مرصد
Arabic
Etymology
Noun of place from the root ر ص د (r-ṣ-d).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mar.sˤad/
Noun
مَرْصَد • (marṣad) m (plural مَرَاصِد (marāṣid))
- place of observation
- (astronomy) observatory
- place of ambush
- 609–632 CE, Qur'an, 9:5:
- فَإِذَا ٱنْسَلَخَ الْأَشْهُرُ الْحُرُمُ فَاقْتُلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ حَيْثُ وَجَدتُّمُوهُمْ وَخُذُوهُمْ وَاحْصُرُوهُمْ وَاقْعُدُوا لَهُمْ كُلَّ مَرْصَدٍ
- fa-ʾiḏā nsalaḵa l-ʾašhuru l-ḥurumu fa-qtulū l-mušrikīna ḥayṯu wajadtumū-hum wa-ḵuḏū-hum wa-ḥṣurū-hum wa-qʿudū la-hum kulla marṣadin
- And when the sacred months have passed, then kill the polytheists wherever you find them and capture them and besiege them and sit waiting for them at every place of ambush.
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Declension
Declension of noun مَرْصَد (marṣad)
| Singular | basic singular triptote | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَرْصَد marṣad | الْمَرْصَد al-marṣad | مَرْصَد marṣad |
| Nominative | مَرْصَدٌ marṣadun | الْمَرْصَدُ al-marṣadu | مَرْصَدُ marṣadu |
| Accusative | مَرْصَدًا marṣadan | الْمَرْصَدَ al-marṣada | مَرْصَدَ marṣada |
| Genitive | مَرْصَدٍ marṣadin | الْمَرْصَدِ al-marṣadi | مَرْصَدِ marṣadi |
| Dual | Indefinite | Definite | Construct |
| Informal | مَرْصَدَيْن marṣadayn | الْمَرْصَدَيْن al-marṣadayn | مَرْصَدَيْ marṣaday |
| Nominative | مَرْصَدَانِ marṣadāni | الْمَرْصَدَانِ al-marṣadāni | مَرْصَدَا marṣadā |
| Accusative | مَرْصَدَيْنِ marṣadayni | الْمَرْصَدَيْنِ al-marṣadayni | مَرْصَدَيْ marṣaday |
| Genitive | مَرْصَدَيْنِ marṣadayni | الْمَرْصَدَيْنِ al-marṣadayni | مَرْصَدَيْ marṣaday |
| Plural | basic broken plural diptote | ||
| Indefinite | Definite | Construct | |
| Informal | مَرَاصِد marāṣid | الْمَرَاصِد al-marāṣid | مَرَاصِد marāṣid |
| Nominative | مَرَاصِدُ marāṣidu | الْمَرَاصِدُ al-marāṣidu | مَرَاصِدُ marāṣidu |
| Accusative | مَرَاصِدَ marāṣida | الْمَرَاصِدَ al-marāṣida | مَرَاصِدَ marāṣida |
| Genitive | مَرَاصِدَ marāṣida | الْمَرَاصِدِ al-marāṣidi | مَرَاصِدِ marāṣidi |
References
- Freytag, Georg (1833), “مرصد”, in Lexicon arabico-latinum praesertim ex Djeuharii Firuzabadiique et aliorum Arabum operibus adhibitis Golii quoque et aliorum libris confectum (in Latin), volume 2, Halle: C. A. Schwetschke, page 155