مركب

See also: مرکب

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Etymology 1

Originally a noun of place meaning “place of riding”, from the verb رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to ride”), from the root ر ك ب (r-k-b). Cognate with Hebrew מֶרְכָּבָה (merkaḇa, “chariot”), Ge'ez መርከብ (märkäb), Classical Syriac ܡܰܪܟܰܒܬܳܐ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mar.kab/

Noun

مَرْكَب • (markab) m (plural مَرَاكِب (marākib))

1. anything upon which one rides
   1. ship, boat, vessel
   2. saddle

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْكَب markab	الْمَرْكَب al-markab	مَرْكَب markab
Nominative	مَرْكَبٌ markabun	الْمَرْكَبُ al-markabu	مَرْكَبُ markabu
Accusative	مَرْكَبًا markaban	الْمَرْكَبَ al-markaba	مَرْكَبَ markaba
Genitive	مَرْكَبٍ markabin	الْمَرْكَبِ al-markabi	مَرْكَبِ markabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرْكَبَيْن markabayn	الْمَرْكَبَيْن al-markabayn	مَرْكَبَيْ markabay
Nominative	مَرْكَبَانِ markabāni	الْمَرْكَبَانِ al-markabāni	مَرْكَبَا markabā
Accusative	مَرْكَبَيْنِ markabayni	الْمَرْكَبَيْنِ al-markabayni	مَرْكَبَيْ markabay
Genitive	مَرْكَبَيْنِ markabayni	الْمَرْكَبَيْنِ al-markabayni	مَرْكَبَيْ markabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاكِب marākib	الْمَرَاكِب al-marākib	مَرَاكِب marākib
Nominative	مَرَاكِبُ marākibu	الْمَرَاكِبُ al-marākibu	مَرَاكِبُ marākibu
Accusative	مَرَاكِبَ marākiba	الْمَرَاكِبَ al-marākiba	مَرَاكِبَ marākiba
Genitive	مَرَاكِبَ marākiba	الْمَرَاكِبِ al-marākibi	مَرَاكِبِ marākibi

Declension of noun مَرْكَب (markab)

Descendants

• Maltese: mirkeb
• → Afar: márkab
• → Azerbaijani: mərkəb (“saddle-beast, donkey”)
• → Swahili: merikebu (“steamship”)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مركب (merkeb, “saddle-beast, donkey”)
  • Turkish: merkep

Etymology 2

Derived from the passive participle of رَكَّبَ (rakkaba).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.rak.kab/

Adjective

مُرَكَّب • (murakkab)

