المعلقات

Arabic

Etymology

Plural of مُعَلَّقَة (muʕallaqa, “poster”), derived from مُعَلَّق (muʕallaq, “suspended, hung”).

Proper noun

اَلْمُعَلَّقَات • (al-muʕallaqāt) pl

1. the Mu'allaqat (seven famous pre-Islamic odes (qasidas))

Declension

Declension of noun اَلْمُعَلَّقَات (al-muʕallaqāt)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُعَلَّقَة muʕallaqa	الْمُعَلَّقَة al-muʕallaqa	مُعَلَّقَة muʕallaqat
Nominative	مُعَلَّقَةٌ muʕallaqatun	الْمُعَلَّقَةُ al-muʕallaqatu	مُعَلَّقَةُ muʕallaqatu
Accusative	مُعَلَّقَةً muʕallaqatan	الْمُعَلَّقَةَ al-muʕallaqata	مُعَلَّقَةَ muʕallaqata
Genitive	مُعَلَّقَةٍ muʕallaqatin	الْمُعَلَّقَةِ al-muʕallaqati	مُعَلَّقَةِ muʕallaqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُعَلَّقَتَيْن muʕallaqatayn	الْمُعَلَّقَتَيْن al-muʕallaqatayn	مُعَلَّقَتَيْ muʕallaqatay
Nominative	مُعَلَّقَتَانِ muʕallaqatāni	الْمُعَلَّقَتَانِ al-muʕallaqatāni	مُعَلَّقَتَا muʕallaqatā
Accusative	مُعَلَّقَتَيْنِ muʕallaqatayni	الْمُعَلَّقَتَيْنِ al-muʕallaqatayni	مُعَلَّقَتَيْ muʕallaqatay
Genitive	مُعَلَّقَتَيْنِ muʕallaqatayni	الْمُعَلَّقَتَيْنِ al-muʕallaqatayni	مُعَلَّقَتَيْ muʕallaqatay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُعَلَّقَات muʕallaqāt	الْمُعَلَّقَات al-muʕallaqāt	مُعَلَّقَات muʕallaqāt
Nominative	مُعَلَّقَاتٌ muʕallaqātun	الْمُعَلَّقَاتُ al-muʕallaqātu	مُعَلَّقَاتُ muʕallaqātu
Accusative	مُعَلَّقَاتٍ muʕallaqātin	الْمُعَلَّقَاتِ al-muʕallaqāti	مُعَلَّقَاتِ muʕallaqāti
Genitive	مُعَلَّقَاتٍ muʕallaqātin	الْمُعَلَّقَاتِ al-muʕallaqāti	مُعَلَّقَاتِ muʕallaqāti

References

• Haywood, J.A., Nahmad, H.M. (1965) “المعلقات”, in A new Arabic grammar, 2^nd 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