مطرقة

See also: مطرقه

Arabic

Alternative forms

مِطْرَق (miṭraq)

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa, “to hammer, to knock”), from the root ط ر ق (ṭ r q). Alternatively, according to Fraenkel, borrowed from Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ), with طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa) being a denominative verb. In any case, related with the Aramaic word. See it for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mitˤ.ra.qa/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /mtˤar.qa/

Noun

مِطْرَقَة • (miṭraqa) f (plural مَطَارِق (maṭāriq) or مِطْرَقَات (miṭraqāt))

hammer
sledgehammer
mallet, bat, racket, stick for beating wool, tanner's beater
fighting club
rapier

Declension

Declension of noun **مِطْرَقَة** (miṭraqa)
singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
singular	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِطْرَقَة miṭraqa	الْمِطْرَقَة al-miṭraqa	مِطْرَقَة miṭraqat
nominative	مِطْرَقَةٌ miṭraqatun	الْمِطْرَقَةُ al-miṭraqatu	مِطْرَقَةُ miṭraqatu
accusative	مِطْرَقَةً miṭraqatan	الْمِطْرَقَةَ al-miṭraqata	مِطْرَقَةَ miṭraqata
genitive	مِطْرَقَةٍ miṭraqatin	الْمِطْرَقَةِ al-miṭraqati	مِطْرَقَةِ miṭraqati
dual	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مِطْرَقَتَيْن miṭraqatayn	الْمِطْرَقَتَيْن al-miṭraqatayn	مِطْرَقَتَيْ miṭraqatay
nominative	مِطْرَقَتَانِ miṭraqatāni	الْمِطْرَقَتَانِ al-miṭraqatāni	مِطْرَقَتَا miṭraqatā
accusative	مِطْرَقَتَيْنِ miṭraqatayni	الْمِطْرَقَتَيْنِ al-miṭraqatayni	مِطْرَقَتَيْ miṭraqatay
genitive	مِطْرَقَتَيْنِ miṭraqatayni	الْمِطْرَقَتَيْنِ al-miṭraqatayni	مِطْرَقَتَيْ miṭraqatay
plural	basic broken plural diptote
plural	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	مَطَارِق maṭāriq	الْمَطَارِق al-maṭāriq	مَطَارِق maṭāriq
nominative	مَطَارِقُ maṭāriqu	الْمَطَارِقُ al-maṭāriqu	مَطَارِقُ maṭāriqu
accusative	مَطَارِقَ maṭāriqa	الْمَطَارِقَ al-maṭāriqa	مَطَارِقَ maṭāriqa
genitive	مَطَارِقَ maṭāriqa	الْمَطَارِقِ al-maṭāriqi	مَطَارِقِ maṭāriqi

Descendants

Maltese: mterqa
→ Aragonese: matraca
→ Catalan: matraca
→ French: matraque
- → Dutch: matrak
→ Ottoman Turkish: مطرقه (mıtraka), մըթրագա (mıtraka), մըթրագաթ (mıtrakat), մաթրագա (matraka) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: mıtraka
→ Persian: مطرقه (metraqe), مطرق (metraq)
→ Portuguese: matraca
→ Spanish: matraca
- → English: matraca
- → Tagalog: matraka, pataraka

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884), “مطرقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886), Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 260

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ط ر ق
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mitˤ.ra.ɡa/, [mɪtˤ.ra.ɡa]

Noun

مطرقة • (miṭraga) f (plural مطارق (maṭārig) or مطرقات (miṭragāt))