَقَاتُ al-malāʕiqu‎; al-milʕaqātu	مَلَاعِقُ‎; مِلْعَقَاتُ malāʕiqu‎; milʕaqātu
accusative	مَلَاعِقَ‎; مِلْعَقَاتٍ malāʕiqa‎; milʕaqātin	الْمَلَاعِقَ‎; الْمِلْعَقَاتِ al-malāʕiqa‎; al-milʕaqāti	مَلَاعِقَ‎; مِلْعَقَاتِ malāʕiqa‎; milʕaqāti
genitive	مَلَاعِقَ‎; مِلْعَقَاتٍ malāʕiqa‎; milʕaqātin	الْمَلَاعِقِ‎; الْمِلْعَقَاتِ al-malāʕiqi‎; al-milʕaqāti	مَلَاعِقِ‎; مِلْعَقَاتِ malāʕiqi‎; milʕaqāti

Descendants

• Egyptian Arabic: معلقة (maʕlaʔa)
• Maltese: milgħaqa
• Moroccan Arabic: معلقة (mʕalqa)
• South Levantine Arabic: معلقة (maʕlaʔa)
• → Classical Persian: مِلْعَقَه (mil'aqa)

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “ملعقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ل ع ق
1 term

مِلْعَقة

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْعَقَة (milʕaqa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil.ʕaɡa/, [mɪlʕaɡa]

Noun

مِلْعَقَة • (milʕaga) f (plural مَلاعِق (malāʕig))

1. spoon

   Synonym: (obsolete) خاشوقة (ḵāšūga)

See also

• مِغْرَفة (miḡrafa, “ladle”)

North Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

• معلقة (maʕlaʔa), ملقعة (malʔaʕa), ملقة (malaʔa), ملعة (malaʕa)
• (without unstressed open /a/) معلقة (maʕlʔa), ملقعة (malʔʕa), ملقة (malʔa), ملعة (malʕa)

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْعَقة (milʕaqa).

Noun

مَلْعَقَة or مَلْعْقَة • (malʕaʔa or malʕʔa) f (plural مَلَاعِق (malāʕiʔ) or مْلَاعِق (mlāʕiʔ))

1. spoon

Usage notes

• As indicated in the alternative forms, many variants exist. The plural of a variant may remain ملاعق (malāʕiʔ, mlāʕiʔ), or it may be a logical broken plural like ملاقع (malāʔiʕ, mlāʔiʕ) or معالق (maʕāliʔ, mʕāliʔ) derived from the singular form, or it may be a regular suffixed plural like ملقات (malaʔāt, malʔāt) or ملعات (malaʕāt, malʕāt).