مخاط

Arabic

Etymology

Borrowed from Classical Syriac ܡܚܘܛܐ (məḥōṭā, “mucus”). Doublet of مُخَيْطَا (muḵayṭā, “sebesten”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mu.xaːtˤ/

Noun

مُخَاط • (muḵāṭ) m (plural أَمْخِطَة (ʔamḵiṭa))

1. mucus

   مُخَاط أَنْف ― muḵāṭ ʔanf ― nasal mucus

2. Alternative form of مُخَيْطَا (muḵayṭā, “sebesten”)

Declension

Declension of noun مُخَاط (muḵāṭ)

Singular	basic singular triptote
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُخَاط muḵāṭ	الْمُخَاط al-muḵāṭ	مُخَاط muḵāṭ
Nominative	مُخَاطٌ muḵāṭun	الْمُخَاطُ al-muḵāṭu	مُخَاطُ muḵāṭu
Accusative	مُخَاطًا muḵāṭan	الْمُخَاطَ al-muḵāṭa	مُخَاطَ muḵāṭa
Genitive	مُخَاطٍ muḵāṭin	الْمُخَاطِ al-muḵāṭi	مُخَاطِ muḵāṭi
Dual	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	مُخَاطَيْن muḵāṭayn	الْمُخَاطَيْن al-muḵāṭayn	مُخَاطَيْ muḵāṭay
Nominative	مُخَاطَانِ muḵāṭāni	الْمُخَاطَانِ al-muḵāṭāni	مُخَاطَا muḵāṭā
Accusative	مُخَاطَيْنِ muḵāṭayni	الْمُخَاطَيْنِ al-muḵāṭayni	مُخَاطَيْ muḵāṭay
Genitive	مُخَاطَيْنِ muḵāṭayni	الْمُخَاطَيْنِ al-muḵāṭayni	مُخَاطَيْ muḵāṭay
Plural	broken plural triptote in ـَة (-a)
	Indefinite	Definite	Construct
Informal	أَمْخِطَة ʔamḵiṭa	الْأَمْخِطَة al-ʔamḵiṭa	أَمْخِطَة ʔamḵiṭat
Nominative	أَمْخِطَةٌ ʔamḵiṭatun	الْأَمْخِطَةُ al-ʔamḵiṭatu	أَمْخِطَةُ ʔamḵiṭatu
Accusative	أَمْخِطَةً ʔamḵiṭatan	الْأَمْخِطَةَ al-ʔamḵiṭata	أَمْخِطَةَ ʔamḵiṭata
Genitive	أَمْخِطَةٍ ʔamḵiṭatin	الْأَمْخِطَةِ al-ʔamḵiṭati	أَمْخِطَةِ ʔamḵiṭati

Derived terms

• مُخَاطِيّ (muḵāṭiyy, “mucous”)
• مَخَّاط (maḵḵāṭ, “mucous”)
• مَخْطَة (maḵṭa, “mucus”)
• مَخَطَ (maḵaṭa, “to blow one’s nose”)
• تَمَخَّطَ (tamaḵḵaṭa, “to blow one’s nose”)

References

• “mḥwṭˀ”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
• Corriente, Federico, Pereira, Christophe, Vicente, Angeles, editors (2017), Dictionnaire du faisceau dialectal arabe andalou. Perspectives phraséologiques et étymologiques (in French), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 1183
• Freytag, Georg (1837) “مخاط”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum‎^[1] (in Latin), volume 4, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 158a
• Payne Smith, Robert (1879–1901) Thesaurus Syriacus (in Latin), Oxford: Clarendon Press, column 2069
• Wehr, Hans (1979) “مخاط”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN, page 1052
• Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (2020) “مخاط”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart (in German), 6th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, →ISBN, page 856a