1. compound, composed of multiple parts

Declension

Singular	Masculine		Feminine
	basic singular triptote		singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُرَكَّب murakkab	الْمُرَكَّب al-murakkab	مُرَكَّبَة murakkaba	الْمُرَكَّبَة al-murakkaba
Nominative	مُرَكَّبٌ murakkabun	الْمُرَكَّبُ al-murakkabu	مُرَكَّبَةٌ murakkabatun	الْمُرَكَّبَةُ al-murakkabatu
Accusative	مُرَكَّبًا murakkaban	الْمُرَكَّبَ al-murakkaba	مُرَكَّبَةً murakkabatan	الْمُرَكَّبَةَ al-murakkabata
Genitive	مُرَكَّبٍ murakkabin	الْمُرَكَّبِ al-murakkabi	مُرَكَّبَةٍ murakkabatin	الْمُرَكَّبَةِ al-murakkabati
Dual	Masculine		Feminine
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُرَكَّبَيْن murakkabayn	الْمُرَكَّبَيْن al-murakkabayn	مُرَكَّبَتَيْن murakkabatayn	الْمُرَكَّبَتَيْن al-murakkabatayn
Nominative	مُرَكَّبَانِ murakkabāni	الْمُرَكَّبَانِ al-murakkabāni	مُرَكَّبَتَانِ murakkabatāni	الْمُرَكَّبَتَانِ al-murakkabatāni
Accusative	مُرَكَّبَيْنِ murakkabayni	الْمُرَكَّبَيْنِ al-murakkabayni	مُرَكَّبَتَيْنِ murakkabatayni	الْمُرَكَّبَتَيْنِ al-murakkabatayni
Genitive	مُرَكَّبَيْنِ murakkabayni	الْمُرَكَّبَيْنِ al-murakkabayni	مُرَكَّبَتَيْنِ murakkabatayni	الْمُرَكَّبَتَيْنِ al-murakkabatayni
Plural	Masculine		Feminine
	sound masculine plural		sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Informal	مُرَكَّبِين murakkabīn	الْمُرَكَّبِين al-murakkabīn	مُرَكَّبَات murakkabāt	الْمُرَكَّبَات al-murakkabāt
Nominative	مُرَكَّبُونَ murakkabūna	الْمُرَكَّبُونَ al-murakkabūna	مُرَكَّبَاتٌ murakkabātun	الْمُرَكَّبَاتُ al-murakkabātu
Accusative	مُرَكَّبِينَ murakkabīna	الْمُرَكَّبِينَ al-murakkabīna	مُرَكَّبَاتٍ murakkabātin	الْمُرَكَّبَاتِ al-murakkabāti
Genitive	مُرَكَّبِينَ murakkabīna	الْمُرَكَّبِينَ al-murakkabīna	مُرَكَّبَاتٍ murakkabātin	الْمُرَكَّبَاتِ al-murakkabāti

Declension of adjective مُرَكَّب (murakkab)

Derived terms

• جَهْل مُرَكَّب m (jahl murakkab, noun)
• كَسْر مُرَكَّب m (kasr murakkab, “compound fraction”, noun)

Noun

مُرَكَّب • (murakkab) m (plural مُرَكَّبَات (murakkabāt))

1. (chemistry) compound

Declension

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرَكَّب murakkab	الْمُرَكَّب al-murakkab	مُرَكَّب murakkab
Nominative	مُرَكَّبٌ murakkabun	الْمُرَكَّبُ al-murakkabu	مُرَكَّبُ murakkabu
Accusative	مُرَكَّبًا murakkaban	الْمُرَكَّبَ al-murakkaba	مُرَكَّبَ murakkaba
Genitive	مُرَكَّبٍ murakkabin	الْمُرَكَّبِ al-murakkabi	مُرَكَّبِ murakkabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرَكَّبَيْن murakkabayn	الْمُرَكَّبَيْن al-murakkabayn	مُرَكَّبَيْ murakkabay
Nominative	مُرَكَّبَانِ murakkabāni	الْمُرَكَّبَانِ al-murakkabāni	مُرَكَّبَا murakkabā
Accusative	مُرَكَّبَيْنِ murakkabayni	الْمُرَكَّبَيْنِ al-murakkabayni	مُرَكَّبَيْ murakkabay
Genitive	مُرَكَّبَيْنِ murakkabayni	الْمُرَكَّبَيْنِ al-murakkabayni	مُرَكَّبَيْ murakkabay
Plural	sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُرَكَّبَات murakkabāt	الْمُرَكَّبَات al-murakkabāt	مُرَكَّبَات murakkabāt
Nominative	مُرَكَّبَاتٌ murakkabātun	الْمُرَكَّبَاتُ al-murakkabātu	مُرَكَّبَاتُ murakkabātu
Accusative	مُرَكَّبَاتٍ murakkabātin	الْمُرَكَّبَاتِ al-murakkabāti	مُرَكَّبَاتِ murakkabāti
Genitive	مُرَكَّبَاتٍ murakkabātin	الْمُرَكَّبَاتِ al-murakkabāti	مُرَكَّبَاتِ murakkabāti

Declension of noun مُرَكَّب (murakkab)

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: mürəkkəb
• Hijazi Arabic: مركب (murakkab)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مركب (mürekkeb)

  > Turkish: mürekkep (inherited)

  • → Albanian: myreqep, mireqep, mereçep
  • → Armenian: միւրէկկէպ (miwrēkkēp), մուրա̈քք^յա̈բ (muräkʻkʻ^yäb), միրէքէպ (mirēkʻēp), միւրէքէպ (miwrēkʻēp)
  • → Bulgarian: мурекеп (murekep) (obsolete)
  • → Crimean Tatar: mürekep, merekep
  • → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)

    Cyrillic script: мурѐћеп, мурѝћеп, мурѝкеп, мурѐћеф

    Latin script: murèćep, murìćep, murìkep, murèćef

• → Persian: مرکب (morakkab, “ink”)
• → Uyghur: مۇرەككەپ (murekkep)
• → Uzbek: murakkab

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “ركب”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎, London: Williams & Norgate, page 1145
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “ركب”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 413

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ر ك ب
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic مُرَكَّبْ (murakkab).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.rak.kab/

Noun

مركب • (murakkab) m (plural مُرَكَّبات (murakkabāt))

1. (obsolete) kitchen
2. (chemistry) compound

Adjective

مركب • (murakkab) (feminine مُرَكَّبة (murakkaba), common plural مُرَكَّبين (murakkabīn))

1. assembled
2. compound, composed of multiple part

Ottoman Turkish

مركب

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Arabic مُرَكَّب (murakkab, “compound”), passive participle of رَكَّبَ (rakkaba, “to assemble, to compose, to combine”).

Adjective

مركب • (mürekkeb)

1. composite, compound, composed of multiple parts

Noun

مركب • (mürekkeb) (plural مركبات (mürekkebat))

1. compound, a substance formed by chemical bonding of two or more elements
2. ink, a colorant-based solution used to color or dye a surface together with a quill

Derived terms

• مركب بالغی (mürekkeb balığı, “cuttlefish”)
• مركب یالامش (mürekkeb yalamış, “clerk of great experience”)
• مركبجی (mürekkebci, “maker or seller of ink”)

 

Descendants

• Turkish: mürekkep
• → Albanian: myreqep, mireqep, mereçep
• → Armenian: միւրէկկէպ (miwrēkkēp), մուրա̈քք^յա̈բ (muräkʻkʻ^yäb), միրէքէպ (mirēkʻēp), միւրէքէպ (miwrēkʻēp)
• → Bulgarian: мурекеп (murekep) (obsolete)
• → Crimean Tatar: mürekep, merekep
• → Serbo-Croatian: (archaic)

  Cyrillic script: мурѐћеп, мурѝћеп, мурѝкеп, мурѐћеф

  Latin script: murèćep, murìćep, murìkep, murèćef

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “mürekkep1”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3385
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “مركب”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 434b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مركب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1151
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687) “Atramentum”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum‎, Vienna, column 97
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مركب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4581
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mürekkep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1814

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Arabic مَرْكَب (markab, “ship, boat; saddle”), a noun of place from the verb رَكِبَ (rakiba, “to ride”).

Noun

مركب • (merkeb)

1. (originally) anything mounted or ridden for travel, like a ship, boat, or vessel
2. (currently) ass, donkey, any domestic animal of the species Equus asinus asinus

   Synonyms: اشك (eşek), حمار (himar), خر (har)

Derived terms

• مركبجی (merkebci, “donkey-driver”)

Descendants

• Turkish: merkep

Further reading

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• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “merkep”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 3153
• Hindoglu, Artin (1838) “مركب”, in Hazine-i lûgat ou dictionnaire abrégé turc-français‎, Vienna: F. Beck, page 434b
• Kélékian, Diran (1911) “مركب”, in Dictionnaire turc-français‎, Constantinople: Mihran, page 1151
• Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680) “مركب”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum‎, Vienna, column 4581
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “merkep”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Redhouse, James W. (1890) “مركب”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon‎, Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 1814