/mif.taːħ/, /muf.taːħ/
الأصلTool noun from the verb فَتَحَ (fataḥa, “to open”). Compare Hebrew מַפְתֵּחַ (maftéakh).
- key (to a door)
- key (on a piano or other keyboard instrument)
“لَوْحَةُ مَفَاتِيحَ” — keyboard
- figurativelykey (crucial step)
“مِفْتَاحُ ٱلسَّعَادَةِ” — key of happiness
الصيغمِفْتَاح(canonical, masculine) · miftāḥ(romanization) · مَفَاتِيح(plural) · مَفَاتِح(plural) · مِفْتَاح(indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الْمِفْتَاح(definite, informal, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاح(construct, informal, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحٌ(indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote) · الْمِفْتَاحُ(definite, nominative, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحُ(construct, nominative, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحًا(accusative, indefinite, singular, triptote) · الْمِفْتَاحَ(accusative, definite, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحَ(accusative, construct, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحٍ(genitive, indefinite, singular, triptote) · الْمِفْتَاحِ(definite, genitive, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحِ(construct, genitive, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحَيْن(dual, indefinite, informal, singular, triptote) · الْمِفْتَاحَيْن(definite, dual, informal, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحَيْ(construct, dual, informal, singular, triptote) · مِفْتَاحَانِ(dual, indefinite, nominative, singular, triptote)