مكتب

See also: مکتب and مكثت

Arabic

Etymology

Noun of place from the root ك ت ب (k-t-b).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak.tab/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

مَكْتَب • (maktab) m (plural مَكاتِب (makātib))

1. (historical) maktab, elementary school
2. desk
3. office
4. bureau

Declension

Declension of noun مَكْتَب (maktab)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكْتَب maktab	الْمَكْتَب al-maktab	مَكْتَب maktab
Nominative	مَكْتَبٌ maktabun	الْمَكْتَبُ al-maktabu	مَكْتَبُ maktabu
Accusative	مَكْتَبًا maktaban	الْمَكْتَبَ al-maktaba	مَكْتَبَ maktaba
Genitive	مَكْتَبٍ maktabin	الْمَكْتَبِ al-maktabi	مَكْتَبِ maktabi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكْتَبَيْن maktabayn	الْمَكْتَبَيْن al-maktabayn	مَكْتَبَيْ maktabay
Nominative	مَكْتَبَانِ maktabāni	الْمَكْتَبَانِ al-maktabāni	مَكْتَبَا maktabā
Accusative	مَكْتَبَيْنِ maktabayni	الْمَكْتَبَيْنِ al-maktabayni	مَكْتَبَيْ maktabay
Genitive	مَكْتَبَيْنِ maktabayni	الْمَكْتَبَيْنِ al-maktabayni	مَكْتَبَيْ maktabay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَكاتِب makātib	الْمَكاتِب al-makātib	مَكاتِب makātib
Nominative	مَكاتِبُ makātibu	الْمَكاتِبُ al-makātibu	مَكاتِبُ makātibu
Accusative	مَكاتِبَ makātiba	الْمَكاتِبَ al-makātiba	مَكاتِبَ makātiba
Genitive	مَكاتِبَ makātiba	الْمَكاتِبِ al-makātibi	مَكاتِبِ makātibi

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: məktəb
• → Bashkir: мәктәп (məktəp)
• → Persian: مکتب (maktab)

References

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