مرحاض

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb رَحَضَ (raḥaḍa, “to wash, clean”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mir.ħaːdˤ/

Noun

مِرْحَاض • (mirḥāḍ) m (plural مَرَاحِيض (marāḥīḍ))

lavatory, bathroom
Synonym: حَمَّام (ḥammām)
toilet
Synonym: كَنِيف (kanīf)
sewer, privy
dunghill

Declension

Declension of noun **مِرْحَاض** (mirḥāḍ)
singular	basic singular triptote
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِرْحَاض mirḥāḍ	الْمِرْحَاض al-mirḥāḍ	مِرْحَاض mirḥāḍ
nominative	مِرْحَاضٌ mirḥāḍun	الْمِرْحَاضُ al-mirḥāḍu	مِرْحَاضُ mirḥāḍu
accusative	مِرْحَاضًا mirḥāḍan	الْمِرْحَاضَ al-mirḥāḍa	مِرْحَاضَ mirḥāḍa
genitive	مِرْحَاضٍ mirḥāḍin	الْمِرْحَاضِ al-mirḥāḍi	مِرْحَاضِ mirḥāḍi
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِرْحَاضَيْن mirḥāḍayn	الْمِرْحَاضَيْن al-mirḥāḍayn	مِرْحَاضَيْ mirḥāḍay
nominative	مِرْحَاضَانِ mirḥāḍāni	الْمِرْحَاضَانِ al-mirḥāḍāni	مِرْحَاضَا mirḥāḍā
accusative	مِرْحَاضَيْنِ mirḥāḍayni	الْمِرْحَاضَيْنِ al-mirḥāḍayni	مِرْحَاضَيْ mirḥāḍay
genitive	مِرْحَاضَيْنِ mirḥāḍayni	الْمِرْحَاضَيْنِ al-mirḥāḍayni	مِرْحَاضَيْ mirḥāḍay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَرَاحِيض marāḥīḍ	الْمَرَاحِيض al-marāḥīḍ	مَرَاحِيض marāḥīḍ
nominative	مَرَاحِيضُ marāḥīḍu	الْمَرَاحِيضُ al-marāḥīḍu	مَرَاحِيضُ marāḥīḍu
accusative	مَرَاحِيضَ marāḥīḍa	الْمَرَاحِيضَ al-marāḥīḍa	مَرَاحِيضَ marāḥīḍa
genitive	مَرَاحِيضَ marāḥīḍa	الْمَرَاحِيضِ al-marāḥīḍi	مَرَاحِيضِ marāḥīḍi

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مرحاض”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen