مرحاض

Arabic

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb رَحَضَ (raḥaḍa, “to wash, clean”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mir.ħaːdˤ/

Noun

مِرْحَاض • (mirḥāḍ) m (plural مَرَاحِيض (marāḥīḍ))

1. lavatory, bathroom

   Synonym: حَمَّام (ḥammām)

2. toilet

   Synonym: كَنِيف (kanīf)

3. sewer, privy
4. dunghill

Declension

Declension of noun مِرْحَاض (mirḥāḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْحَاض mirḥāḍ	الْمِرْحَاض al-mirḥāḍ	مِرْحَاض mirḥāḍ
Nominative	مِرْحَاضٌ mirḥāḍun	الْمِرْحَاضُ al-mirḥāḍu	مِرْحَاضُ mirḥāḍu
Accusative	مِرْحَاضًا mirḥāḍan	الْمِرْحَاضَ al-mirḥāḍa	مِرْحَاضَ mirḥāḍa
Genitive	مِرْحَاضٍ mirḥāḍin	الْمِرْحَاضِ al-mirḥāḍi	مِرْحَاضِ mirḥāḍi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِرْحَاضَيْن mirḥāḍayn	الْمِرْحَاضَيْن al-mirḥāḍayn	مِرْحَاضَيْ mirḥāḍay
Nominative	مِرْحَاضَانِ mirḥāḍāni	الْمِرْحَاضَانِ al-mirḥāḍāni	مِرْحَاضَا mirḥāḍā
Accusative	مِرْحَاضَيْنِ mirḥāḍayni	الْمِرْحَاضَيْنِ al-mirḥāḍayni	مِرْحَاضَيْ mirḥāḍay
Genitive	مِرْحَاضَيْنِ mirḥāḍayni	الْمِرْحَاضَيْنِ al-mirḥāḍayni	مِرْحَاضَيْ mirḥāḍay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَرَاحِيض marāḥīḍ	الْمَرَاحِيض al-marāḥīḍ	مَرَاحِيض marāḥīḍ
Nominative	مَرَاحِيضُ marāḥīḍu	الْمَرَاحِيضُ al-marāḥīḍu	مَرَاحِيضُ marāḥīḍu
Accusative	مَرَاحِيضَ marāḥīḍa	الْمَرَاحِيضَ al-marāḥīḍa	مَرَاحِيضَ marāḥīḍa
Genitive	مَرَاحِيضَ marāḥīḍa	الْمَرَاحِيضِ al-marāḥīḍi	مَرَاحِيضِ marāḥīḍi

References

• Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مرحاض”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎^[1], London: W.H. Allen