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مَرْكَب
boat /ˈmar.kab/
nounB1#2591 most common
Also: ship, vessel, mount/conveyance (classical)
Example sentences
هَذَا مَرْكَبٌ.
This is a boat.
نَذْهَبُ إِلَى الشَّاطِئِ بِالمَرْكَبِ.
We go to the beach by boat.
رَكِبْنَا المَرْكَبَ لِنَعْبُرَ النَّهْرَ.
We boarded the boat to cross the river.
اِشْتَرَى الصَّيَّادُ مَرْكَبًا جَدِيدًا لِلصَّيْدِ.
The fisherman bought a new boat for fishing.
كَانَتِ المَرَاكِبُ تَتَمَايَلُ بِفِعْلِ الأَمْوَاجِ العَاتِيَةِ.
The boats swayed under the force of the fierce waves.
غَرِقَ المَرْكَبُ بَعْدَ أَنِ اصْطَدَمَ بِصَخْرَةٍ فِي عُرْضِ البَحْرِ.
The boat sank after it struck a rock out at sea.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | مَرْكَبٌ | مَرَاكِبُ |
| Genitive | مَرْكَبٍ | مَرَاكِبَ |
| Accusative | مَرْكَباً | مَرَاكِبَ |
| Vocative | يَا مَرْكَبُ | يَا مَرَاكِبُ |
Word family
راكبrider, passenger
رَكِبَto ride, board, mount
رُكُوبriding, the act of boarding
مَرْكَبةvehicle, car
Etymology
Markab comes from the Arabic root r-k-b, which carries the core sense of riding, mounting, or boarding. The word follows the maf'al noun pattern, a pattern that often marks the place or means associated with a verb's action. So markab literally means a thing one rides in or on. Hebrew shares the same Semitic root in merkavah, meaning chariot, which points to a common Semitic ancestor rather than an Indo-European one.
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