مخاض

Arabic

Root
م خ ض (m ḵ ḍ)
2 terms

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.xaːdˤ/

Noun

مَخَاض • (maḵāḍ) m

1. labour pains
   • 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 19:23:

     فَأَجَاۤءَهَا ٱلۡمَخَاضُ إِلَىٰ جِذۡعِ ٱلنَّخۡلَةِ قَالَتۡ یَـٰلَیۡتَنِی مِتُّ قَبۡلَ هَـٰذَا وَكُنتُ نَسۡیࣰا مَّنسِیࣰّا

     faʔajāʔahā l-maḵāḍu ʔilā jiḏʕi n-naḵlati qālat yālaytanī mittu qabla hāḏā wakuntu nasyan mansiyyan

     Then the pains of labour drove her to the trunk of a palm tree. She cried, “Alas! I wish I had died before this, and was a thing long forgotten!”

Declension

Declension of noun مَخَاض (maḵāḍ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مَخَاض maḵāḍ	الْمَخَاض al-maḵāḍ	مَخَاض maḵāḍ
Nominative	مَخَاضٌ maḵāḍun	الْمَخَاضُ al-maḵāḍu	مَخَاضُ maḵāḍu
Accusative	مَخَاضًا maḵāḍan	الْمَخَاضَ al-maḵāḍa	مَخَاضَ maḵāḍa
Genitive	مَخَاضٍ maḵāḍin	الْمَخَاضِ al-maḵāḍi	مَخَاضِ maḵāḍi