مرقاس

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Berber ⴰⵎ- (am-) +‎ ⴰⵔⴳⴰⵣ (argaz).

Pronunciation
  • (prescriptive) IPA(key): /mir.qaːs/
  • (common Andalusi) IPA(key): /mir.kaːs/, /mir.qaːsˤ/
  • (common Tunisian) IPA(key): [mɪrɡeːz]

Noun

مِرْقَاس • (mirqās) m

  1. (al-Andalus, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia) merguez, a highly spiced kind of chiefly lamb bratwurst
    • 577 AH / 1181–82 CE, ابن هشام اللخمي [Ibn Hišām al-Laḵmiyy], edited by José Pérez Lázaro, الْمَدْخَلُ إِلَى تَقْوِيمِ اللِسَانِ وَتَعْلِيمِ الْبَيَانِ (al-madḵalu ʔilā taqwīmi l-lisāni wataʕlīmi l-bayāni) [Introducción a la corrección del lenguaje y la enseñanza de la elocuencia] (Fuentes Arábico-Hispanas; 6), volume II, Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional, published 1990, →ISBN, page 170:
      يَقُولُونَ ٱلْمِرْكَاسَ بِٱلْكَافِ. وَٱلصَّوَابُ ٱلْمِرْقَاسُ بِٱلْقَافِ.
      yaqūlūna l-mirkāsa bi-l-kāfi. waṣ-ṣawābu l-mirqāsu bi-l-qāfi.
      They say mirkās with k but the correct is mirqās with q.

Declension
Declension of noun مِرْقَاس (mirqās)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِرْقَاس
mirqās		 الْمِرْقَاس
al-mirqās		 مِرْقَاس
mirqās
Nominative مِرْقَاسٌ
mirqāsun		 الْمِرْقَاسُ
al-mirqāsu		 مِرْقَاسُ
mirqāsu
Accusative مِرْقَاسًا
mirqāsan		 الْمِرْقَاسَ
al-mirqāsa		 مِرْقَاسَ
mirqāsa
Genitive مِرْقَاسٍ
mirqāsin		 الْمِرْقَاسِ
al-mirqāsi		 مِرْقَاسِ
mirqāsi
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