مشكاة

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Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Derived by Nöldeke from Ge'ez መስኮት (mäskot), መሥኮት (mäśkot).

Noun

مِشْكَاة • (miškāh) f (plural مِشْكَاوَات (miškāwāt) or مَشَاكٍ (mašākin))

  1. niche for lamp
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:35:
      مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ
      maṯalu nūrihi kamiškātin fīhā miṣbāḥun
      The likeness of his light is like a niche with a lamp in it.

Declension

Declension of noun مِشْكَاة (miškāh)
Singular singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِشْكَاة
miškāt 		الْمِشْكَاة
al-miškāt 		مِشْكَاة
miškāt
Nominative مِشْكَاةٌ
miškātun 		الْمِشْكَاةُ
al-miškātu 		مِشْكَاةُ
miškātu
Accusative مِشْكَاةً
miškātan 		الْمِشْكَاةَ
al-miškāta 		مِشْكَاةَ
miškāta
Genitive مِشْكَاةٍ
miškātin 		الْمِشْكَاةِ
al-miškāti 		مِشْكَاةِ
miškāti
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِشْكَاتَيْن
miškātayn 		الْمِشْكَاتَيْن
al-miškātayn 		مِشْكَاتَيْ
miškātay
Nominative مِشْكَاتَانِ
miškātāni 		الْمِشْكَاتَانِ
al-miškātāni 		مِشْكَاتَا
miškātā
Accusative مِشْكَاتَيْنِ
miškātayni 		الْمِشْكَاتَيْنِ
al-miškātayni 		مِشْكَاتَيْ
miškātay
Genitive مِشْكَاتَيْنِ
miškātayni 		الْمِشْكَاتَيْنِ
al-miškātayni 		مِشْكَاتَيْ
miškātay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِشْكَاوَات‎; مَشَاكِي
miškāwāt‎; mašākī 		الْمِشْكَاوَات‎; الْمَشَاكِي
al-miškāwāt‎; al-mašākī 		مِشْكَاوَات‎; مَشَاكِي
miškāwāt‎; mašākī
Nominative مِشْكَاوَاتٌ‎; مَشَاكٍ
miškāwātun‎; mašākin 		الْمِشْكَاوَاتُ‎; الْمَشَاكِي
al-miškāwātu‎; al-mašākī 		مِشْكَاوَاتُ‎; مَشَاكِي
miškāwātu‎; mašākī
Accusative مِشْكَاوَاتٍ‎; مَشَاكِيَ
miškāwātin‎; mašākiya 		الْمِشْكَاوَاتِ‎; الْمَشَاكِيَ
al-miškāwāti‎; al-mašākiya 		مِشْكَاوَاتِ‎; مَشَاكِيَ
miškāwāti‎; mašākiya
Genitive مِشْكَاوَاتٍ‎; مَشَاكٍ
miškāwātin‎; mašākin 		الْمِشْكَاوَاتِ‎; الْمَشَاكِي
al-miškāwāti‎; al-mašākī 		مِشْكَاوَاتِ‎; مَشَاكِي
miškāwāti‎; mašākī

Descendants

  • → Persian: مشکات (meškât)

References

  • “مشكاة” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 24–25
  • Leaman, Oliver (2006) “Mishkat”, in The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, pages 407–8
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 51
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 293
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