ملأك

See also: ملاك

Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ge'ez መልአክ (mälʾäk, “messenger; angel”), the plural of which is መላእክት (mälaʾəkt), itself a calque of Aramaic מַלְאֲכָא / ܡܠܐܟܐ (malʾăḵā, “angel, messenger”) and Hebrew מַלְאָךְ (malʾā́ḵ, “angel, messenger”), closer in Tigrinya መልኣኽ (mälʾax), Amharic መልኣክ (mälʾak), መላክ (mälak) of which the plural is መላእክት (mälaʾəkt). Compare the root ل ء ك (l-ʔ-k) and لَأَكَ (laʔaka), أَلْأَكَ (ʔalʔaka, “to send as a messenger”), which was regularly used as the normal word for “to send” in Ge'ez ለአከ (läʾäkä) as well as in Ugaritic 𐎍𐎛𐎋 (lỉk), 𐎍𐎀𐎋 (lảk) for which the normal Arabic word is أَرْسَلَ (ʔarsala) upon which one has formed رَسُول (rasūl, “messenger; apostle; angel”), with the same pattern native Ge'ez ልኡክ (ləʾuk, “messenger; apostle; cantor”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mal.ʔak/

Noun

مَلْأَك • (malʔak) m (plural مَلَائِك (malāʔik) or مَلَائِكَة (malāʔika))

  1. angel

Declension
Declension of noun مَلْأَك (malʔak)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَلْأَك
malʔak		 الْمَلْأَك
al-malʔak		 مَلْأَك
malʔak
Nominative مَلْأَكٌ
malʔakun		 الْمَلْأَكُ
al-malʔaku		 مَلْأَكُ
malʔaku
Accusative مَلْأَكًا
malʔakan		 الْمَلْأَكَ
al-malʔaka		 مَلْأَكَ
malʔaka
Genitive مَلْأَكٍ
malʔakin		 الْمَلْأَكِ
al-malʔaki		 مَلْأَكِ
malʔaki
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَلْأَكَيْن
malʔakayn		 الْمَلْأَكَيْن
al-malʔakayn		 مَلْأَكَيْ
malʔakay
Nominative مَلْأَكَانِ
malʔakāni		 الْمَلْأَكَانِ
al-malʔakāni		 مَلْأَكَا
malʔakā
Accusative مَلْأَكَيْنِ
malʔakayni		 الْمَلْأَكَيْنِ
al-malʔakayni		 مَلْأَكَيْ
malʔakay
Genitive مَلْأَكَيْنِ
malʔakayni		 الْمَلْأَكَيْنِ
al-malʔakayni		 مَلْأَكَيْ
malʔakay
Plural basic broken plural diptote‎; broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَلَائِك‎; مَلَائِكَة
malāʔik‎; malāʔika		 الْمَلَائِك‎; الْمَلَائِكَة
al-malāʔik‎; al-malāʔika		 مَلَائِك‎; مَلَائِكَة
malāʔik‎; malāʔikat
Nominative مَلَائِكُ‎; مَلَائِكَةٌ
malāʔiku‎; malāʔikatun		 الْمَلَائِكُ‎; الْمَلَائِكَةُ
al-malāʔiku‎; al-malāʔikatu		 مَلَائِكُ‎; مَلَائِكَةُ
malāʔiku‎; malāʔikatu
Accusative مَلَائِكَ‎; مَلَائِكَةً
malāʔika‎; malāʔikatan		 الْمَلَائِكَ‎; الْمَلَائِكَةَ
al-malāʔika‎; al-malāʔikata		 مَلَائِكَ‎; مَلَائِكَةَ
malāʔika‎; malāʔikata
Genitive مَلَائِكَ‎; مَلَائِكَةٍ
malāʔika‎; malāʔikatin		 الْمَلَائِكِ‎; الْمَلَائِكَةِ
al-malāʔiki‎; al-malāʔikati		 مَلَائِكِ‎; مَلَائِكَةِ
malāʔiki‎; malāʔikati

Descendants
  • → Abaza: мальаикь (malᶻaikʲ)
  • → Abkhaz: амаалықь (amaaləkʲ)
  • → Adyghe: мэлэӏич (mɛlɛʼič)
  • → Avar: малаик (malaik)
  • → Azerbaijani: mələk
  • → Chechen: малик (malik)
  • → Dargwa: малайк (malajk)
  • → Farefare: malɛka
  • → Hausa: mala'ika
  • → Indonesian: malaikat
  • → Ingush: малайк (malajk)
  • → Kabardian: мэлэӏыч (mɛlɛʼəč)
  • → Khwarezmian: ملك (mlk)[1]
  • → Kumyk: малайик (malayik)
  • → Northern Kurdish: melek, milyaket
  • → Lezgi: малаик (malaik)
  • → Malay: malak, malaikat
  • → Maranao: malaykat
  • → Moore: malɛka
  • → Persian: ملک (malak)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: ملك (melek)
  • → Swahili: malaika
  • → Tabasaran: малайик (malajik)
  • → Tausug: malaykat
  • → Turkmen: melek

References
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  • Geiger, Abraham (1833, 1902) Was hat Mohammed aus dem Judenthume aufgenommen? (in German), 2nd edition, Leipzig: M. W. Kaufmann, page 59
  • Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 269–270
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 34
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