mukavemet

Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish مقاومت (mukavemet), from Arabic مُقَاوَمَة (muqāwama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.kaː.ve.met/

Noun

mukavemet (definite accusative mukavemeti, plural mukavemetler) (formal)

1. durability

   Synonym: dayanıklılık

2. resistance

   Synonyms: direnç, rezistans

3. strength

   Synonyms: güç, kuvvet

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	mukavemet
Definite accusative	mukavemeti
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	mukavemet	mukavemetler
Definite accusative	mukavemeti	mukavemetleri
Dative	mukavemete	mukavemetlere
Locative	mukavemette	mukavemetlerde
Ablative	mukavemetten	mukavemetlerden
Genitive	mukavemetin	mukavemetlerin

Derived terms

• mukavemet etmek (“to resist”)

Related terms

• kamet
• mukavim (“resistant”)

References

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “mukavemet”, in Nişanyan Sözlük