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))
- verbal noun of فَازَ (fāza) (form I)
- desert, waterless desert
- Synonyms: صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʾ); see also Thesaurus:صحراء
- 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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- 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, London: Williams & Norgate
- Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مفازة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary, London: W.H. Allen