مخاط

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܚܘܛܐ (məḥōṭā, “mucus”). Doublet of مُخَيْطَا (muḵayṭā, “sebesten”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mu.xaːtˤ/
Rhymes: -aːtˤ

Noun

مُخَاط • (muḵāṭ) m (plural أَمْخِطَة (ʔamḵiṭa))

mucus
مُخَاط أَنْف ― muḵāṭ ʔanf ― nasal mucus
alternative form of مُخَيْطَا (muḵayṭā, “sebesten”)

Declension

Declension of noun **مُخَاط** (muḵāṭ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُخَاط muḵāṭ	الْمُخَاط al-muḵāṭ	مُخَاط muḵāṭ
nominative	مُخَاطٌ muḵāṭun	الْمُخَاطُ al-muḵāṭu	مُخَاطُ muḵāṭu
accusative	مُخَاطًا muḵāṭan	الْمُخَاطَ al-muḵāṭa	مُخَاطَ muḵāṭa
genitive	مُخَاطٍ muḵāṭin	الْمُخَاطِ al-muḵāṭi	مُخَاطِ muḵāṭi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مُخَاطَيْن muḵāṭayn	الْمُخَاطَيْن al-muḵāṭayn	مُخَاطَيْ muḵāṭay
nominative	مُخَاطَانِ muḵāṭāni	الْمُخَاطَانِ al-muḵāṭāni	مُخَاطَا muḵāṭā
accusative	مُخَاطَيْنِ muḵāṭayni	الْمُخَاطَيْنِ al-muḵāṭayni	مُخَاطَيْ muḵāṭay
genitive	مُخَاطَيْنِ muḵāṭayni	الْمُخَاطَيْنِ al-muḵāṭayni	مُخَاطَيْ muḵāṭay
plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	أَمْخِطَة ʔamḵiṭa	الْأَمْخِطَة al-ʔamḵiṭa	أَمْخِطَة ʔamḵiṭat
nominative	أَمْخِطَةٌ ʔamḵiṭatun	الْأَمْخِطَةُ al-ʔamḵiṭatu	أَمْخِطَةُ ʔamḵiṭatu
accusative	أَمْخِطَةً ʔamḵiṭatan	الْأَمْخِطَةَ al-ʔamḵiṭata	أَمْخِطَةَ ʔamḵiṭata
genitive	أَمْخِطَةٍ ʔamḵiṭatin	الْأَمْخِطَةِ al-ʔamḵiṭati	أَمْخِطَةِ ʔamḵiṭati

Derived terms

مُخَاطِيّ (muḵāṭiyy, “mucous”)
مَخَّاط (maḵḵāṭ, “mucous”)
مَخْطَة (maḵṭa, “mucus”)
مَخَطَ (maḵaṭa, “to blow one’s nose”)
تَمَخَّطَ (tamaḵḵaṭa, “to blow one’s nose”)

References

“mḥwṭˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1183
Freytag, Georg (1837) “مخاط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 158a
Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 2069
Wehr, Hans (1979) “مخاط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1052
Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “مخاط”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 856a