المعلقات

Arabic

Etymology

Plural of مُعَلَّقَة‎ (muʿallaqa, “poster”), derived from مُعَلَّق‎ (muʿallaq, “suspended, hung”).

Proper noun

الْمُعَلَّقَات • (al-muʿallaqāt) pl

  1. the Mu'allaqat (seven pre-Islamic odes (qasidas) supposedly hung in the Kaaba)

Declension
Declension of noun الْمُعَلَّقَات (al-muʿallaqāt)
Plural sound feminine plural
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — الْمُعَلَّقَات
al-muʿallaqāt		 —
Nominative — الْمُعَلَّقَاتُ
al-muʿallaqātu		 —
Accusative — الْمُعَلَّقَاتِ
al-muʿallaqāti		 —
Genitive — الْمُعَلَّقَاتِ
al-muʿallaqāti		 —

References
  • Haywood, J.A.; Nahmad, H.M. (1965), “المعلقات”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2nd edition, London: Lund Humphries, →ISBN
  • Wehr, Hans (1979), “علق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
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