مسكين
See also: مسکین
Arabic
editEtymology
editProbably from Classical Syriac ܡܶܣܟܸܐܢܳܐ / ܡܶܣܟܸܢܳܐ / ܡܶܣܟܸܝܢܳܐ (meskēnā, “miserable, wretched”), from Akkadian 𒈦𒆕𒂗 (muškēnum, “commoner, poor”). Also passed into Hebrew מִסְכֵּן (miskēn, “miserable”) and via Aramaic מִסְכֵּינָא / ܡܶܣܟܸܝܢܳܐ (meskēnā) into Ge'ez ምስኪን (məskin), Amharic ምስኪን (məskin), Tigrinya መስኪን (mäskin), Harari ሚስኪን (miskin).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editمِسْكِين • (miskīn) (feminine مِسْكِينَة (miskīna), masculine plural مَسَاكِين (masākīn))
Declension
editDeclension of adjective مِسْكِين (miskīn)
Singular | Masculine | Feminine | ||
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basic singular triptote | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | مِسْكِين miskīn |
الْمِسْكِين al-miskīn |
مِسْكِينَة miskīna |
الْمِسْكِينَة al-miskīna |
Nominative | مِسْكِينٌ miskīnun |
الْمِسْكِينُ al-miskīnu |
مِسْكِينَةٌ miskīnatun |
الْمِسْكِينَةُ al-miskīnatu |
Accusative | مِسْكِينًا miskīnan |
الْمِسْكِينَ al-miskīna |
مِسْكِينَةً miskīnatan |
الْمِسْكِينَةَ al-miskīnata |
Genitive | مِسْكِينٍ miskīnin |
الْمِسْكِينِ al-miskīni |
مِسْكِينَةٍ miskīnatin |
الْمِسْكِينَةِ al-miskīnati |
Dual | Masculine | Feminine | ||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | مِسْكِينَيْن miskīnayn |
الْمِسْكِينَيْن al-miskīnayn |
مِسْكِينَتَيْن miskīnatayn |
الْمِسْكِينَتَيْن al-miskīnatayn |
Nominative | مِسْكِينَانِ miskīnāni |
الْمِسْكِينَانِ al-miskīnāni |
مِسْكِينَتَانِ miskīnatāni |
الْمِسْكِينَتَانِ al-miskīnatāni |
Accusative | مِسْكِينَيْنِ miskīnayni |
الْمِسْكِينَيْنِ al-miskīnayni |
مِسْكِينَتَيْنِ miskīnatayni |
الْمِسْكِينَتَيْنِ al-miskīnatayni |
Genitive | مِسْكِينَيْنِ miskīnayni |
الْمِسْكِينَيْنِ al-miskīnayni |
مِسْكِينَتَيْنِ miskīnatayni |
الْمِسْكِينَتَيْنِ al-miskīnatayni |
Plural | Masculine | Feminine | ||
basic broken plural diptote | sound feminine plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Informal | مَسَاكِين masākīn |
الْمَسَاكِين al-masākīn |
مِسْكِينَات miskīnāt |
الْمِسْكِينَات al-miskīnāt |
Nominative | مَسَاكِينُ masākīnu |
الْمَسَاكِينُ al-masākīnu |
مِسْكِينَاتٌ miskīnātun |
الْمِسْكِينَاتُ al-miskīnātu |
Accusative | مَسَاكِينَ masākīna |
الْمَسَاكِينَ al-masākīna |
مِسْكِينَاتٍ miskīnātin |
الْمِسْكِينَاتِ al-miskīnāti |
Genitive | مَسَاكِينَ masākīna |
الْمَسَاكِينِ al-masākīni |
مِسْكِينَاتٍ miskīnātin |
الْمِسْكِينَاتِ al-miskīnāti |
Descendants
edit- Maltese: miskin
- Moroccan Arabic: مسكين (miskīn)
- → Azerbaijani: miskin
- → Catalan: mesquí
- → French: mesquin
- → Galician: mesquiño
- → Italian: meschino
- → French: mesquin
- → Ligurian: meschin
- → Malay: miskin
- Indonesian: miskin
- → Mozarabic: משכון (mškwn)
- → Old French: meschin
- → Old Occitan: mesquin
- → Ottoman Turkish: مسكین
- → Persian: مسکین (meskin)
- → Portuguese: mesquinho
- → Romanian: meschin
- → Sardinian: mischinu
- → Sindhi: mischino
- → Sicilian: mischinu
- → Old Spanish: mesquino
- Spanish: mezquino
- → Swahili: maskini
References
edit- “mskn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
- Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis[1] (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 24
- Jeffery, Arthur (1938) The Foreign Vocabulary of the Qurʾān (Gaekwad’s Oriental Series; 79), Baroda: Oriental Institute, pages 264–265
- Klein, Ernest (1987) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English[2], Jerusalem: Carta, →ISBN
- Leslau, Wolf (1991) Comparative Dictionary of Geʿez (Classical Ethiopic), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 364
- Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft[3] (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 45
Moroccan Arabic
editEtymology
editFrom Arabic مِسْكِين (miskīn).
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editمسكين • (miskīn) (feminine مسكينة (miskīna), common plural مساكن (msākin), masculine plural مسكينين (miskīnīn), feminine plural مسكينات (miskīnāt))
- poor (inspiring pity)
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