| Root |
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| ط ب ع (ṭ b ʕ) |
| 14 terms |
From Ottoman Turkish مطبعه (matbaʾa), a noun of place from the root ط ب ع (ṭ-b-ʕ). Printing did not start in the Arab world until Napoléon brought a printing press to Egypt in 1798, whereas the Ottomans had first private tries from 1726 (it did not become widescale until the next century).
مَطْبَعَة • (maṭbaʕa) f (plural مَطَابِع (maṭābiʕ))
| Singular | singular triptote in ـَة (-a) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَطْبَعَة maṭbaʕa |
الْمَطْبَعَة al-maṭbaʕa |
مَطْبَعَة maṭbaʕat |
| Nominative | مَطْبَعَةٌ maṭbaʕatun |
الْمَطْبَعَةُ al-maṭbaʕatu |
مَطْبَعَةُ maṭbaʕatu |
| Accusative | مَطْبَعَةً maṭbaʕatan |
الْمَطْبَعَةَ al-maṭbaʕata |
مَطْبَعَةَ maṭbaʕata |
| Genitive | مَطْبَعَةٍ maṭbaʕatin |
الْمَطْبَعَةِ al-maṭbaʕati |
مَطْبَعَةِ maṭbaʕati |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَطْبَعَتَيْن maṭbaʕatayn |
الْمَطْبَعَتَيْن al-maṭbaʕatayn |
مَطْبَعَتَيْ maṭbaʕatay |
| Nominative | مَطْبَعَتَانِ maṭbaʕatāni |
الْمَطْبَعَتَانِ al-maṭbaʕatāni |
مَطْبَعَتَا maṭbaʕatā |
| Accusative | مَطْبَعَتَيْنِ maṭbaʕatayni |
الْمَطْبَعَتَيْنِ al-maṭbaʕatayni |
مَطْبَعَتَيْ maṭbaʕatay |
| Genitive | مَطْبَعَتَيْنِ maṭbaʕatayni |
الْمَطْبَعَتَيْنِ al-maṭbaʕatayni |
مَطْبَعَتَيْ maṭbaʕatay |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَطَابِع maṭābiʕ |
الْمَطَابِع al-maṭābiʕ |
مَطَابِع maṭābiʕ |
| Nominative | مَطَابِعُ maṭābiʕu |
الْمَطَابِعُ al-maṭābiʕu |
مَطَابِعُ maṭābiʕu |
| Accusative | مَطَابِعَ maṭābiʕa |
الْمَطَابِعَ al-maṭābiʕa |
مَطَابِعَ maṭābiʕa |
| Genitive | مَطَابِعَ maṭābiʕa |
الْمَطَابِعِ al-maṭābiʕi |
مَطَابِعِ maṭābiʕi |