مسمار

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Arabic

Etymology

Compare Akkadian samrūtum (“nail (of copper)”)

Borrowed from Aramaic מַסְמָר (masmār), מַסְמְרָא (masmərā, “pin, nail”).

Cognate with Hebrew מסמר (masmér).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mis.maːr/
  • Audio:(file)
    • (Hijazi) IPA(key): /mus.maːr/,

Noun

مِسْمَار • (mismār) m (plural مَسَامِير (masāmīr))

  1. nail, pin, peg, wedge, bolt, even a screw
  2. vine pole
  3. forked tentpole
  4. as مِسْمَار اللَّحْم (mismār al-llaḥm) or مِسْمَار القَدَم (mismār al-qadam): callus
    Synonym: جُسْأَة (jusʔa)
  5. (obsolete) staphyloma
    • a. 1050, مروان بن جناح , edited by Gerrit Bos, Fabian Käs, كتاب التلخيص [On the Nomenclature of Medicinal Drugs], Leiden: Brill, published 2020, →DOI, →ISBN, pages 753 Nr. 588 fol. 53r,4–8:
      الموسرج هو ما نتأ من الطبقة العنبية إذا انحرقت القرنية من كتاب العلل والأعراض الجالينوس، قال الرازي في الكافي: إذا كان صغيرًا فهو موسرج، وإذا كان كبيرًا فهو مسمار.
      †Mūsaraj† (recte: mūrsaraj leg., lit. ‘ant’s head’) is a protrusion of the uvea occurring because of an inflammation of the cornea according to Galen’s ‘Book on Causes and Symptoms’. Al-Rāzī said in his al-Kāfī: If (this protrusion) is small, it is called mūsaraj and if it is large it is called al-mismār (staphyloma, lit. ‘nail’).

Declension

Declension of noun مِسْمَار (mismār)
Singular basic singular triptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِسْمَار
mismār 		الْمِسْمَار
al-mismār 		مِسْمَار
mismār
Nominative مِسْمَارٌ
mismārun 		الْمِسْمَارُ
al-mismāru 		مِسْمَارُ
mismāru
Accusative مِسْمَارًا
mismāran 		الْمِسْمَارَ
al-mismāra 		مِسْمَارَ
mismāra
Genitive مِسْمَارٍ
mismārin 		الْمِسْمَارِ
al-mismāri 		مِسْمَارِ
mismāri
Dual Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مِسْمَارَيْن
mismārayn 		الْمِسْمَارَيْن
al-mismārayn 		مِسْمَارَيْ
mismāray
Nominative مِسْمَارَانِ
mismārāni 		الْمِسْمَارَانِ
al-mismārāni 		مِسْمَارَا
mismārā
Accusative مِسْمَارَيْنِ
mismārayni 		الْمِسْمَارَيْنِ
al-mismārayni 		مِسْمَارَيْ
mismāray
Genitive مِسْمَارَيْنِ
mismārayni 		الْمِسْمَارَيْنِ
al-mismārayni 		مِسْمَارَيْ
mismāray
Plural basic broken plural diptote
Indefinite Definite Construct
Informal مَسَامِير
masāmīr 		الْمَسَامِير
al-masāmīr 		مَسَامِير
masāmīr
Nominative مَسَامِيرُ
masāmīru 		الْمَسَامِيرُ
al-masāmīru 		مَسَامِيرُ
masāmīru
Accusative مَسَامِيرَ
masāmīra 		الْمَسَامِيرَ
al-masāmīra 		مَسَامِيرَ
masāmīra
Genitive مَسَامِيرَ
masāmīra 		الْمَسَامِيرِ
al-masāmīri 		مَسَامِيرِ
masāmīri

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “msmr”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Fraenkel, Siegmund (1886) Die aramäischen Fremdwörter im Arabischen (in German), Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 89
  • Haupt, Paul (1917) “The Disease of King Teumman of Elam”, in Journal of the Society of Oriental Research‎, volume 1, page 90, derives the Aramaic and Hebrew from Assyrian Akkadian with s₁ as first radical, but a corresponding Akkadian term seems still not attested
  • Steingass, Francis Joseph (1884) “مسمار”, in The Student's Arabic–English Dictionary‎, London: W.H. Allen
  • Wehr, Hans with Kropfitsch, Lorenz (1985) “مسمار”, in Arabisches Wörterbuch für die Schriftsprache der Gegenwart‎ (in German), 5th edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz, published 2011, →ISBN, page 597

Najdi Arabic

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Noun

مسمار (transliteration needed)

  1. cloves

Ottoman Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic مِسْمَار (mismār, “nail”), itself from Aramaic מַסְמָר (masmār).

Noun

مسمار • (mismar) (plural مسامیر (mesamir))

  1. nail, a spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials
    Synonyms: چیوی (çivi), میخ (mıh)

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic مِسْمَار (mismār). Ultimately borrowed from Aramaic מַסְמָר (masmār), מַסְמְרָא (masmərā, “pin, nail”).

Pronunciation

Noun

مسمار • (musmār) m (plural مسامير (masāmīr))

  1. nail (for carpentry)
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