مطبعة

See also: مطبعه

Arabic

Root
ط ب ع (ṭ-b-ʕ)

Etymology

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).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /matˤ.ba.ʕa/

Noun

مَطْبَعَة • (maṭbaʕa) f (plural مَطَابِع (maṭābiʕ))

1. printery, printing press, print shop, any place that prints

Declension

Declension of noun مَطْبَعَة (maṭbaʕa)

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