مكواة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb كَوَى‎ (kawā, “to iron”), from the root ك و ي‎ (k-w-y).

Noun

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

(hot) iron (tool for pressing clothes)

Declension

Declension of noun مِكْوَاة (mikwāh)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Singular	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)
Plural	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

References

Wehr, Hans (1979), “مكواة”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

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