مفازة

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb فَازَ (fāza, “to escape, be victorious, perish”), from the root ف و ز (f-w-z).

Noun

مَفَازَة • (mafāza) f (plural مَفَازَات (mafāzāt) or مَفَاوِز (mafāwiz))

1. verbal noun of فَازَ (fāza) (form I)
2. desert, waterless desert

   Synonyms: صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ); see also Thesaurus:صحراء

3. flight, escape
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 3:188:

     لا تَحْسَبَنَّ الَّذِينَ يَفْرَحُونَ بِمَا أَتَوْا وَيُحِبُّونَ أَنْ يُحْمَدُوا بِمَا لَمْ يَفْعَلُوا فَلَا تَحْسَبَنَّهُمْ بِمَفَازَةٍ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَلَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

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4. place of victory, of flight, of destruction

Declension

Declension of noun مَفَازَة (mafāza)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَفَازَة mafāza	الْمَفَازَة al-mafāza	مَفَازَة mafāzat
Nominative	مَفَازَةٌ mafāzatun	الْمَفَازَةُ al-mafāzatu	مَفَازَةُ mafāzatu
Accusative	مَفَازَةً mafāzatan	الْمَفَازَةَ al-mafāzata	مَفَازَةَ mafāzata
Genitive	مَفَازَةٍ mafāzatin	الْمَفَازَةِ al-mafāzati	مَفَازَةِ mafāzati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَفَازَتَيْن mafāzatayn	الْمَفَازَتَيْن al-mafāzatayn	مَفَازَتَيْ mafāzatay
Nominative	مَفَازَتَانِ mafāzatāni	الْمَفَازَتَانِ al-mafāzatāni	مَفَازَتَا mafāzatā
Accusative	مَفَازَتَيْنِ mafāzatayni	الْمَفَازَتَيْنِ al-mafāzatayni	مَفَازَتَيْ mafāzatay
Genitive	مَفَازَتَيْنِ mafāzatayni	الْمَفَازَتَيْنِ al-mafāzatayni	مَفَازَتَيْ mafāzatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَفَازَات‎; مَفَاوِز mafāzāt‎; mafāwiz	الْمَفَازَات‎; الْمَفَاوِز al-mafāzāt‎; al-mafāwiz	مَفَازَات‎; مَفَاوِز mafāzāt‎; mafāwiz
Nominative	مَفَازَاتٌ‎; مَفَاوِزُ mafāzātun‎; mafāwizu	الْمَفَازَاتُ‎; الْمَفَاوِزُ al-mafāzātu‎; al-mafāwizu	مَفَازَاتُ‎; مَفَاوِزُ mafāzātu‎; mafāwizu
Accusative	مَفَازَاتٍ‎; مَفَاوِزَ mafāzātin‎; mafāwiza	الْمَفَازَاتِ‎; الْمَفَاوِزَ al-mafāzāti‎; al-mafāwiza	مَفَازَاتِ‎; مَفَاوِزَ mafāzāti‎; mafāwiza
Genitive	مَفَازَاتٍ‎; مَفَاوِزَ mafāzātin‎; mafāwiza	الْمَفَازَاتِ‎; الْمَفَاوِزِ al-mafāzāti‎; al-mafāwizi	مَفَازَاتِ‎; مَفَاوِزِ mafāzāti‎; mafāwizi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “مفازة”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مفازة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen