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
2. toilet
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^[1], London: W.H. Allen