مكواة
Arabic
Etymology
| Root |
|---|
| ك و ي (k w y) |
| 4 terms |
Tool noun from the verb كَوَى (kawā, “to iron”).
Noun
مِكْوَاة • (mikwāh) f (dual مِكْوَاتَانِ (mikwātāni), plural مَكَاوٍ (makāwin))
- (hot) iron (tool for pressing clothes)
Declension
| singular | singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مِكْوَاة mikwāt |
الْمِكْوَاة al-mikwāt |
مِكْوَاة mikwāt |
| nominative | مِكْوَاةٌ mikwātun |
الْمِكْوَاةُ al-mikwātu |
مِكْوَاةُ mikwātu |
| accusative | مِكْوَاةً mikwātan |
الْمِكْوَاةَ al-mikwāta |
مِكْوَاةَ mikwāta |
| genitive | مِكْوَاةٍ mikwātin |
الْمِكْوَاةِ al-mikwāti |
مِكْوَاةِ mikwāti |
| dual | indefinite | definite | construct |
| informal | مِكْوَاتَيْن mikwātayn |
الْمِكْوَاتَيْن al-mikwātayn |
مِكْوَاتَيْ mikwātay |
| nominative | مِكْوَاتَانِ mikwātāni |
الْمِكْوَاتَانِ al-mikwātāni |
مِكْوَاتَا mikwātā |
| accusative | مِكْوَاتَيْنِ mikwātayni |
الْمِكْوَاتَيْنِ al-mikwātayni |
مِكْوَاتَيْ mikwātay |
| genitive | مِكْوَاتَيْنِ mikwātayni |
الْمِكْوَاتَيْنِ al-mikwātayni |
مِكْوَاتَيْ mikwātay |
| plural | broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in) | ||
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | مَكَاوِي makāwī |
الْمَكَاوِي al-makāwī |
مَكَاوِي makāwī |
| nominative | مَكَاوٍ makāwin |
الْمَكَاوِي al-makāwī |
مَكَاوِي makāwī |
| accusative | مَكَاوِيَ makāwiya |
الْمَكَاوِيَ al-makāwiya |
مَكَاوِيَ makāwiya |
| genitive | مَكَاوٍ makāwin |
الْمَكَاوِي al-makāwī |
مَكَاوِي makāwī |
Descendants
- → Ottoman Turkish: مكوات (mikvat)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “مكواة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN