مطفأة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from طَفِئَ‎ (ṭafiʾa, “to be extinguished”) or the causative أَطْفَأَ‎ (ʾaṭfaʾa, “to extinguish”).

Noun

مِطْفَأَة • (miṭfaʾa) f (plural مَطَافِئ‎ (maṭāfiʾ) or مِطْفَآت‎ (miṭfaʾāt))

Declension

Declension of noun مِطْفَأَة (miṭfaʾa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِطْفَأَة miṭfaʾa	الْمِطْفَأَة‎ al-miṭfaʾa	مِطْفَأَة miṭfaʾat
Nominative	مِطْفَأَةٌ miṭfaʾatun	الْمِطْفَأَةُ‎ al-miṭfaʾatu	مِطْفَأَةُ miṭfaʾatu
Accusative	مِطْفَأَةً miṭfaʾatan	الْمِطْفَأَةَ‎ al-miṭfaʾata	مِطْفَأَةَ miṭfaʾata
Genitive	مِطْفَأَةٍ miṭfaʾatin	الْمِطْفَأَةِ‎ al-miṭfaʾati	مِطْفَأَةِ miṭfaʾati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِطْفَأَتَيْن‎ miṭfaʾatayn	الْمِطْفَأَتَيْن‎ al-miṭfaʾatayn	مِطْفَأَتَيْ‎ miṭfaʾatay
Nominative	مِطْفَأَتَانِ‎ miṭfaʾatāni	الْمِطْفَأَتَانِ‎ al-miṭfaʾatāni	مِطْفَأَتَا‎ miṭfaʾatā
Accusative	مِطْفَأَتَيْنِ‎ miṭfaʾatayni	الْمِطْفَأَتَيْنِ‎ al-miṭfaʾatayni	مِطْفَأَتَيْ‎ miṭfaʾatay
Genitive	مِطْفَأَتَيْنِ‎ miṭfaʾatayni	الْمِطْفَأَتَيْنِ‎ al-miṭfaʾatayni	مِطْفَأَتَيْ‎ miṭfaʾatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَافِئ‎‎; مِطْفَآت‎ maṭāfiʾ‎; miṭfaʾāt	الْمَطَافِئ‎‎; الْمِطْفَآت‎ al-maṭāfiʾ‎; al-miṭfaʾāt	مَطَافِئ‎‎; مِطْفَآت‎ maṭāfiʾ‎; miṭfaʾāt
Nominative	مَطَافِئُ‎‎; مِطْفَآتٌ‎ maṭāfiʾu‎; miṭfaʾātun	الْمَطَافِئُ‎‎; الْمِطْفَآتُ‎ al-maṭāfiʾu‎; al-miṭfaʾātu	مَطَافِئُ‎‎; مِطْفَآتُ‎ maṭāfiʾu‎; miṭfaʾātu
Accusative	مَطَافِئَ‎‎; مِطْفَآتٍ‎ maṭāfiʾa‎; miṭfaʾātin	الْمَطَافِئَ‎‎; الْمِطْفَآتِ‎ al-maṭāfiʾa‎; al-miṭfaʾāti	مَطَافِئَ‎‎; مِطْفَآتِ‎ maṭāfiʾa‎; miṭfaʾāti
Genitive	مَطَافِئَ‎‎; مِطْفَآتٍ‎ maṭāfiʾa‎; miṭfaʾātin	الْمَطَافِئِ‎‎; الْمِطْفَآتِ‎ al-maṭāfiʾi‎; al-miṭfaʾāti	مَطَافِئِ‎‎; مِطْفَآتِ‎ maṭāfiʾi‎; miṭfaʾāti

Derived terms

فِرْقَة اَلْمَطَافِئ‎ (firqat al-maṭāfiʾ, “fire brigade, fire department”)

References

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

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