مقاومة

Arabic

Etymology

Verbal noun of قَاوَمَ (qāwama, “to resist”).

Noun

مُقَاوَمَة • (muqāwama) f

1. resistance
2. (construed with the genitive) struggle, fight (against)
3. opposition
4. (electricity) resistance, resistivity

Declension

Declension of noun مُقَاوَمَة (muqāwama)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُقَاوَمَة muqāwama	الْمُقَاوَمَة al-muqāwama	مُقَاوَمَة muqāwamat
Nominative	مُقَاوَمَةٌ muqāwamatun	الْمُقَاوَمَةُ al-muqāwamatu	مُقَاوَمَةُ muqāwamatu
Accusative	مُقَاوَمَةً muqāwamatan	الْمُقَاوَمَةَ al-muqāwamata	مُقَاوَمَةَ muqāwamata
Genitive	مُقَاوَمَةٍ muqāwamatin	الْمُقَاوَمَةِ al-muqāwamati	مُقَاوَمَةِ muqāwamati

Descendants

• Azerbaijani: müqavimət
• Persian: مقاومت (moqâvemat)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “قوم”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN