مذبحة
Arabic
| Root |
|---|
| ذ ب ح (ḏ b ḥ) |
| 6 terms |
Etymology
Noun of place from the verb ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa, “to slaughter”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mað.ba.ħa/
Noun
مَذْبَحَة • (maḏbaḥa) f (plural مَذَابِح (maḏābiḥ) or مَذْبَحَات (maḏbaḥāt))
- slaughterhouse, abattoir
- (figuratively) massacre, slaughter, carnage, butchery
- Synonym: مَجْزَرَة (majzara)
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَذْبَحَة maḏbaḥa |
الْمَذْبَحَة al-maḏbaḥa |
مَذْبَحَة maḏbaḥat |
| nominative | مَذْبَحَةٌ maḏbaḥatun |
الْمَذْبَحَةُ al-maḏbaḥatu |
مَذْبَحَةُ maḏbaḥatu |
| accusative | مَذْبَحَةً maḏbaḥatan |
الْمَذْبَحَةَ al-maḏbaḥata |
مَذْبَحَةَ maḏbaḥata |
| genitive | مَذْبَحَةٍ maḏbaḥatin |
الْمَذْبَحَةِ al-maḏbaḥati |
مَذْبَحَةِ maḏbaḥati |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مَذْبَحَتَيْن maḏbaḥatayn |
الْمَذْبَحَتَيْن al-maḏbaḥatayn |
مَذْبَحَتَيْ maḏbaḥatay |
| nominative | مَذْبَحَتَانِ maḏbaḥatāni |
الْمَذْبَحَتَانِ al-maḏbaḥatāni |
مَذْبَحَتَا maḏbaḥatā |
| accusative | مَذْبَحَتَيْنِ maḏbaḥatayni |
الْمَذْبَحَتَيْنِ al-maḏbaḥatayni |
مَذْبَحَتَيْ maḏbaḥatay |
| genitive | مَذْبَحَتَيْنِ maḏbaḥatayni |
الْمَذْبَحَتَيْنِ al-maḏbaḥatayni |
مَذْبَحَتَيْ maḏbaḥatay |
| plural | basic broken plural diptote; sound feminine plural | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَذَابِح; مَذْبَحَات maḏābiḥ; maḏbaḥāt |
الْمَذَابِح; الْمَذْبَحَات al-maḏābiḥ; al-maḏbaḥāt |
مَذَابِح; مَذْبَحَات maḏābiḥ; maḏbaḥāt |
| nominative | مَذَابِحُ; مَذْبَحَاتٌ maḏābiḥu; maḏbaḥātun |
الْمَذَابِحُ; الْمَذْبَحَاتُ al-maḏābiḥu; al-maḏbaḥātu |
مَذَابِحُ; مَذْبَحَاتُ maḏābiḥu; maḏbaḥātu |
| accusative | مَذَابِحَ; مَذْبَحَاتٍ maḏābiḥa; maḏbaḥātin |
الْمَذَابِحَ; الْمَذْبَحَاتِ al-maḏābiḥa; al-maḏbaḥāti |
مَذَابِحَ; مَذْبَحَاتِ maḏābiḥa; maḏbaḥāti |
| genitive | مَذَابِحَ; مَذْبَحَاتٍ maḏābiḥa; maḏbaḥātin |
الْمَذَابِحِ; الْمَذْبَحَاتِ al-maḏābiḥi; al-maḏbaḥāti |
مَذَابِحِ; مَذْبَحَاتِ maḏābiḥi; maḏbaḥāti |
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: مذبحه
- → Turkish: mezbaha
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “مذبحة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN