مأوى
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 • (maʔwan) m (dual مَأْوَيَانِ (maʔwayāni), plural مَآوٍ (maʔāwin), plural construct state مَآوِي (maʔāwī))
- shelter, refuge
- Synonyms: مَلْجَأ (maljaʔ); see also Thesaurus:ملجأ
Declension
| 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