مصدر

العربية

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مصدر

/masˤ.dar/

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Noun of place from صَدَرَ (ṣadara, “to happen, to occur, to go out”).

noun مَصْدَر · maṣdar · مَصَادِر · الْمَصْدَر

noun from verb verbal noun of صَدَرَ (ṣadara) (form I)
starting point, point of origin
origin, source أَصْبَحَ ٱلْإِنْتِرْنِتُ مَصْدَرًا رَئِيسِيًّا لِلْمَعْلُومَاتِ فِي عَصْرِنَا.
gerund, infinitive, noun from verb verbal noun, infinitive, gerund الْمَصْدَرُ ٱسْمُ مَا سِوَى ٱلزَّمَانِ مِنْ مَدْلُولَيِ ٱلْفِعْلِ كَأَمْنٍ مِنْ أَمِنْ al-maṣdaru smu mā siwā z-zamāni min

In English

infinitive uninflected verb form
gerund verb form functioning as a verbal noun
verbal noun grammar: noun that is morphologically related to a verb and has similar meaning
source the person, place or thing from which something (information, goods, etc.) comes
origin source of a river, information, goods, etc.
exporter person who or organization that exports
masdar a part of speech in Arabic

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {مصدر},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ar/%D9%85%D8%B5%D8%AF%D8%B1},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}