مشكاة

Arabic

Alternative forms
  • مِشْكٰوة (miškāh) (Quranic)

Etymology

Derived by Nöldeke from Ge'ez መስኮት (mäskot), መሥኮት (mäśkot).

Noun

مِشْكَاة • (miškāh) f (plural مِشْكَاوَات (miškāwāt) or مَشَاكٍ (mašākin))

  1. niche for lamp
    • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 24:35:
      مَثَلُ نُورِهِ كَمِشْكَاةٍ فِيهَا مِصْبَاحٌ
      maṯalu nūrihi kamiškātin fīhā miṣbāḥun
      The likeness of his light is like a niche with a lamp in it.

Declension
Declension of noun مِشْكَاة (miškāh)
Singular singular triptote in ـَاة (-āh)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِشْكَاة
miškāt		 الْمِشْكَاة
al-miškāt		 مِشْكَاة
miškāt
Nominative مِشْكَاةٌ
miškātun		 الْمِشْكَاةُ
al-miškātu		 مِشْكَاةُ
miškātu
Accusative مِشْكَاةً
miškātan		 الْمِشْكَاةَ
al-miškāta		 مِشْكَاةَ
miškāta
Genitive مِشْكَاةٍ
miškātin		 الْمِشْكَاةِ
al-miškāti		 مِشْكَاةِ
miškāti
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِشْكَاتَيْن
miškātayn		 الْمِشْكَاتَيْن
al-miškātayn		 مِشْكَاتَيْ
miškātay
Nominative مِشْكَاتَانِ
miškātāni		 الْمِشْكَاتَانِ
al-miškātāni		 مِشْكَاتَا
miškātā
Accusative مِشْكَاتَيْنِ
miškātayni		 الْمِشْكَاتَيْنِ
al-miškātayni		 مِشْكَاتَيْ
miškātay
Genitive مِشْكَاتَيْنِ
miškātayni		 الْمِشْكَاتَيْنِ
al-miškātayni		 مِشْكَاتَيْ
miškātay
Plural sound feminine plural‎; broken plural diptote in ـٍ (-in)
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِشْكَاوَات‎; مَشَاكِي
miškāwāt‎; mašākī		 الْمِشْكَاوَات‎; الْمَشَاكِي
al-miškāwāt‎; al-mašākī		 مِشْكَاوَات‎; مَشَاكِي
miškāwāt‎; mašākī
Nominative مِشْكَاوَاتٌ‎; مَشَاكٍ
miškāwātun‎; mašākin		 الْمِشْكَاوَاتُ‎; الْمَشَاكِي
al-miškāwātu‎; al-mašākī		 مِشْكَاوَاتُ‎; مَشَاكِي
miškāwātu‎; mašākī
Accusative مِشْكَاوَاتٍ‎; مَشَاكِيَ
miškāwātin‎; mašākiya		 الْمِشْكَاوَاتِ‎; الْمَشَاكِيَ
al-miškāwāti‎; al-mašākiya		 مِشْكَاوَاتِ‎; مَشَاكِيَ
miškāwāti‎; mašākiya
Genitive مِشْكَاوَاتٍ‎; مَشَاكٍ
miškāwātin‎; mašākin		 الْمِشْكَاوَاتِ‎; الْمَشَاكِي
al-miškāwāti‎; al-mašākī		 مِشْكَاوَاتِ‎; مَشَاكِي
miškāwāti‎; mašākī

Descendants
  • → Persian: مشکات (meškât)

References
  • “مشكاة” in Almaany
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1880) De vocabulis in antiquis Arabum carminibus et in Corano peregrinis‎ (in Latin), Leiden: E. J. Brill, pages 24–25
  • Leaman, Oliver (2006) “Mishkat”, in The Qur'an: An Encyclopedia, Taylor & Francis, →ISBN, pages 407–8
  • Nöldeke, Theodor (1910) Neue Beiträge zur semitischen Sprachwissenschaft‎ (in German), Straßburg: Karl J. Trübner, page 51
  • Vollers, Karl (1897) “Beiträge zur Kenntniss der lebenden arabischen Sprache in Aegypten”, in Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft‎ (in German), volume 51, page 293
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