مرحاض

مرحاض

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb رَحَضَ‎ (raḥaḍa, “to wash, clean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mir.ħaːdˤ/

Noun

مِرْحَاض • (mirḥāḍ) m (plural مَرَاحِيض‎ (marāḥīḍ))

1. lavatory, bathroom

   Synonym: حَمَّام‎ (ḥammām)

2. toilet

   Synonym: كَنِيف‎ (kanīf)

3. sewer, privy
4. dunghill

Declension

Declension of noun مِرْحَاض (mirḥāḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْحَاض mirḥāḍ	الْمِرْحَاض‎ al-mirḥāḍ	مِرْحَاض mirḥāḍ
Nominative	مِرْحَاضٌ mirḥāḍun	الْمِرْحَاضُ‎ al-mirḥāḍu	مِرْحَاضُ mirḥāḍu
Accusative	مِرْحَاضًا‎ mirḥāḍan	الْمِرْحَاضَ‎ al-mirḥāḍa	مِرْحَاضَ mirḥāḍa
Genitive	مِرْحَاضٍ mirḥāḍin	الْمِرْحَاضِ‎ al-mirḥāḍi	مِرْحَاضِ mirḥāḍi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْحَاضَيْن‎ mirḥāḍayn	الْمِرْحَاضَيْن‎ al-mirḥāḍayn	مِرْحَاضَيْ‎ mirḥāḍay
Nominative	مِرْحَاضَانِ‎ mirḥāḍāni	الْمِرْحَاضَانِ‎ al-mirḥāḍāni	مِرْحَاضَا‎ mirḥāḍā
Accusative	مِرْحَاضَيْنِ‎ mirḥāḍayni	الْمِرْحَاضَيْنِ‎ al-mirḥāḍayni	مِرْحَاضَيْ‎ mirḥāḍay
Genitive	مِرْحَاضَيْنِ‎ mirḥāḍayni	الْمِرْحَاضَيْنِ‎ al-mirḥāḍayni	مِرْحَاضَيْ‎ mirḥāḍay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاحِيض‎ marāḥīḍ	الْمَرَاحِيض‎ al-marāḥīḍ	مَرَاحِيض‎ marāḥīḍ
Nominative	مَرَاحِيضُ‎ marāḥīḍu	الْمَرَاحِيضُ‎ al-marāḥīḍu	مَرَاحِيضُ‎ marāḥīḍu
Accusative	مَرَاحِيضَ‎ marāḥīḍa	الْمَرَاحِيضَ‎ al-marāḥīḍa	مَرَاحِيضَ‎ marāḥīḍa
Genitive	مَرَاحِيضَ‎ marāḥīḍa	الْمَرَاحِيضِ‎ al-marāḥīḍi	مَرَاحِيضِ‎ marāḥīḍi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مرحاض”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen