مرقص

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ر ق ص (r-q-ṣ)

Noun of place from the verb رَقَصَ (raqaṣa, “to dance”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.qasˤ/
  • (Hijazi) IPA^(key): /mar.ɡasˤ/

Noun

مَرْقَص • (marqaṣ) m (plural مَرَاقِص (marāqiṣ))

1. dancing place, dancing room
2. ballroom
3. discotheque, nightclub

Declension

Declension of noun مَرْقَص (marqaṣ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْقَص marqaṣ	الْمَرْقَص al-marqaṣ	مَرْقَص marqaṣ
Nominative	مَرْقَصٌ marqaṣun	الْمَرْقَصُ al-marqaṣu	مَرْقَصُ marqaṣu
Accusative	مَرْقَصًا marqaṣan	الْمَرْقَصَ al-marqaṣa	مَرْقَصَ marqaṣa
Genitive	مَرْقَصٍ marqaṣin	الْمَرْقَصِ al-marqaṣi	مَرْقَصِ marqaṣi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْقَصَيْن marqaṣayn	الْمَرْقَصَيْن al-marqaṣayn	مَرْقَصَيْ marqaṣay
Nominative	مَرْقَصَانِ marqaṣāni	الْمَرْقَصَانِ al-marqaṣāni	مَرْقَصَا marqaṣā
Accusative	مَرْقَصَيْنِ marqaṣayni	الْمَرْقَصَيْنِ al-marqaṣayni	مَرْقَصَيْ marqaṣay
Genitive	مَرْقَصَيْنِ marqaṣayni	الْمَرْقَصَيْنِ al-marqaṣayni	مَرْقَصَيْ marqaṣay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاقِص marāqiṣ	الْمَرَاقِص al-marāqiṣ	مَرَاقِص marāqiṣ
Nominative	مَرَاقِصُ marāqiṣu	الْمَرَاقِصُ al-marāqiṣu	مَرَاقِصُ marāqiṣu
Accusative	مَرَاقِصَ marāqiṣa	الْمَرَاقِصَ al-marāqiṣa	مَرَاقِصَ marāqiṣa
Genitive	مَرَاقِصَ marāqiṣa	الْمَرَاقِصِ al-marāqiṣi	مَرَاقِصِ marāqiṣi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “رقص”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN