Mekka

See also: mekka, mekką, Mekką, and měkká

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛka]

Proper noun

Mekka f (relational adjective mekský or mecký or mekkánský)

  1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

Declension

Further reading

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛkɑ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Mek‧ka

Proper noun

Mekka n

  1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

German

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

Mekka n (proper noun, genitive Mekkas or (optionally with an article) Mekka)

  1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈmɛkːɒ]
  • Hyphenation: Mek‧ka
  • Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Mekka

  1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Mekka
accusative Mekkát
dative Mekkának
instrumental Mekkával
causal-final Mekkáért
translative Mekkává
terminative Mekkáig
essive-formal Mekkaként
essive-modal
inessive Mekkában
superessive Mekkán
adessive Mekkánál
illative Mekkába
sublative Mekkára
allative Mekkához
elative Mekkából
delative Mekkáról
ablative Mekkától
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Mekkáé
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Mekkáéi
Possessive forms of Mekka
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Mekkám
2nd person sing. Mekkád
3rd person sing. Mekkája
1st person plural Mekkánk
2nd person plural Mekkátok
3rd person plural Mekkájuk

Derived terms

  • mekkai

Icelandic

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛhka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛhka

Proper noun

Mekka f (proper noun, genitive singular Mekku)

  1. Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

Declension

Declension of Mekka (sg-only feminine)
indefinite singular
nominative Mekka
accusative Mekku
dative Mekku
genitive Mekku

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مَكَّة (makka).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛk.ka/
  • Rhymes: -ɛkka
  • Syllabification: Mek‧ka
  • Homophone: mekka

Proper noun

Mekka f

  1. (Islam) Mecca (a large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam)

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
  • mekkański
nouns

Further reading

  • Mekka in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • Mekka in Polish dictionaries at PWN