سواكن

Arabic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sa.waː.kin/

Adjective

سَوَاكِن • (sawākin) f pl

  1. feminine plural of سَاكِن‎ (sākin)

Etymology 2

From an uncertain Beja form, ultimately containing Arabic سُوق‎ (sūq, “market”) for the port city being noted by the Beja pastolists as a place to sling their crops, by default called Oosook (literally “the market”).

Proper noun

سَوَاكِن • (sawākin) f

  1. Suakin (a port city in Sudan)
Declension
Declension of noun سَوَاكِن (sawākin)
Singular basic singular diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal — سَوَاكِن
sawākin		 —
Nominative — سَوَاكِنُ
sawākinu		 —
Accusative — سَوَاكِنَ
sawākina		 —
Genitive — سَوَاكِنَ
sawākina		 —

References
  • Morin, Didier (2012), “Arabic and Cushitic Toponymy: One Coast with Two Maps”, in Northeast African Studies‎, volume 12, issue 1, Michigan State University Press, →DOI, pages 219, 225, 228
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