المسجد الحرام
Arabic
Etymology
مَسْجِد (masjid) + حَرَام (ḥarām).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.mas.d͡ʒi.d‿al.ħa.raːm/
Proper noun
الْمَسْجِد الْحَرَام • (al-masjid al-ḥarām) m
- the Holy Mosque (in Mecca)
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 2:144:
- فَوَلِّ وَجْهَكَ شَطْرَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ
- fa-walli wajhaka šaṭra l-masjidi l-ḥarāmi
- So turn your face toward al-Masjid al-Haram
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Declension
Declension of noun الْمَسْجِد الْحَرَام (al-masjid al-ḥarām)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | — | الْمَسْجِد الْحَرَام al-masjid al-ḥarām | — |
| Nominative | — | الْمَسْجِدُ الْحَرَامُ al-masjidu l-ḥarāmu | — |
| Accusative | — | الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ al-masjida l-ḥarāma | — |
| Genitive | — | الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ al-masjidi l-ḥarāmi | — |