How to say "screwdriver" in Arabic
New wordMeaningscrewdriver
Arabic · Modern Standard Arabic
مِفَكّ
mifakkמפכ
مفك
Hebrew · Modern Hebrew
מברג
mavregمَاڤْرِگ
How the two words are related
New word
No Hebrew relative — learn it fresh.
Arabic root
ف-ك-كNo Hebrew relative — but mifakk is well-built: from fakka, 'to undo, take apart,' the same root behind فكة ('loose change') and فك الشفرة ('to decode,' literally 'undo the code').
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How people actually say it in the spoken dialects, where it differs from the standard word.
Egyptian · Cairo and the Nile Delta
مَفَكّ
mafakkמפךCairo says mafakk.
Moroccan · Morocco — Casablanca, Rabat, Fes
طُورْنَفِيس
ṭurnavīsטורנפיסFrom French tournevis: ṭurnavīs.
In a phrase
مِفَكّ بَرَاغِي
mifakk barāghīמפכ בראע'יa screwdriver
Plural
مِفَكَّات
mifakkātמפכאתsound plural -āt