مأوى

See also: ماوي and ماوی

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ء و ي (ʔ w y)
7 terms

Noun of place from أَوَى (ʔawā, to take shelter).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʔ.wan/

Noun

مَأْوًى • (maʔwanm (dual مَأْوَيَانِ (maʔwayāni), plural مَآوٍ (maʔāwin), plural construct state مَآوِي (maʔāwī))

  1. shelter, refuge
    Synonyms: مَلْجَأ (maljaʔ); see also Thesaurus:ملجأ

Declension

Declension of noun مَأْوًى (maʔwan)
singular singular in ـًى (-an)
indefinite definite construct
informal مَأْوَى
maʔwā
الْمَأْوَى
al-maʔwā
مَأْوَى
maʔwā
nominative مَأْوًى
maʔwan
الْمَأْوَى
al-maʔwā
مَأْوَى
maʔwā
accusative مَأْوًى
maʔwan
الْمَأْوَى
al-maʔwā
مَأْوَى
maʔwā
genitive مَأْوًى
maʔwan
الْمَأْوَى
al-maʔwā
مَأْوَى
maʔwā
dual indefinite definite construct
informal مَأْوَيَيْن
maʔwayayn
الْمَأْوَيَيْن
al-maʔwayayn
مَأْوَيَيْ
maʔwayay
nominative مَأْوَيَانِ
maʔwayāni
الْمَأْوَيَانِ
al-maʔwayāni
مَأْوَيَا
maʔwayā
accusative مَأْوَيَيْنِ
maʔwayayni
الْمَأْوَيَيْنِ
al-maʔwayayni
مَأْوَيَيْ
maʔwayay
genitive مَأْوَيَيْنِ
maʔwayayni
الْمَأْوَيَيْنِ
al-maʔwayayni
مَأْوَيَيْ
maʔwayay
plural broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
indefinite definite construct
informal مَآوِي
maʔāwī
الْمَآوِي
al-maʔāwī
مَآوِي
maʔāwī
nominative مَآوٍ
maʔāwin
الْمَآوِي
al-maʔāwī
مَآوِي
maʔāwī
accusative مَآوِيَ
maʔāwiya
الْمَآوِيَ
al-maʔāwiya
مَآوِيَ
maʔāwiya
genitive مَآوٍ
maʔāwin
الْمَآوِي
al-maʔāwī
مَآوِي
maʔāwī

Descendants

  • Persian: ماوا (mâvâ)

References

  • Freytag, Georg (1830) “مأوى”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum[1] (in Latin), volume 1, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 73
  • Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “مأوى”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc[2] (in French), volume 1, Paris: Maisonneuve et Cie, page 72
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مأوى”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart[3] (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 57