منشفة

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verbs نَشَفَ (našafa, “to absorb”) and نَشِفَ (našifa, “to dry out”), from the root ن ش ف (n-š-f).

Noun

مِنْشَفَة • (minšafa) f (plural مِنْشَفَات (minšafāt) or مَنَاشِف (manāšif))

1. towel, drying towel
2. wiper, duster
3. napkin

Declension

Declension of noun مِنْشَفَة (minšafa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِنْشَفَة minšafa	الْمِنْشَفَة al-minšafa	مِنْشَفَة minšafat
Nominative	مِنْشَفَةٌ minšafatun	الْمِنْشَفَةُ al-minšafatu	مِنْشَفَةُ minšafatu
Accusative	مِنْشَفَةً minšafatan	الْمِنْشَفَةَ al-minšafata	مِنْشَفَةَ minšafata
Genitive	مِنْشَفَةٍ minšafatin	الْمِنْشَفَةِ al-minšafati	مِنْشَفَةِ minšafati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِنْشَفَتَيْن minšafatayn	الْمِنْشَفَتَيْن al-minšafatayn	مِنْشَفَتَيْ minšafatay
Nominative	مِنْشَفَتَانِ minšafatāni	الْمِنْشَفَتَانِ al-minšafatāni	مِنْشَفَتَا minšafatā
Accusative	مِنْشَفَتَيْنِ minšafatayni	الْمِنْشَفَتَيْنِ al-minšafatayni	مِنْشَفَتَيْ minšafatay
Genitive	مِنْشَفَتَيْنِ minšafatayni	الْمِنْشَفَتَيْنِ al-minšafatayni	مِنْشَفَتَيْ minšafatay
Plural	sound feminine plural‎; basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِنْشَفَات‎; مَنَاشِف minšafāt‎; manāšif	الْمِنْشَفَات‎; الْمَنَاشِف al-minšafāt‎; al-manāšif	مِنْشَفَات‎; مَنَاشِف minšafāt‎; manāšif
Nominative	مِنْشَفَاتٌ‎; مَنَاشِفُ minšafātun‎; manāšifu	الْمِنْشَفَاتُ‎; الْمَنَاشِفُ al-minšafātu‎; al-manāšifu	مِنْشَفَاتُ‎; مَنَاشِفُ minšafātu‎; manāšifu
Accusative	مِنْشَفَاتٍ‎; مَنَاشِفَ minšafātin‎; manāšifa	الْمِنْشَفَاتِ‎; الْمَنَاشِفَ al-minšafāti‎; al-manāšifa	مِنْشَفَاتِ‎; مَنَاشِفَ minšafāti‎; manāšifa
Genitive	مِنْشَفَاتٍ‎; مَنَاشِفَ minšafātin‎; manāšifa	الْمِنْشَفَاتِ‎; الْمَنَاشِفِ al-minšafāti‎; al-manāšifi	مِنْشَفَاتِ‎; مَنَاشِفِ minšafāti‎; manāšifi

References

• Lane, Edward William (1863) “نشف”, in Arabic-English Lexicon‎^[1], London: Williams & Norgate
• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “منشفة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[2], London: W.H. Allen