مكواة

Arabic

Etymology

Root
ك و ي (k-w-y)

Tool noun from the verb كَوَى (kawā, “to iron”).

Noun

مِكْوَاة • (mikwāh) f (dual مِكْوَاتَانِ (mikwātāni), plural مَكَاوٍ (makāwin))

1. (hot) iron (tool for pressing clothes)

Declension

Declension of noun مِكْوَاة (mikwāh)

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