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كَعْك
cake /ˈkaʕk/
nounA2#949 most common
Also: biscuits, cookies, ring-shaped sesame bread
Example sentences
أُحِبُّ الكَعْكَ.
I love cake.
اِشْتَرَتْ أُمِّي كَعْكَ العِيدِ.
My mother bought the Eid cookies.
رائِحَةُ الكَعْكِ الطّازِجِ تَمْلَأُ البَيْتَ.
The smell of the fresh cake fills the house.
في القُدْسِ يَبيعُ الباعَةُ كَعْكَ السِّمْسِمِ في الصَّباحِ الباكِرِ.
In Jerusalem, vendors sell sesame bread rings in the early morning.
لا يَكْتَمِلُ العيدُ في بُيوتِنا دونَ كَعْكٍ مَحْشُوٍّ بِالتَّمْرِ.
In our homes the holiday is not complete without kaʿk filled with dates.
يَرْمُزُ الكَعْكُ في كَثيرٍ مِنَ الثَّقافاتِ العَرَبيّةِ إلى الكَرَمِ وَالضِّيافَةِ خِلالَ المَواسِمِ الاِحْتِفاليّةِ.
In many Arab cultures, kaʿk symbolizes generosity and hospitality during festive seasons.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | كَعْكٌ | كَعْكاتٌ |
| Genitive | كَعْكٍ | كَعْكاتٍ |
| Accusative | كَعْكًا | كَعْكاتٍ |
| Vocative | يا كَعْكُ | يا كَعْكاتُ |
Word family
كَعْكَةa single cake or cookie
كَعْكاتcakes, cookies (count plural)
كَعْكِيّmaker or seller of kaʿk
كَعْك العيدEid biscuits, baked for the holiday
Etymology
كعك is an old word for baked rings of bread or biscuit, long attested across Egypt and the Levant. It belongs to a shared Semitic vocabulary for baked goods and survives as cognates in neighboring languages. The resemblance to English 'cake' is coincidental, since that word comes from separate Germanic roots.
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