مطفأة

Arabic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mitˤ.fa.ʔa/

Noun

مِطْفَأَة • (miṭfaʔa) f (plural مَطَافِئ (maṭāfiʔ) or مِطْفَآت (miṭfaʔāt))

1. firefighting equipment
2. fire extinguisher
3. fire engine

Declension

Declension of noun مِطْفَأَة (miṭfaʔa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِطْفَأَة miṭfaʔa	الْمِطْفَأَة al-miṭfaʔa	مِطْفَأَة miṭfaʔat
Nominative	مِطْفَأَةٌ miṭfaʔatun	الْمِطْفَأَةُ al-miṭfaʔatu	مِطْفَأَةُ miṭfaʔatu
Accusative	مِطْفَأَةً miṭfaʔatan	الْمِطْفَأَةَ al-miṭfaʔata	مِطْفَأَةَ miṭfaʔata
Genitive	مِطْفَأَةٍ miṭfaʔatin	الْمِطْفَأَةِ al-miṭfaʔati	مِطْفَأَةِ miṭfaʔati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِطْفَأَتَيْن miṭfaʔatayn	الْمِطْفَأَتَيْن al-miṭfaʔatayn	مِطْفَأَتَيْ miṭfaʔatay
Nominative	مِطْفَأَتَانِ miṭfaʔatāni	الْمِطْفَأَتَانِ al-miṭfaʔatāni	مِطْفَأَتَا miṭfaʔatā
Accusative	مِطْفَأَتَيْنِ miṭfaʔatayni	الْمِطْفَأَتَيْنِ al-miṭfaʔatayni	مِطْفَأَتَيْ miṭfaʔatay
Genitive	مِطْفَأَتَيْنِ miṭfaʔatayni	الْمِطْفَأَتَيْنِ al-miṭfaʔatayni	مِطْفَأَتَيْ miṭfaʔatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَافِئ‎; مِطْفَآت maṭāfiʔ‎; miṭfaʔāt	الْمَطَافِئ‎; الْمِطْفَآت al-maṭāfiʔ‎; al-miṭfaʔāt	مَطَافِئ‎; مِطْفَآت maṭāfiʔ‎; miṭfaʔāt
Nominative	مَطَافِئُ‎; مِطْفَآتٌ maṭāfiʔu‎; miṭfaʔātun	الْمَطَافِئُ‎; الْمِطْفَآتُ al-maṭāfiʔu‎; al-miṭfaʔātu	مَطَافِئُ‎; مِطْفَآتُ maṭāfiʔu‎; miṭfaʔātu
Accusative	مَطَافِئَ‎; مِطْفَآتٍ maṭāfiʔa‎; miṭfaʔātin	الْمَطَافِئَ‎; الْمِطْفَآتِ al-maṭāfiʔa‎; al-miṭfaʔāti	مَطَافِئَ‎; مِطْفَآتِ maṭāfiʔa‎; miṭfaʔāti
Genitive	مَطَافِئَ‎; مِطْفَآتٍ maṭāfiʔa‎; miṭfaʔātin	الْمَطَافِئِ‎; الْمِطْفَآتِ al-maṭāfiʔi‎; al-miṭfaʔāti	مَطَافِئِ‎; مِطْفَآتِ maṭāfiʔi‎; miṭfaʔāti

Derived terms

• فِرْقَة اَلْمَطَافِئ (firqat al-maṭāfiʔ, “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