سنبوق

Arabic

Alternative forms

• سُنْبُوك (sunbūk)
• صُنْبُوق (ṣunbūq) — obsolete

Etymology

From Middle Persian *sanbūk whence Classical Persian سنبک (sumbuk), from Sanskrit शम्बूक (śambūka, literally “snail-shell”), or less likely Malay sampan, from Chinese 舢板 (MC paenX).
To be kept apart from the name of the xebec / sciabecco type of vessel which was used in the Mediterranean and is derived only in the 15^th century CE and later from Arabic شُبَّاك (šubbāk).

Noun

سُنْبُوق • (sunbūq) m (plural سَنَابِيق (sanābīq))

1. a kind of small skiff with a curved bow, sambuq

Declension

Declension of noun سُنْبُوق (sunbūq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُنْبُوق sunbūq	السُّنْبُوق as-sunbūq	سُنْبُوق sunbūq
Nominative	سُنْبُوقٌ sunbūqun	السُّنْبُوقُ as-sunbūqu	سُنْبُوقُ sunbūqu
Accusative	سُنْبُوقًا sunbūqan	السُّنْبُوقَ as-sunbūqa	سُنْبُوقَ sunbūqa
Genitive	سُنْبُوقٍ sunbūqin	السُّنْبُوقِ as-sunbūqi	سُنْبُوقِ sunbūqi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سُنْبُوقَيْن sunbūqayn	السُّنْبُوقَيْن as-sunbūqayn	سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay
Nominative	سُنْبُوقَانِ sunbūqāni	السُّنْبُوقَانِ as-sunbūqāni	سُنْبُوقَا sunbūqā
Accusative	سُنْبُوقَيْنِ sunbūqayni	السُّنْبُوقَيْنِ as-sunbūqayni	سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay
Genitive	سُنْبُوقَيْنِ sunbūqayni	السُّنْبُوقَيْنِ as-sunbūqayni	سُنْبُوقَيْ sunbūqay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	سَنَابِيق sanābīq	السَّنَابِيق as-sanābīq	سَنَابِيق sanābīq
Nominative	سَنَابِيقُ sanābīqu	السَّنَابِيقُ as-sanābīqu	سَنَابِيقُ sanābīqu
Accusative	سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa	السَّنَابِيقَ as-sanābīqa	سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa
Genitive	سَنَابِيقَ sanābīqa	السَّنَابِيقِ as-sanābīqi	سَنَابِيقِ sanābīqi

Descendants

• → Amharic: ሳምቡቅ (sambuḳ)
• → English: sambuq
• → Byzantine Greek: σαμβύκη (sambúkē)
• → Italian: sambuco, zambuco (archaic)
• → Medieval Latin: sambūca
• → Persian: سنبوق (sanbuq), سنبوک (sambūk)
• → Swahili: sambo, sambwe
• → Tigre: ሰንቡቅ (sänbuḳ)

References

• Agius, Dionisius A. (2008) Classic Ships of Islam. From Mesopotamia to the Indian Ocean (Handbook of Oriental Studies; 92), Leiden: Brill, page 314