مَكْس
customs
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Highlights
Present tense
يَمْكِسُ
Verbal noun
مَكْس
Active participle
مَاكِس
Passive participle
مَمْكُوس
مَكَسَ in English
Verb · Form I
- to collect taxes
Word origin
Synchronically from the root م ك س (m k s), diachronically the noun has been loaned from Aramaic מכסא, ܡܟܣܐ (maḵsā, “tax”), from Akkadian 𒃻𒋻 (NIG₂.KUD /miksu/, “tax”); the verbs are denominal.
Words from the root م-ك-س
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مَكَّسَ
· present يُمَكِّسُ
Form II · Causative or intensive
to collect taxes
تَمْكِيس
مُمَكِّس
مُمَكَّس
مَكَسَ conjugation
Active voice. Present, subjunctive and jussive are the three moods of the non-past.
| Pronoun | Past | Present | Subjunctive | Jussive | Imperative |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| أَنَا I | مَكَسْتُ | أَمْكِسُ | أَمْكِسَ | أَمْكِسْ | — |
| أَنْتَ you (m.) | مَكَسْتَ | تَمْكِسُ | تَمْكِسَ | تَمْكِسْ | اِمْكِسْ |
| أَنْتِ you (f.) | مَكَسْتِ | تَمْكِسِينَ | تَمْكِسِي | تَمْكِسِي | اِمْكِسِي |
| هُوَ he | مَكَسَ | يَمْكِسُ | يَمْكِسَ | يَمْكِسْ | — |
| هِيَ she | مَكَسَتْ | تَمْكِسُ | تَمْكِسَ | تَمْكِسْ | — |
| أَنْتُمَا you two | مَكَسْتُمَا | تَمْكِسَانِ | تَمْكِسَا | تَمْكِسَا | اِمْكِسَا |
| هُمَا they two (m.) | مَكَسَا | يَمْكِسَانِ | يَمْكِسَا | يَمْكِسَا | — |
| هُمَا they two (f.) | مَكَسَتَا | تَمْكِسَانِ | تَمْكِسَا | تَمْكِسَا | — |
| نَحْنُ we | مَكَسْنَا | نَمْكِسُ | نَمْكِسَ | نَمْكِسْ | — |
| أَنْتُمْ you all (m.) | مَكَسْتُمْ | تَمْكِسُونَ | تَمْكِسُوا | تَمْكِسُوا | اِمْكِسُوا |
| أَنْتُنَّ you all (f.) | مَكَسْتُنَّ | تَمْكِسْنَ | تَمْكِسْنَ | تَمْكِسْنَ | اِمْكِسْنَ |
| هُمْ they (m.) | مَكَسُوا | يَمْكِسُونَ | يَمْكِسُوا | يَمْكِسُوا | — |
| هُنَّ they (f.) | مَكَسْنَ | يَمْكِسْنَ | يَمْكِسْنَ | يَمْكِسْنَ | — |
| Verbal noun | مَكْس |
|---|---|
| Active participle | مَاكِس |
| Passive participle | مَمْكُوس |
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