markab

See also: Markab

Afar

Etymology

From Arabic مَرْكَب (markab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /marˈkab/ [mʌɾˈkʌb]
• Hyphenation: mar‧kab

Noun

markáb m 

1. boat, ship

Declension

Declension of markáb
absolutive	markáb
predicative	markába
subjective	markáb
genitive	markáb
Postpositioned forms l-case markábal k-case markábak t-case markábat h-case markábah

References

• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Somali

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَب (markab).

Noun

márkab m (plural maraakiíb f)

1. ship

References

• OMIMEE's new Somali Dictionary: English - Somali – Qaamuuska Af-Ingiriis - Af-Soomaali, Cologne, Germany: OMIMEE Intercultural Publishers, 1996, →ISBN, page 239
• Larajasse, Évangéliste de (1897), “markab”, in Somali-English and English-Somali Dictionary‎, London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., page 106