مقاومة

Arabic

Root
ق و م (q-w-m)

Etymology

Verbal noun of قَاوَمَ (qāwama, “to resist”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.qaː.wa.ma/

Noun

مُقَاوَمَة • (muqāwama) f

1. resistance
2. (construed with the genitive) struggle, fight (against)
3. opposition
4. (electricity) resistance, resistivity

Declension

Declension of noun مُقَاوَمَة (muqāwama)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُقَاوَمَة muqāwama	الْمُقَاوَمَة al-muqāwama	مُقَاوَمَة muqāwamat
Nominative	مُقَاوَمَةٌ muqāwamatun	الْمُقَاوَمَةُ al-muqāwamatu	مُقَاوَمَةُ muqāwamatu
Accusative	مُقَاوَمَةً muqāwamatan	الْمُقَاوَمَةَ al-muqāwamata	مُقَاوَمَةَ muqāwamata
Genitive	مُقَاوَمَةٍ muqāwamatin	الْمُقَاوَمَةِ al-muqāwamati	مُقَاوَمَةِ muqāwamati

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: müqavimət
• → Persian: مقاومت (moqâvemat)
• → Ottoman Turkish: مقاومت (mukavemet)
  • → Turkish: mukavemet
• → Uyghur: مۇقاۋەمەت (muqawemet)
• → Uzbek: muqovamat

References

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