مذبحة

Arabic

Root
ذ ب ح (ḏ-b-ḥ)

Etymology

Noun of place from the verb ذَبَحَ (ḏabaḥa, “to slaughter”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mað.ba.ħa/

Noun

مَذْبَحَة • (maḏbaḥa) f (plural مَذَابِح (maḏābiḥ) or مَذْبَحَات (maḏbaḥāt))

1. slaughterhouse, abattoir
2. (figuartively) massacre, slaughter, carnage, butchery

Declension

Declension of noun مَذْبَحَة (maḏbaḥa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَذْبَحَة maḏbaḥa	الْمَذْبَحَة al-maḏbaḥa	مَذْبَحَة maḏbaḥat
Nominative	مَذْبَحَةٌ maḏbaḥatun	الْمَذْبَحَةُ al-maḏbaḥatu	مَذْبَحَةُ maḏbaḥatu
Accusative	مَذْبَحَةً maḏbaḥatan	الْمَذْبَحَةَ al-maḏbaḥata	مَذْبَحَةَ maḏbaḥata
Genitive	مَذْبَحَةٍ maḏbaḥatin	الْمَذْبَحَةِ al-maḏbaḥati	مَذْبَحَةِ maḏbaḥati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَذْبَحَتَيْن maḏbaḥatayn	الْمَذْبَحَتَيْن al-maḏbaḥatayn	مَذْبَحَتَيْ maḏbaḥatay
Nominative	مَذْبَحَتَانِ maḏbaḥatāni	الْمَذْبَحَتَانِ al-maḏbaḥatāni	مَذْبَحَتَا maḏbaḥatā
Accusative	مَذْبَحَتَيْنِ maḏbaḥatayni	الْمَذْبَحَتَيْنِ al-maḏbaḥatayni	مَذْبَحَتَيْ maḏbaḥatay
Genitive	مَذْبَحَتَيْنِ maḏbaḥatayni	الْمَذْبَحَتَيْنِ al-maḏbaḥatayni	مَذْبَحَتَيْ maḏbaḥatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote‎; sound feminine plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَذَابِح‎; مَذْبَحَات maḏābiḥ‎; maḏbaḥāt	الْمَذَابِح‎; الْمَذْبَحَات al-maḏābiḥ‎; al-maḏbaḥāt	مَذَابِح‎; مَذْبَحَات maḏābiḥ‎; maḏbaḥāt
Nominative	مَذَابِحُ‎; مَذْبَحَاتٌ maḏābiḥu‎; maḏbaḥātun	الْمَذَابِحُ‎; الْمَذْبَحَاتُ al-maḏābiḥu‎; al-maḏbaḥātu	مَذَابِحُ‎; مَذْبَحَاتُ maḏābiḥu‎; maḏbaḥātu
Accusative	مَذَابِحَ‎; مَذْبَحَاتٍ maḏābiḥa‎; maḏbaḥātin	الْمَذَابِحَ‎; الْمَذْبَحَاتِ al-maḏābiḥa‎; al-maḏbaḥāti	مَذَابِحَ‎; مَذْبَحَاتِ maḏābiḥa‎; maḏbaḥāti
Genitive	مَذَابِحَ‎; مَذْبَحَاتٍ maḏābiḥa‎; maḏbaḥātin	الْمَذَابِحِ‎; الْمَذْبَحَاتِ al-maḏābiḥi‎; al-maḏbaḥāti	مَذَابِحِ‎; مَذْبَحَاتِ maḏābiḥi‎; maḏbaḥāti

Descendants

• → Ottoman Turkish: مذبحه
  • → Turkish: mezbaha

References

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