مطرقة

See also: مطرقه

Arabic

Alternative forms

مِطْرَق (miṭraq)

Etymology

Tool noun from the verb طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa, “to hammer, to knock”), from the root ط ر ق (ṭ-r-q). Alternatively, according to Fraenkel, borrowed from Aramaic מטרקא (mṭrqʾ), with طَرَقَ (ṭaraqa) being a denominative verb. In any case, related with the Aramaic word. See it for more.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mitˤ.ra.qa/
- (Moroccan) IPA^(key): /mtˤar.qa/
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Noun

مِطْرَقَة • (miṭraqa) f (plural مَطَارِق (maṭāriq) or مِطْرَقَات (miṭraqāt))

hammer
sledgehammer
mallet, bat, racket, stick for beating wool, tanner's beater
fighting club
rapier

Declension

Declension of noun مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa)

Singular	singular triptote in ـَة (-a)
Singular	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِطْرَقَة miṭraqa	الْمِطْرَقَة al-miṭraqa	مِطْرَقَة miṭraqat
Nominative	مِطْرَقَةٌ miṭraqatun	الْمِطْرَقَةُ al-miṭraqatu	مِطْرَقَةُ miṭraqatu
Accusative	مِطْرَقَةً miṭraqatan	الْمِطْرَقَةَ al-miṭraqata	مِطْرَقَةَ miṭraqata
Genitive	مِطْرَقَةٍ miṭraqatin	الْمِطْرَقَةِ al-miṭraqati	مِطْرَقَةِ miṭraqati
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مِطْرَقَتَيْن miṭraqatayn	الْمِطْرَقَتَيْن al-miṭraqatayn	مِطْرَقَتَيْ miṭraqatay
Nominative	مِطْرَقَتَانِ miṭraqatāni	الْمِطْرَقَتَانِ al-miṭraqatāni	مِطْرَقَتَا miṭraqatā
Accusative	مِطْرَقَتَيْنِ miṭraqatayni	الْمِطْرَقَتَيْنِ al-miṭraqatayni	مِطْرَقَتَيْ miṭraqatay
Genitive	مِطْرَقَتَيْنِ miṭraqatayni	الْمِطْرَقَتَيْنِ al-miṭraqatayni	مِطْرَقَتَيْ miṭraqatay
Plural	basic broken plural diptote
Plural	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَطَارِق maṭāriq	الْمَطَارِق al-maṭāriq	مَطَارِق maṭāriq
Nominative	مَطَارِقُ maṭāriqu	الْمَطَارِقُ al-maṭāriqu	مَطَارِقُ maṭāriqu
Accusative	مَطَارِقَ maṭāriqa	الْمَطَارِقَ al-maṭāriqa	مَطَارِقَ maṭāriqa
Genitive	مَطَارِقَ maṭāriqa	الْمَطَارِقِ al-maṭāriqi	مَطَارِقِ maṭāriqi

Descendants

Maltese: mterqa
→ Aragonese: matraca
→ Catalan: matraca
→ French: matraque
- → Dutch: matrak
→ Ottoman Turkish: مطرقه (mıtraka), մըթրագա (mıtraka), մըթրագաթ (mıtrakat), մաթրագա (matraka)
- Turkish: mıtraka
→ Persian: مطرقه (metraqe), مطرق (metraq)
→ Portuguese: matraca
→ Spanish: matraca
- → English: matraca

References

Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مطرقة”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 260

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ط ر ق
5 terms

Etymology

From Arabic مِطْرَقَة (miṭraqa).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /mitˤ.ra.ɡa/, [mɪtˤ.ra.ɡa]

Noun

مطرقة • (miṭraga) f (plural مطارق (maṭārig) or مطرقات (miṭragāt))