محاق

Arabic

Root
م ح ق (m-ḥ-q)

Noun

مَحْق • (maḥq) m

1. effacement, obliteration
2. eradication, extermination, annihilation, destruction

Pronunciation 1

• IPA^(key): /maħq/

Declension

Declension of noun مَحْق (maḥq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحْق maḥq	الْمَحْق al-maḥq	مَحْق maḥq
Nominative	مَحْقٌ maḥqun	الْمَحْقُ al-maḥqu	مَحْقُ maḥqu
Accusative	مَحْقًا maḥqan	الْمَحْقَ al-maḥqa	مَحْقَ maḥqa
Genitive	مَحْقٍ maḥqin	الْمَحْقِ al-maḥqi	مَحْقِ maḥqi

Noun

مَحاق • (maḥāq) m, مُحاق • (muḥāq) m, مِحاق • (miḥāq) m

1. the waning of the moon
2. complete absence of moonlight, especially on the last three nights of the lunar month

Pronunciation 2

• IPA^(key): /ma.ħaːq/, IPA^(key): /mu.ħaːq/, IPA^(key): /mi.ħaːq/

Declension

Declension of noun مَحاق (maḥāq)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَحاق maḥāq	الْمَحاق al-maḥāq	مَحاق maḥāq
Nominative	مَحاقٌ maḥāqun	الْمَحاقُ al-maḥāqu	مَحاقُ maḥāqu
Accusative	مَحاقًا maḥāqan	الْمَحاقَ al-maḥāqa	مَحاقَ maḥāqa
Genitive	مَحاقٍ maḥāqin	الْمَحاقِ al-maḥāqi	مَحاقِ maḥāqi

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “محاق”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 895
• Kazimirski, Albin de Biberstein (1860) “محاق”, in Dictionnaire arabe-français contenant toutes les racines de la langue arabe, leurs dérivés, tant dans l’idiome vulgaire que dans l’idiome littéral, ainsi que les dialectes d’Alger et de Maroc‎^[1] (in French), Paris: Maisonneuve et C^ie