كسر

العربية

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كسر¹

  • /ka.sa.ra/

Where it comes from

From the root ك س ر (k s r), related to breaking.

verb كَسَرَ · kasara · يَكْسِرُ · كَسْر · كَاسِر

  1. transitive to break, to crash, to smash
  2. transitive to defeat, to rout
  3. transitive to mark or pronounce (a consonant) with a kasra

كسر²

Where it comes from

Verbal noun of كَسَرَ (kasara, “to break”).

noun كَسْر · kasr · كُسُور · كُسُورَات · الْكَسْر

  1. noun from verb verbal noun of كَسَرَ (kasara) (form I)
  2. breach, fracture
  3. breakage
  4. fraction
  5. contrition, affliction
  6. the sound of short /i/

كسر³

  • /kas.sa.ra/

Where it comes from

Intensive form II verb derived from form I كَسَرَ (kasara, “to break”).

verb كَسَّرَ · kassara · يُكَسِّرُ · تَكْسِير · مُكَسِّر

  1. transitive to break into pieces, to shatter, to smash
  2. Arabic, transitive to turn into a broken plural

In English

  • break transitive: to separate into (to cause to end up in) two or more pieces
  • fraction arithmetic: ratio
  • smash (transitive) to break violently
  • fracture act of breaking, or something broken

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"كسر." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%B1. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {كسر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%83%D8%B3%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}

The meanings are in English: this language's words come from the English Wiktionary. From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Recordings from Wikimedia Commons, each under its own free license: Ar-كسر.ogg.